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Documents


A selection of documents relevant to the Aurora programme.

UK Documentation

Aurora Knowledge Exchange workshop (15 April 2011)

Welcome and Introduction (PDF, 103 Kb)  by Sue Horne, UK Space Agency
Commercialising Space (PDF, 1.4 Mb)  by Tim Just, Technology Strategy Board
Access to Aurora technology (PDF, 542 Kb)  by Dr. Major Chahal, UK Space Agency
Miniaturised Seismometers (PDF, 2.8 Mb) by Dr. W. Thomas Pike, Imperial College
RTGs, IMUs, low temperature sterilization and psychological support technologies (PDF, 1.0 Mb)  by Dr. Chris Chaloner, Systems Engineering and Assessment 
Software planning and autonomy (PDF, 1.3 Mb)  by Chris Lee, SciSys UK Ltd 
Lab in a suitcase (PDF, 611 Kb)  by Andy Bowyer, Magna Parva 
Advanced Surfactant Technologies (PDF, 2.2 Mb)  by Professor Mark Sephton, Imperial College London
Defence challenges and potential synergies (PDF, 94 Kb)  by Dr. Chris Gibson, Defence Science and Technology Laboratory
Translation awards – Healthcare (PDF, 1.0 Mb)  by Dr. Lars Gredsted, Wellcome Trust
Concurrent Design Facility (CDF), RAL  (PDF, 726 Kb) by Dr. Doug Griffin, RAL Space
ESA BICs and TTN (PDF, 1.1 Mb)  by Chris Bee, RAL Space

Aurora documents

Abotts report on Knowledge Transfer from Space Exploration  (PDF, 1.8 Mb)   
Aurora Advisory Committee terms of reference and membership (PDF, 100 Kb) 
Aurora Advisory Committee report May 2010 (PDF, 20 Kb) 
Aurora Advisory Committee minutes October 2010  (PDF, 25 Kb)   
Aurora 2010: Achievements and impacts of the UK's Mars Exploration Programme (PDF, 2.1 Mb) 
CREST (Collaborative Research in Exploration Systems and Technology) review (PDF, 494 Kb) 
Outcome of CREST projects (PDF, 29 Kb) 
Output document from Mars habitability landing site workshop, Open University, 4th-5th June 2009 (PDF, 134 Kb) 

ESA documentation

Aurora Executive summary (PDF, 80 Kb) 
Aurora Programme Brochure (PDF, 973 Kb) 
ESA Mars Robotic Exploration Programme (MREP) (PDF, 1.1 Mb) 

ESA Industry Day presentations

ExoMars programme, ExoMars Industrial Day, 23/09/10 (PDF, 486 Kb) 
The ExoMars mission, ExoMars Industrial Day, 23/09/10 (PDF, 7.0 Mb) 
Procurement, ExoMars Industrial Day, 23/09/10 (PDF, 4.5 Mb) 
ExoMars Orbiter Module Bus, ExoMars Industrial Day, 23/09/10 (PDF, 1.9 Mb) 
OHB, Orbiter Module Bus, MTP, ExoMars Industrial Day, 23/09/10 (PDF, 1.2 Mb) 
ExoMars Rover vehicle, Astrium, ExoMars Industrial Day, 23/09/10 (PDF, 1.1 Mb) 
ExoMars, Rover Operations Control Centre, ExoMars Industrial Day, 23/09/10 (PDF, 1.0 Mb)   

Mars Sample Return (MSR) documentation

Report of the International Mars Architecture for the Return of Samples (iMARS) Working Group on preliminary planning for a Mars Sample Return mission (PDF, 3.5 Mb) 
UK Roadmap to Mars Sample Return (PDF, 55 Kb) 
End to End final report (PDF, 2.2 Mb) 

Exploration documents

Global Exploration Strategy (PDF, 181 Kb)   
Royal Astronomical Society Report of the Commission on the Scientific Case for Human Space Explorations (PDF, 393 Kb) 
Report of the UK Space Exploration Working Group (PDF, 2.9 Mb)   
NASA-BNSC (British National Space Centre) Joint Working Group report (PDF, 1.3 Mb)   
International Space Exploration Coordination Group (ISECG) workplan (PDF, 679 Kb) 
Global Exploration Strategy (GES) Lunar exploration objectives (PDF, 1.5 Mb)    
ISECG terms of reference (PDF, 43 Kb) 

Other documents

Mori Poll results (PDF, 233 Kb)   
House of Commons Science and Technology Committee report on Space Policy: 2007  (PDF, 1.1 Mb) 
Report of the Independent Review by John Casini into the Beagle 2 project (PDF, 3.5 Mb) 
ESA/UK Commission of Inquiry into Inquiry Beagle 2 (PDF, 160 Kb) 

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