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    Briefing Meeting Cosmic Vision 2015-2025 Call for Proposals

    12 Apr 2007

    More than 60 Letters Of Intent were received in response to ESA's Cosmic Vision 2015-2025 Call for Proposals. Wednesday, 11 April 2007, a briefing meeting to the proposers took place at ESTEC in Noordwijk, The Netherlands. The meeting comprised a number of presentations by ESA covering various aspects relative to the Call, followed by a session for questions from the proposers and for discussion.

    Presentations

    The presentations of the briefing meeting are available in PDF format:

    Programmatic context of the Cosmic Vision Call

    PDF

    Cosmic Vision 2015-2025: The scientific priorities

     -  Astrophysics and Fundamental Physics PDF
     -  Solar System. Synergies with the Exploration programme PDF

    International collaboration

    PDF

    Evaluation and selection process

    PDF

    Technical guidelines

    PDF

    Question and answers:

     -  Answers to general and policy questions relative to the CV2015 Call PDF
     -  Q&A on Cost, Technology, Communications, and others PDF

    Clarifications to additional questions that were not yet covered in the last two presentations are available on a dedicated Q&A page, linked from the right hand navigation.

    Submitted Letters of Intent

    The Letters Of Intent that were received in response to ESA's Cosmic Vision 2015-2025 Call for Proposals are organised below by the three main topics - Astrophysics, Fundamental Physics and Solar System - and within each topic by date received.


    Astrophysics
    Name, Affiliation Country Title
    Labeyrie, Antoine, College de France FR Luciola
    Swinyard, Bruce, RAL UK SPICA: The next generation IR space observatory
    Turner, Martin J L, Univ. Of Leicester UK XEUS: Physics of the Hot Evolving Universe
    Ollivier, Marc, IAS FR Enabling science for DARWIN. PEGASE : a space interferometer to study stellar environments and low mass objects
    Catala, Claude, Obs. de Paris FR PLATO - PLAnetary Transits and Oscillations of stars
    Schneider, Jean, Obs. de Paris FR Super-Earth Explorer SEE-COAST
    Knödlseder, Jürgen, CESR FR The Gamma-Ray Imager mission
    Helmich, Frank, SRON NL FIRI - the Far-InfraRed Interferometer
    Refregier, Alexandre, CEA Saclay FR DUNE: The Dark Universe Explorer
    Greiner, Jochen, MPE Garching DE GRIPS - GRB Investigations via Polarimetry and Spectroscopy
    Leger, Alain, IAS FR Darwin
    Janson, Markus, MPIA, Heidelberg DE The Celestial Exoplanet Survey Occulter
    Santangelo, Andrea, IAAT Tuebingen DE Space Observatory for the study of the Universe at Ultra High Energies
    Contopoulos, Ioannis, Acad. Of Athens GR Measurement of cosmological magnetic fields in Lyman-alpha clouds through the paramagnetic Faraday effect
    Srama, Ralf, MPI Kernphysik DE Sample Return of Interstellar Matter - SARIM
    Cimatti, Andrea, Uni. Bologna IT SPACE : the SPectroscopic All-sky Cosmic Explorer
    de Bernardis, Paolo, Dip. Fisica IT B-Pol
    Wild, Wolfgang, SRON NL Millimetron
    Koechlin, Laurent, Obs. Midi-Pyr. FR Fresnel Interferometric Imager
    Barstow, Martin, Univ. Of Leicester UK Stellar and Galactic Environment Survey (SAGE)
    Piro, Luigi, IASF Roma IT EDGE, Explorer of Diffuse Emission and GRB Explosions
    Boulanger, Francois, IAS FR The Molecular Hydrogen Explorer (H2EX)
    Bougeret, Jean-Louis, Obs. Paris FR A New Window to the Universe: Very Low Frequency Astrophysics (VLFA)
    Werner, Klaus, Univ. Tuebingen DE Far Ultraviolet Space Observatory

