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	ESA - Aurora Exploration Programme - Aurora's origins
		Aurora is part of Europe's strategy for space, endorsed by the European Union Council of Research and the ESA Council in 2001.
		The primary objective of Aurora is to create, and then implement, a European long-term plan for the robotic and human exploration of the solar system, with Mars, the Moon and the asteroids as the most likely targets.
		The Aurora Programme office will carefully follow each project at all stages to ensure that everything is proceeding to plan.
	www.esa.int /export/SPECIALS/Aurora/SEMZOS39ZAD_0.html (894 words)

	Aurora - ESA - Aurora Exploration Programme (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-14)
		Aurora (previously known as 'NavCenter') is a UI widget in Mozilla.
		Aurora is a simple tree-column widget (actually, the same widget that is used in
		Aurora Public Library in Aurora, Colorado is supported by the City of Aurora and The Friends of the Aurora Public Library.
	aurora.bestindexes.com (394 words)

	Support the Aurora Programme Petition
		Aurora is part of Europe's strategy for space, endorsed by the European Union Council of Research and the ESA Council in 2001.
		ESA's Aurora Programme is one of the most exciting enterprises ever undertaken in Europe, an endeavour that will involve the best of European minds and industry.
		The Support the Aurora Programme Petition to The Prime Minister's Office, The UK Parliament was created by www.Support-Aurora.org.uk and written by Craig Sadler (admin@support-aurora.org.uk).
	www.petitiononline.com /ukaurora/petition.html (336 words)

	ExoMars and ESA's Aurora Exploration Programme - Bad Astronomy and Universe Today Forum
		Aurora, which is an optional programme of the Agency, i.e.
		Member States are free to decide whether they want to participate in the programme and up to which amount, received a large interest with the ministers and representatives from 14 countries agreeing in Berlin to subscribe to the programme up to a rate which exceeded the expectations.
		Aurora is ESA's programme aimed at the long-term robotic and human exploration of the Solar System, with Mars and the Moon as the main targets.
	www.bautforum.com /showthread.php?p=885876 (1011 words)

	Testimonials about Aurora Leadership Institutes
		Well from my perspective Aurora was an opportunity for an experience, and it is often experiences that changes lives, attitudes and your vision of the future.
		Aurora fostered long lasting international relationships, strategic alliances and a professional network of human resources I can utilise as a sounding board for new ideas, problems and support.
		Aurora Leadership Institutes: assisting future leaders to maximise their leadership skills and potential.
	www.alia.org.au /~aurora/testim.html (1065 words)

	ScienceDaily: Aurora's Roadmap To Mars
		Aurora's long-term plan stems from two strands: the current human spaceflight experience in low Earth orbit (LEO) and the development of robotic planetary exploration.
		The latter will be pursued throughout the Aurora Programme with the aim of extending capabilities towards larger spacecraft suitable for the human exploration of the solar system.
		Aurora's Roadmap To Mars (December 24, 2003) -- Now that Mars Express has successfully released Beagle 2 on its way to Mars the next step in Europe's exciting journey to Mars will be completed on Christmas Day, with the arrival of ESA's Mars...
	www.sciencedaily.com /releases/2003/12/031223062636.htm (1753 words)

	BBC NEWS \| Science/Nature \| UK 'must back Europe space plans'
		Insiders claim the UK needs to be involved in Aurora if it is to capitalise on the know-how developed on the Beagle 2 Mars lander project.
		The programme as envisaged by the European Space Agency (Esa) involves landing a robot rover on the surface of Mars - perhaps as early as 2009.
		This might align Aurora a little more closely with the mandatory science programmes that Esa member states are already engaged in - which would be good news for the UK and presumably other member states.
	news.bbc.co.uk /1/hi/sci/tech/3868385.stm (986 words)

	Britain joins mission to Mars \| Special reports \| Guardian Unlimited
		The science minister, Lord Sainsbury, announced today that the UK is contributing £5m to help pave the way for the Aurora programme to explore the solar system, including manned missions to Earth's nearest planetary neighbour.
		The present programme involves landing a robot rover on the surface of Mars as early as 2009.
		Aurora will be divided into five year periods, allowing each country to revise its scope of participation, depending on what is achieved and their national interests.
	www.guardian.co.uk /space/article/0,14493,1317714,00.html (500 words)

	CA3 :: Soft Computing and Autonomous Agents
		The report focuses on what is needed; for AURORA programme, which, at the limit, will not evolve independently from technologies in other domains.
		The AURORA missions require ‘enabling’ factors to unblock those severe constraints affecting the viability of the project.
		In the other hand, AURORA also requires efficiency to make the most appropriate use of the available resources and technologies (during planning, preparation and execution of the missions).
	www.uninova.pt /ca3/en/project_AURORA.htm (625 words)

