ExoMars 2016 EDL Student Mars Microphone
ExoMars 2016 Opportunity Workshop
Naples, October 27-28th
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Student Mars Microphone : a Student Project for ExoMars 2016
• Proposal to lead a University consortium to contribute to ExoMars 2016 with a (light !) student project.
• Proposed structure : Consortium of European Universities
Involvement of undergraduate students
Coordination with associations (Eyes in Space, Planetary Society) for outreach.
• Institut Supérieur de l’Aéronautique et de l’Espace A leading engineering Institute in Europe Merging from SUPAERO and ENSICA engineering schools
A Short History of Planetary Microphones
• First Planetary microphone on Huygens Successfully retrieved the descent sounds
• Second opportunity on Mars Polar Lander MM Development up to FM by Greg Delory (UC Berkeley) Support by the Planetary Society Failed landing of MPL
• Third opportunity with Phoenix : sound coupled with Mardi imager (Not used)
• Opportunity on NetLander Stereo – Implementation on PanCam. Development stopped with NetLander
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Student Mars Microphone
• Science floor Involvement of student teams First sounds recorded on Mars
• “Full Science” If stereo implementation
Contribution to dust devil science (retrieving of devil direction) Complementary instrument to atmospheric science
Dust Storm Recording of thunder ?
Evaluation of particle impacts on EDL (depends on accommodation)
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