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3 Ad Hoc Study Committees: Activities and Membership
3 Ad Hoc Study Committees: Activities and Membership
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(Activities and membership are summarized below.) In addition, four ad hoc committees that produced reports in 2005 were formally disbanded in 2006: the Committee on Planetary Protection Requirements for Venus Missions, the Committee on Preventing the Forward Contamination of Mars, the Committee on Principal Investigator-Led Missions in the Space Sciences, and the Committee on Priorities for Space Science Enabled by Nuclear Power and Propulsion.
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At its May 10-12, 2006, meeting at the National Academies' Keck Center in Washington, D.C., the committee received a briefing on the status of NASA's Mars exploration plans and the heard presentations relating to the committee's statement of task, including the geological history of Mars, recent results from Mars Express, isotopic biomarkers, the characteristics of sites of possible biological interest on Mars, and the status of astrobiology instrument development. The committee also drafted an outline of its final report and discussed presentations required for its next meeting.
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Riemer, Senior Program Officer, Board on Physics and Astronomy Rodney N Howard, Senior Program Assistant, Space Studies Board ASTRONOMY SCIENCE CENTERS: AN ASSESSMENT OF BEST PRACTICES AND GUIDING PRINCIPLES FOR THE FUTURE The ad hoc Committee on Astronomy Science Centers was formed to review lessons learned from experience with NASA's ensemble of space astronomy science centers in order to recommend a set of guiding principles and best practices for consideration in making decisions about approaches to meeting the needs of the astronomy community with future science centers.
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Barrowman, Independent Consultant David A Bearden, Aerospace Corporation Mark Devlin, University of Pennsylvania Joseph Fuller, Jr., Futron Corporation Karl Gebhardt, University of Texas, Austin William C
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ESAS Executive Committee Membership Richard A Anthes, University Corporation for Atmospheric Research (co-chair)
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Theresa M Fisher, Senior Program Assistant, Space Studies Board ESAS Panel on Land-use Change, Ecosystem Dynamics, and Biodiversity Membership Ruth S
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Fisher, Senior Program Assistant, Space Studies Board ESAS Panel on Human Health and Security Membership Mark L Wilson, University of Michigan (chair)
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Raymond Wassel, Senior Program Officer, Board on Environmental Studies and Toxicology Theresa M Fisher, Senior Program Assistant, Space Studies Board ESAS Panel on Solid-Earth Hazards, Resources, and Dynamics Membership Bradford H
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Chamberlain, Program Associate, Space Studies Board LIMITS OF ORGANIC LIFE IN PLANETARY SYSTEMS The Committee on the Limits of Organic Life in Planetary Systems, an ad hoc committee of the Space Studies Board and the Board on Life Sciences, did not meet during 2006. The committee's report was sent to external review in August 2006.
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Victoria Swisher, Research Associate, Space Studies Board Celeste A Naylor, Senior Program Assistant, Space Studies Board NASA ASTROPHYSICS PERFORMANCE ASSESSMENT The ad hoc Committee on NASA Astrophysics Performance Assessment was tasked with assessing NASA's performance in achieving the goals laid out by the 2000 NRC astronomy and astrophysics decadal survey, Astronomy and Astrophysics in the New Millennium, as well as in the 2003 NRC report Connecting Quarks with the Cosmos.
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Naylor, Senior Program Assistant, Space Studies Board PLANETARY PROTECTION REQUIREMENTS FOR VENUS MISSIONS The ad hoc Committee on Planetary Protection Requirements for Venus Missions, established under the auspices of COEL, was tasked with assessing the existing planetary protection requirements for spacecraft missions to Venus. The committee's short report "Assessment of Planetary Protection Requirements for Venus Missions" was released on February 14, 2006, and is reprinted in Chapter 6.
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Jeffrey Barnes, Oregon State University Penelope Boston, New Mexico Institute of Mining and Technology Stephen Bougher, University of Michigan Sherry L Cady, Portland State University Robert Clayton, University of Chicago Jeffrey Forbes, University of Colorado John Grant, Smithsonian Institution, National Air and Space Museum Ronald Greeley, Arizona State University Victoria Hamilton, University of Hawaii Catherine Johnson, University of California, San Diego Timothy McCoy, Smithsonian Institution, National Museum of Natural History Ralph McNutt, Johns Hopkins University, Applied Physics Laboratory Angus McRonald, Global Aerospace Corporation Francis Nimmo, University of California, Santa Cruz David H
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SCIENTIFIC CONTEXT FOR THE EXPLORATION OF THE MOON The ad hoc Committee on the Scientific Context for the Exploration of the Moon held its first meeting at the National Academies' Keck Center in Washington, D.C., June 20-22, 2006. The committee was briefed on a variety of current issues in lunar science.
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†Dr. Stern resigned from the committee on September 24, 2006, to join the NASA Advisory Committee Science Subcommittee (and on April 2, 2007, became Associate Administrator for NASA's Science Mission Directorate)
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