	Europe aiming to put astronauts on Mars - 04 February 2004 - New Scientist
		Aurora was first approved in principle in 2001, but details of the plan were presented to members of the British space industry on Tuesday in London.
		By 2025, five years after President Bush vowed a return to the Moon, the Aurora programme will use a manned mission to the Moon to test life support systems and ways to use on-site resources.
		A preliminary estimate of the programme's cost for the period between 2005 and 2009 is 900 million Euros ($1.1 billion).
	www.newscientist.com /article.ns?id=dn4642 (633 words)

	NASA's Solar System Exploration: News & Events: 10.10.02: Lift Off for Aurora: Europe's First Steps to Mars, the Moon ... (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-14)
		This ambitious programme, started by ESA in January 2002, sets out a strategy over the next 30 years for Europe's robotic and human exploration of Mars, the Moon, and even beyond to the asteroids.
		On Monday 7 October, the Aurora Board of Participants met at ESA Headquarters in Paris and approved the start of assessment studies for the first four robotic missions in the Programme.
		As currently envisaged, the main milestones of the Aurora programme are: two Mars Sample Return missions (2011-2017); the decision to go ahead with a human mission (2015); a robotic outpost on Mars and possible human mission to the Moon (2020 - 2025); and a human mission to Mars (2025 - 2030).
	solarsystem.nasa.gov /news/display.cfm?News_ID=3452 (889 words)

	Aurora kinase inhibitor VX-680 clinical development programme by Vertex Pharmaceuticals (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-14)
		In addition to the phase II clinical development programme for VX-680 in colorectal cancer announced today, and the ongoing phase I study in hematologic cancers, Merck is also completing a phase I study of VX-680 administered in patients with solid tumors refractory to prior chemotherapy treatment.
		Aurora kinases (A, B and C) comprise a family of serine-threonine kinases that are believed to play multiple roles in the development and progression of cancer by acting as regulators of cell proliferation, by transforming normal cells into cancer cells and by down-regulating p53, one of the body’s natural tumor suppressors.
		Aurora kinases are known to be over-expressed in many tumor types, including colon cancer, breast cancer, ovarian cancer and other cancers as well as in lymphoma and leukemias.
	www.dancewithshadows.com /hara/vertex-aurora-kinase-inhibitor.asp (729 words)

	ESA Manned Spaceflight: Technology development
		A major component of Europe’s ambitious programme to explore the Solar System involves a progressive series of missions to the planet Mars.
		The exploration of Mars is an undertaking which presents a variety of technological challenges, from the physical requirement of bringing a payload to the Mars surface, to surviving and operating in the Martian environment.
		To address these challenges the European Aurora Exploration Programme includes a series of activities which aim to mature required generic and mission specific technologies in time for them to be included in the dedicated project development process.
	spaceflight.esa.int /aurora_dev/aurorahome/object_53.htm (349 words)

	UK backs Aurora Euro space programme \| The Register
		Aurora is a pan European bid to explore the solar system, bring back rock samples from Mars, and possibly even send a manned mission to the Red planet by 2033.
		Fortunately, the latest versions of the Aurora programme are more robot friendly, at least in the near future.
		This phase of the programme was about designing the first missions, of which there will be three.
	www.theregister.co.uk /2004/10/01/space_yes (685 words)

	Making Aurora Europe's Door Into Space
		One of the key architects of Aurora when he was Director of Strategy in 2001, Dordain is fully aware of the Programme's potential for developing and demonstrating innovative technologies that may subsequently be of value to many other areas of space exploration and ground-based applications.
		"Aurora is very important for me, because it is the door to the future," he said.
		The Aurora Programme, which is still in its preparatory phase, was presented to the public for the first time at Le Bourget.
	www.spacewar.com /news/esa-general-03k.html (563 words)

	UK Joins Next Stage of Aurora
		Speaking at a press conference today (30 September 2004), Prof Halliday said "Aurora is an exciting programme of space exploration to unravel the mysteries of our immediate cosmos, initially focusing on Europe's robotic exploration of Mars".
		This latest stage of ESA's Aurora programme will lead to a fully costed and defined programme by 2006, to include the first tranche of scientifically-orientated robotic missions which are likely to dominate the first ten years of the programme.
		Since Aurora is a long-term programme, potentially leading to a human mission to Mars circa 2033, the programme will be divided into 5-year periods allowing each country to revise its scope of participation, depending on actual outputs achieved at the end of each period and of national interests.
	www.pparc.ac.uk /Nw/aurora1.asp (695 words)

	ASDNews - Aerospace & Defence News - European ministers approve the Aurora Exploration Programme
		The ExoMars mission was conceived as part of the Aurora Preparatory Programme activities that were started in 2002 with the support of twelve participating states: Austria, Belgium, France, Germany, Italy, the Netherlands, Portugal, Spain, Sweden, Switzerland, the United Kingdom and Canada.
		As far as the financial shares in the programme are concerned, Italy has confirmed its leading role, followed by the United Kingdom, France and Germany.
		Subject to the availability of national funding for their research, scientists from all states participating in the Aurora programme are represented among the initial selection of instruments, together with some scientists funded by the USA.
	www.asd-network.com /press_detail_B.asp?ID=7896 (567 words)

