Workshop Schedule Session 4: Titan

August 24, Tuesday Afternoon


Chair: Ralph Lorenz	Co-Chair: Jean-Pierre Lebreton
Scope: Huygens Probe - Mission and Entry and Descent Technologies, Descent Analysis and Parachute-Borne Tests on Earth. Options for future missions.

Session Time	Topic/Details (Including links to the abstracts for the presentations where available)	Presentation	Author(s)/Speaker (in bold)
1:00 - 1:30	Titan, invited talk	Full	Jean-Pierre Lebreton, ESA/ESTEC
1:30 - 1:50	Thermal Protection of the HUYGENS Probe During TITAN Entry : Last Issues (word)	Full	Jean-Marc Bouilly, EADS SPACE Transportation, Cedex, France
1:50 - 2:10	Revalidation of the Huygens Descent Control Sub-System (word)	Full	Mr. John Underwood and J.S. Lingard, Vorticity Ltd.
2:10 - 2:30	The Huygens Atmospheric Structure Instrument (HASI): Expected Results At Titan And Performance Verification In Terrestrial Atmosphere (word)	Full	F. Ferri, G. Colombatti, P.F. Lion Stoppato, C. Bettanini, M. Antonello, A. Aboudan CISAS “G.Colombo” - Università di Padova E. Flamini, Agenzia Spaziale Italiana V. Gaborit, LESIA, Observatoire de Paris-Meudon J.C. Zarnecki, M. Towner, B. Hathi, PSSRI – Open University A.M. Harri, T. Makinen, A. Lehto, FMI (Finnish Meteorological Institute) G. Bianchini, F. Angrilli, CISAS “G.Colombo” - Università di Padova M. Fulchignoni, LESIA, Observatoire de Paris-Meudon and the HASI team
2:30 - 2:50	A Surface Science Paradigm for a Post-Huygens Titan Mission (word)	Full	Wayne Zimmerman, Jet Propulsion Laboratory Ralph Lorenz and Jonathan Lunine, Lunar and Planetary Laboratory, University of Arizona
2:50 - 3:15	Break
3:15 - 3:30	Attitude Determination Of Planetary Probes: The Huygens Mock Up Role In Determining Reconstruction Strategies And Perturbations During Descent In Lower Atmosphere. (word)	Full	C. Bettanini, M. Antonello , F.Ferri, F.Angrilli, G. Bianchini, Centre of Studies and Activities for Space, CISAS “G.Colombo”, University of Padova, Padova – Italy
3:30 - 3:45	Atmospheric Stability & Turbulence From Temperature Profiles as Measured by HASI During the HASI/Huygens Balloon Experiments in Sicily (word)	Full	G. Colombatti, F. Ferri, F. Angrilli, CISAS “G.Colombo” - Università di Padova M. Fulchignoni, Université Paris VII – LESIA the HASI balloon team
3:45 - 4:00	Parachute Dynamics Investigations Using a Sensor Package Airdropped from a Small-Scale Airplane (word)	Full	Jessica M. Dooley and Ralph D. Lorenz, Lunar and Planetary Laboratory, University of Arizona, Tucson, AZ
4:00 - 4:15	Simulation Results of the Huygens Probe Entry and Descent Trajectory Reconstruction Algorithm (word)	Full	B. Kazeminejad Space Research Institute, Austrian Academy of Sciences D. H. Atkinson, Dept. of Electrical and Computer Engineering, University of Idaho M. Perez-Ayucar, ESA Research and Scientific Support Department
4:15 - 4:30	Study of Some Planetary Atmospheres Features by Probe Entry and Descent Simulations (word)	Full	Dr. Paulo Gil and P.M.B. Rosa, Instituto Superior Técnico, DEM, SMA, Pav. Mecânica I, Lisboa, Portugal.
4:30 - 5:00	PANEL DISCUSSION: Titan: Prospects for the Future	Moderator: Jean-Pierre Lebreton Summary: Ralph Lorenz Panel Members: TBD