Japan Geoscience Union Meeting 2014

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[P-PS26_30AM2] Next decade initiatives for lunar planetary explorations

Wed. Apr 30, 2014 11:00 AM - 12:45 PM 418 (4F)

Convener:*Hirohide Demura(The University of Aizu), Noriyuki Namiki(Planetary Exploration Research Center Chiba Institute of Technology), Naoki Kobayashi(Department of Planetary Science, Institute of Space and Astronautical Science, Japan Aerospace Exploration Agency), Keiji Ohtsuki(Graduate School of Science, Kobe University), Sei-ichiro WATANABE(Division of Earth and Planetary Sciences, Graduate School of Science, Nagoya University), Yoshizumi Miyoshi(Solar-Terrestrial Environement Laboratory, Nagoya University), Chair:Keiji Ohtsuki(Graduate School of Science, Kobe University), Noriyuki Namiki(Planetary Exploration Research Center Chiba Institute of Technology)

11:00 AM - 11:15 AM

★ [PPS26-07] Current status of mission study for small scale planetary exploration in JSPS

*Masahiko ARAKAWA1 (1.Graduate School of Science, Kobe University)

Keywords:Epsilon rocket, small scale planetary exploration

Recent success of launching a new Japanese rocket named as Epsilon gives us a new chance for planetary exploration. So, we just begin to discuss a new planetary exploration mission suitable for this Epsilon rocket in Japanese Society of Planetary Science (JSPS) . Future planning section in JSPS has examined the small size mission for planetary exploration since last summer, and the special working group for this purpose in this section was organized to submit our report showing the scientific feasibility in a small size mission to a vice-president of JSPS. The final report is shown on the web-site of https://www.wakusei.jp/~shourai/wiki/epsilon/. A new load map for space science in Japan by JAXA was released last september, and it showed that the exploration of solar system would be planned in a small scale mission in order to overcome technical problems and develop new devices for the future planetary exploration planned after 10 years. According to this new load map related to planetary science, we have decided to discuss a future mission of small scale planetary exploration by using Epsilon rocket in JSPS fall meeting. We are going to hold a symposium to discuss a future plan regularly in 2014, and our symposium is open not only for JSPS member but also for every scientist and engineer who are interested in a small scale planetary exploration.