Abstract Francis ROCARD Exact title: Mars Exploration and the

Abstract
Francis ROCARD
Exact title:
Mars Exploration and the Search for Life
List of contents:
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What Viking mission brought about water on Mars : Ramified valley, Outflow
channel, fluidized ejectas
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Mars Global Surveyor : young gullies
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Mars Odyssey : first identification of Hydrogen related to water
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Mars Express : sulfates and clays identified by OMEGA
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Opportunity : detection of large quantities of salts
Books/papers related to the subject:
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Roving Mars, Steve Squyres, Hyperion, New York, 2005
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Planète Rouge, dernières nouvelles de Mars ; Francis Rocard, Dunod, 2006
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Phyllosilicates on Mars and implications for early Martian climate, F. Poulet et al.,
Nature, Vol. 438, p. 623-627, December 2005.
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Scientific Results of the Viking Project, JGR, Special Issue, Vol. 82, n° 28, 30
September 1977
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Mission design Overview for the Mars Exploration Rovers mission, R. Roncoli, J.
Ludwinski, AIAA/AAS Astrodynamics Specialists Conference and Exhibit, Monterey,
California, 5-8 August 2002.
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