    Fundamental Physics
    Sharma, raj gaurav, Sati Other dayforever
    Valent, Pavol, Univ. KF Nitra SK Direct search for deviation of the one-way speed of the light
    Popov, Michael, Royal Antr. Inst. UK Kant Mission
    Dittus, Hansjörg, ZARM, Univ. Bremen DE Astrodynamical Space Test of Relativity using Optical Devices (ASTROD)
    Dittus, Hansjörg, ZARM, Univ. Bremen DE Laser Astrometric Test Of Relativity (LATOR)
    Dittus, Hansjörg, ZARM, Univ. Bremen DE Deep Space Gravity Explorer (DSGE)
    Tino, Guglielmo M., Univ. Firenze / LENS IT Atom Interferometry in Space (AIS)
    Christophe, Bruno, ONERA FR Solar System ODYSSEY
    Sumner, Timothy, Imperial College UK GAUGE (GrAnd Unification and Gravity Explorer
    Schiller, Stephan, Univ. Düsseldorf DE Gravity Explorer
    Ertmer, Wolfgang, IQ DE Matter Wave Explorer of Gravity
    Santangelo, Andrea, IAAT Tuebingen DE Space Observatory for the study of the Universe at Ultra High Energies
    Wolf, Peter, Obs. Paris FR SAGAS
    Bertolami, Orfeu, IST PT Deep Space Gravity Probe - Zacuto Mission
    Nobili, Anna M., Univ. Di Pisa IT GALILEO GALILEI" (GG)"


    Solar System

    Luchian, Ghidel, PS Elektronik DE Venus Troposphere
    Wimmer-Schweingruber, Robert F., Univ. Kiel DE The Interstellar Heliopause probe
    Schwartz, Steve, Imperial College UK Cross-Scale
    Turck-Chieze, Sylvaine, CEA Saclay FR DynaMICCS
    Rosales, Jose Luis , RSEF Other Research of life liquid water generated via non-stellar energy sources in ENCELADUS
    Barucci, Maria Antonietta, Obs. Paris FR NEO Sample Return Mission
    Farkin, Bernard, Digital Space FR Virtual Human Spaceflight: Europa and Mars mission concepts enabled by autonomous robot and virtual environment technologies
    Chassefiere, Eric, Serv. D'Aeronomie FR EVE (European Venus Explorer) : an in-situ mission to Venus
    Maksimovic, Milan, Obs. Paris, CNRS FR PHOIBOS (Probing Heliospheric Origins with an Inner Boundary Observing Spacecraft)
    Damé, Luc, Serv. D'Aeronomie FR HIRISE - HIgh Resolution Imaging and Spectroscopy Explorer
    Pulkkinen, Tuija, Finnish Meteor. Inst. SF WARP - Waves And Relativistic Particles
    Marty, Bernard, CRPG/CNRS FR KRONOS : Saturn atmospheric probe and deep atmosphere and interior remote sounding
    Philippe, Lognonné, IPGP FR European Moon and Mars Planetary Observatories
    Appourchaux, Thierry, IAS FR POLAR Investigation of the Sun / POLARIS
    Smith, Alan, MSSL UK LunarEx - A Lunar Penetrator Mission
    Leblanc, Francois,Serv. D'Aeronomie FR Mars Environment and Magnetic Orbiter
    Coustenis, Athena, Obs. Paris Meudon FR Titan and Enceladus Mission (TANDEM)
    Westall, Frances, CNRS FR "Mars Origins Mission" to Noachian-Mars: exploring the southern hemisphere of Mars in search of traces of life
    Gruen, Eberhard, MPI Kernphysik DE DuneXpress
    Vincent, Robert, BGSU USA Methane Imager for Planetary Missions (Including Earth)
    Lundin, Rickard, IRF SE Evolution Surveyor of the Atmospheric Composition
    Peeters, Bart, Ursa Minor NL MarsFly: Scientific research of Mars by flapping wing
    Fineschi, Silvano, INAF Obs. Torino IT Coronal Magnetism, Plasma and Activity Studies from Space
    Küppers, Michael, MPS DE Comet Sample Return Mission
    Blanc, Michel, CESR FR A Mission to Europa and the Jupiter System


    Last Update: 13 Jun 2007

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    • Cosmic Vision 2015-2025 Call for Proposals
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