EXTENDED SUPPORT FOR THE CHEMIN MINERALOGICAL INSTRUMENT DURING THE MARS SCIENCE LABORATORY (MSL11) MISSION: EXPERIMENT PLANNING DATA ANALYSIS AND MISSION OPERATIONSTHIS PROPOSAL IS TO SUPPORT DR. PHILIPPE SARRAZINS ACTIVITIES AS CO-I OF THE CHEMIN MINERALOGICALINSTRUMENT THAT IS PART OF THE MARS SCIENCE LABORATORY (MSL) ROVER CURIOSITY DURING THEEXTENDED MISSION ON THE MARS SURFACE.DR. SARRAZIN WAS A NAMED CO-I ON THE ORIGINAL CHEMIN INSTRUMENT PROPOSAL SUBMITTED TO THEMSL MISSION ANNOUNCEMENT OF OPPORTUNITY AND HIS INCLUSION WAS VALIDATED AT THAT TIME BY DR. MICHAEL MEYER MARS PROGRAM SCIENTIST AT NASA HEADQUARTERS. FUNDING FOR DR. SARRAZIN FOR THE DURATION OF PHASE E WHICH IS DETAILED IN THE CHEMIN EOP HAS BEEN VALIDATED BY THE MARS PROGRAM OFFICE AND BY DR. MICHAEL MEYER MARS PROGRAM SCIENTIST AT NASA HEADQUARTERS.

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