**Program for the Second MSL Landing Site Workshop**

Marriott Courtyard Hotel, Old Town Pasadena, CA

October 23-25, 2007

Day Start 1 Start at 8:30 am

**Speakers Names in Bold**

Welcome/Introductory Presentations

**Michael Meyer** Welcome from HQ 8:30

**Richard Cook** MSL Status and Changes 8:35

**John Grant** Overview of Process and Goals 8:45

**Ashwin Vasavada** Science Objectives of MSL Mission 9:05

**Michael Watkins** EDL Engineering Constraints 9:15

Discussion from 10:00 -- 10:20

Landing Sites and Habitability

**Dawn Sumner** 10:20

> *Mars Habitability*

**Alfred McEwen** 10:40

*HiRISE Views the Proposed MSL Landing Sites*

**Phil Christensen** and Josh Bandfield 11:00

*The TES/THEMIS view of Mars*

**Jean-Pierre Bebring** 11:20

*The Omega View of Mars*

**Frank Seelos** and Scott Murchie 11:40

> *The CRISM View of Mars*

**Warren Huff and Tim Lowenstein** 12:00

*Commentary and Discussion*

Lunch from 12:45 pm to 1:45 pm

Overview of Site Properties

**Matt Golombek**, Joe Michalski, Ross Beyer, and Eldar Noe 1:45

*General Assessment of Landing Safety at Prospective*

*MSL Landing Sites*

**Ross Beyer** 2:30

*Photoclinometry of the Proposed Sites*

**Ashwin Vasavada** 2:40

*Potential Atmospheric Hazards*

Break from 2:50 to 3:00 pm

Layered Deposits in Craters

Nathan Bridges and **Brad Thomson** 3:00

> *Gale Crater*

**Ross Irwin**, John Grant, Mike Malin, Ken Edgett, Jim Rice 3:15

*Holden Crater*

**J. Schieber**, J. Dickson, K. Edgett, M. Minitti, J. Rice 3:30

*Eberswalde Crater*

**Ralph Milliken** 3:45

> *Ritchey Crater*

Ralph Harvey, **Caleb Fassett**, Jim Head, Bethany Ehlmann, JimRice 4:00

*Nili Fossae Crater*

Discussion from 4:15 to 5:15pm

End Day 1 at 5:15

Start of Day 2 at 8:30

Layers in Craters (cont'd)

**Carlton Allen** 8:30

> *SW Arabia Crater*

**Linda Kah** and E. Heydari 8:45

*West Arabia Crater*

**Sharon Wilson**, Eldar Noe, and Barbara Cohen 9:00

*Terby Crater*

**Liliya Posilova** 9:15

*Meridiani Crater Lake*

Discussion from 9:30-10:15

Break from 10:15 to 10:30 am

Meridiani Planum

**Jean-Pierre Bebring** and Nicolas Mangold 10:30

> *Meridinai Planum Sites*

**Mike Malin** and Ken Edgett 10:45

> *Northern Meridiani*

**Ray Arvidson** and Sandra Weissman 11:00

> *Southern Meridiani*

**Horton Newsom** 11:15

*West Meridiani*

**Brian Hynek** 11:30

*East Meridiani*

Discussion from 11:45-12:30

Lunch from 12:30 pm to 1:45 pm

The Chasmata

**Scott Murchie** and Nicolas Mangold 1:45

*West Candor*

C. Quantin, C. Weitz, R. Williams, **J. Grant** 2:00

*Melas Chasma*

**Vicky Hamilton** 2:15

*Eos Chasma*

**Janice Bishop** and David Catling 2:30

> *Juventae Chasma*

Break from 2:45 to 3:00 pm

Discussion from 3:00-3:45

Chaos, Valles, and Volcanoes

**Tim Glotch** 3:45

*Iani Chaos*

Ralph Harvey and **Bethany Ehlmann** 4:00

*NE Syrtis Major*

**Eldar Noe** 4:15

*Ariadnes Colles*

**Felipe Gómez** 4:30

*Tiu Valles*

Discussion from 4:30 to 5:15 pm

End Day 2 at 5:15

Start Day 3 at 8:30 am

Salts, Sulfates, and Clays and Sulfates

**Phil Christensen** 8:30

> *Chloride Salt Deposits*

**J-P. Bibring** 8:45

> *New Mawrth Vallis Sites*

**Joe Michalski** , J. Wray, J.-P. Bebring, N. Mangold, J. Bishop 9:00

Mawrth Vallis

**J. F. Mustard**, F. Poulet, N. Mangold, J-P. Bibring, R. E. Milliken
9:15

and S. Pelkey

*Nili Fossae*

**Nicolas Mangold** 9:30

*New Nili Fossae Site*

**J. F. Mustard** 9:45

*Nilo Syrtis*

Break from 10:00 to 10:15 am

Discussion from 10:15 to 11:00 am

Next Steps in the Process

John Grant, Matt Golombek, Mike Watkins 11:00

*Further Discussion of the Schedule for Site Selection*

**Sue Smrekar**, Matt Golombek, and John Grant 12:00

*Anticipated New Data in Support of Site Selection*

Lunch from 12:15 to 1:30 pm

Discussion and Prioritization 1:30 pm to 4:30 pm 1:30

End of Landing Site Workshop at 4:30 pm 4:30

Not listed in the program:

Wright and Rice

*Phyllosilicates*

Bridges and Balme

*Becquerel Crater*