Dear Jim and Soren,

FMI is currently, as you are aware of, together with various European
and US institutes and organisations, pursuing a NetLander concept for
the Mars Express mission. A key instrument in the NetLander payload is
ATMIS, the Atmospheric Structure and Meteorology Instrument. The ATMIS
is primarily provided by FMI with some individual sensors coming from
JPL, Univ of Padova and Service d'Aeronomie.

Prof Pellinen has nominated me as the PI of the ATMIS instrument with
the responsibility to put together a science team, define the
scientific objectives, develop, manufacture and deliver the instrument
in the schedule to be defined by the Mars Express mission.

Jim, I would like to invite you and Soren Larsen to participate as
Co-Investigators in our ATMIS experiment team. Please let me know
if this invitation is suitable for both of you.

.....

NETLANDER study aims at submitting an integrated payload to ESA's Mars
Express mission AO. The response is due on 24 February, 1998. I am the
study manager and Gilbert Leppelmeier (FMI) is acting as the executive
director of the study. Philippe Lognonne (IPGP, Paris) is the
Scientific Coordinator of the study. Currently the main participating
organisations are: FMI, CNES, IPGP, ASI, DLR, JPL and various
industrial companies.  Tomorrow I will fax to you an information
package on NETLANDER and ATMIS.

Next week, on 3-5 November, we will have a NETLANDER study
progress/working meeting organised by CNES at the CNES HQ (meeting
information below). You are welcome to participate in the meeting, the
most interesting day may be Tuesday 4 Nov. I will be in Paris from
Sunday night (2 Nov) till Wednesday night (5 Nov).

Could you participate in the next week's NetLander meeting in Paris
for us to discuss the ATMIS and NetLander topics ?  At least on
Wednesday I should have lots of time with you to discuss and plan the
NetLander and ATMIS issues.

Please let me know your opinions of this.

Best Regards,
Ari-Matti Harri,  FMI.

e-mail received 11:30 local time, Roskilde Denmark, 30 Oct.  Larsen
provided funds and Tillman represented Larsen and Tillman interests at
Paris meeting 3 Nov.