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1 I3/CA Europlanet - EC Contract 001637 - http://europlanet.cesr.fr/ EUROPLANET The European Planetology Network and Cassini-Huygens Michel Blanc, CNRS

2 I3/CA Europlanet - EC Contract 001637 - http://europlanet.cesr.fr/ Origin of the project Cassini/Huygens is a joint mission of ESA and NASA to the Saturn world and to Titan, involving the two Agencies, industrials and over 200 scientists from the two sides of the Atlantic The European participants want to maximize the scientific return of the mission, and to take this opportunity to build in the long term a strong planetary science community With the EC support Europlanet seeks to : –Bring additional resources –Involve a broader community in the mission –Develop tools and collaborations for all future missions

3 I3/CA Europlanet - EC Contract 001637 - http://europlanet.cesr.fr/ Close encounter with Titan !

4 I3/CA Europlanet - EC Contract 001637 - http://europlanet.cesr.fr/ Multi-scale understanding of a new world of a new world

5 I3/CA Europlanet - EC Contract 001637 - http://europlanet.cesr.fr/ The « Golden triangle » of success Space Agencies ESA/NASA National Agencies Laboratories Space Industries

6 I3/CA Europlanet - EC Contract 001637 - http://europlanet.cesr.fr/ Education Public Laboratory Measurements Modelling theory Ground-based observations ESA Planetary Missions

7 I3/CA Europlanet - EC Contract 001637 - http://europlanet.cesr.fr/ 6 key activities N2: Discipline working groups N3: Coordination of Earth based & space observations N4: Outreach N5: Personnel exchanges N6: Meetings N7: Integrated and Distributed Information Service

8 I3/CA Europlanet - EC Contract 001637 - http://europlanet.cesr.fr/ + NASA-led missions with some European participation (MSL, Dawn, …) FP7 Extension ?

9 I3/CA Europlanet - EC Contract 001637 - http://europlanet.cesr.fr/ Mars, Mercury, comets, giant planets…

10 I3/CA Europlanet - EC Contract 001637 - http://europlanet.cesr.fr/http://europlanet.cesr.fr/ Prague Observatory Technische Univ. München Royal Observatory Blegium Astronomical Institute of the Romanian Academy Institüt für Weltraumforschung Austrian Academy of Sciences IRSP International Research School of Planetary Sciences

11 I3/CA Europlanet - EC Contract 001637 - http://europlanet.cesr.fr/ En route to the planets ! Kick-off meeting, Vienna, 24 April 2005


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