	Germany joins the Aurora Exploration Programme
		It thus becomes the twelfth country participating in the programme (), which allows scientists and industrial companies from Germany to participate in the Aurora* Programme.
		The mission is being defined and designed during the Preparatory Phase along with the preparation of the European contribution to a possible international Mars sample return mission and other studies and technology developments to prepare for further exploration missions of the Solar system.
		A proposal for the next phase of the European Space Exploration Programme will be submitted for decision by ESA member states at the upcoming ESA Council at Ministerial level in December in Berlin and will feature the ExoMars mission as a major programme element.
	www.eurekalert.org /pub_releases/2005-07/esa-gjt071805.php (338 words)

	Aurora - to join or not to join \| Mars Today - Your Daily Source of Mars News
		The question as to whether the UK should participate in the European Space Agency's future Exploration Programme [Aurora] will be debated further today when leading scientists and industrialists present their case to a distinguished audience of government officials, including representatives of the Parliamentary Space Committee, at this year's International Farnborough Air show.
		ESA conducted a 'Phase A' study programme, to which the UK contributed through the Particle Physics and Astronomy Research Council [PPARC], which aimed to identify the early missions and likely technology requirements of Aurora.
		ESA is now requesting additional funding of 39M Euro from member states to sustain the programme over the next 18 months and a decision is required by 30 September 2004.
	www.marstoday.com /viewpr.html?pid=14645 (585 words)

	ESA’s Exploration Programme "Aurora" gets further boost (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-14)
		The countries participating in the Preparatory European Space Exploration Programme "Aurora" have recently confirmed and increased their contributions.
		France, the third-largest contributor to the programme, is followed by Belgium, Spain and The Netherlands.
		The preparatory phase of the "Aurora" Exploration Programme will culminate in a full programme proposal, which will be submitted to the next ESA Council meeting at ministerial level, currently scheduled for end-2005.
	i-newswire.com /goprint944.html (360 words)

	UK Returns To Mars In A Big Way Through Aurora Program
		UK scientists are returning to Mars with the news that the UK is to be a major player in the first phase of the European Space Agency's robotic space exploration programme Aurora, which will set the agenda for Europe's robotic exploration of space for the next 10 years.
		Prof Monica Grady from the Open University said "Joining ESA's Aurora programme is a wonderful opportunity for the UK to be part of an exciting and challenging programme of Martian exploration.
		Dr Mark Sims from the University of Leicester and Chair of PPARC's Aurora Advisory Board added, "The Aurora programme is a fantastic opportunity to exploit the great interest in planetary science and exploration throughout Europe and particularly in the UK.
	www.spacedaily.com /news/mars-future-05u.html (995 words)

	Tradewinds Ventures (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-14)
		Trade Winds, as operator, designed this first-phase drill programme on Aurora to evaluate the alteration features and stratigraphy along three of the main structural breaks that cross the main Aurora claim block from west to east.
		A major programme of drilling is planned to commence after freeze-up when access to all areas of the property, located immediately south of the Detour mine, is possible.
		The 2004 Block A drilling programme is testing the M Zone structure, having recently completed holes TWDDH-014and TWDDH-017 located on section 14500E, and TWDDH-018 located on section 14600E.
	www.tradewindsventures.com /new_2004_aug09.html (487 words)

	Flashespace.com - Aurora, le programme scientifique à long terme de l'Agence spatiale européenne
		La chronologie de l'ambitieux programme Aurora se réfère à un scénario en quatre grands temps, chacune d'une durée de cinq années qui permet de franchir de nouvelles barrières :
		Lundi 7 octobre, le Comité des participants au programme Aurora a approuvé le démarrage des études d'évaluation des quatre premières missions robotiques.
		Aurora est un programme technologique qui a été proposé par l'ESA à l'approbation des délégués et entériné par le Conseil de l'ESA réuni au niveau ministériel à Edimbourg les 14 et 15 novembre 2002.
	www.flashespace.com /html/aurora.htm (629 words)

	ScienceDaily: Europe Goes Back To Mars
		Consideration was also given to the preparatory activities needed to develop a sustainable, long-term Mars Exploration programme and how efforts to 2011 address the requirements of a Mars Sample Return (MSR) mission within an overall Aurora roadmap.
		The outcome and consensus of the workshop recommended a mission which blended key technologies and objectives from each of the candidate missions as the first robotic mission in the Aurora programme.
		The UK community has worked hard to ensure that the Aurora programme reflects the scientific and industrial expertise we have in the UK and the recommended mission builds upon the heritage of Beagle 2 and Huygens.
	www.sciencedaily.com /releases/2005/04/050419111211.htm (2095 words)

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