Future in situ balloon exploration of Titan ’ s atmosphere and surface ( Draft : version 7 – 2 September 2009 )
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J. Lunine (LPL), D. Matson (JPL), K. Reh (JPL), P. Beauchamp (JPL), J.M Charbonnier (CNES, Toulouse), L. Bruzzone (Univ. Trento), M.-T. Capria (IFSI, Rome), A. Coates (MSSL, Univ. College London), C. Hansen (JPL), R. Jaumann (DLR, Berlin), J.P Lebreton (ESA/ESTEC), R. Lopes (JPL), R. Lorenz (APL), I. Mueller-Wodarg (Imp. College, London), F. Raulin (Univ. Paris 12), E. Sittler (NASA/GSFC), J. Soderblom (LPL), F. Sohl (DLR, Berlin), C. Sotin (JPL), T. Tokano (Univ. Koln), T. Spilker (JPL), N. Strange (JPL), E. Turtle (APL), H. Waite (SWRI), L. Gurvits (JIVE), C. Nixon (NASA/GSFC), T. Livengood (NASA/GSFCF), J. Blamont (CNES, Paris), R. Achterberg (NASA/GSFC), M. Allen (JPL), C. Anderson (NASA/GSFC), D. Atkinson (Univ. Idaho), T. Balint (JPL), G. Bampasidis (Univ. Athens), D. Banfield (Cornell), A. Bar-Nun (Tel-Aviv Univ., Israel), J. Barnes (Univ. Idaho), R. Beebe (New Mexico State Univ.), E. Bierhaus (Lockheed Martin), G. Bjoraker (NASA/GSFC), D. Burr (Univ. Tennessee), C. Conley (NASA/AMES), F. Crary (SWRI), J. Cui (Imp. College, London), J. Elliott (JPL), M. Flasar (NASA/GSFC), A. Friedson (JPL), M. Galand (Imp. College, London), D. Gautier (Paris-Meudon Observatory), M. Gurwell (CFA, Harvard), J. Head (Raytheon), M. Hirtzig (Paris Obs.), T. Hurford (NASA/GSFC), T. Johnson (JPL), K. Klaus (Boeing), W. Kurth (Univ. Iowa), J. Martin-Torres (Caltech), K. Mitchell (JPL), X. Moussas (Univ. Athens), M. Munk (NASA/LRS), C. Neish (APL), L. Norman (UCL), B. Noyelles (Univ. Namur), G. Orton (JPL), T. Owen (IfA, Hawaii), D. Pascu (US Naval Obs.), E. Pencil (NASA/GRC), S. Rafkin (SWRI), T. Ray (JPL), F. Rocard (CNES, Paris), H. Roe (Lowell Obs.), A. Solomonidou (Univ. Athens), L. Spilker (JPL), R. West (JPL), D. Williams (ASU, SESE), E. Wilson (JPL and Univ. Michigan), M. Wright (NASA/AMES), V. Zivkovic (Univ. North Dakota).
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