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Suggested Citation: National Academies of Sciences, Engineering, and Medicine. 2018. Report Series: Committee on Astronomy and Astrophysics—Mission Concept Studies. Washington, DC: The National Academies Press. https://doi.org/10.17226/25212.

Suggested Citation:"Front Matter." National Academies of Sciences, Engineering, and Medicine. 2018. Report Series: Committee on Astronomy and Astrophysics: Mission Concept Studies. Washington, DC: The National Academies Press. doi: 10.17226/25212.
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Suggested Citation:"Front Matter." National Academies of Sciences, Engineering, and Medicine. 2018. Report Series: Committee on Astronomy and Astrophysics: Mission Concept Studies. Washington, DC: The National Academies Press. doi: 10.17226/25212.
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COMMITTEE ON ASTRONOMY AND ASTROPHYSICS

MARCIA J. RIEKE, NAS,1 University of Arizona, Co-Chair

STEVEN M. RITZ, University of California, Santa Cruz, Co-Chair

JEREMIAH K. DARLING, University of Colorado, Boulder

MEGAN DONAHUE, Michigan State University

THOMAS GREENE, NASA Ames Research Center

LEE W. HARTMANN, University of Michigan

VASSILIKI KALOGERA, NAS, Northwestern University

BRUCE MACINTOSH, Stanford University

CHRISTOPHER F. MCKEE, NAS, University of California, Berkeley

ANGELA V. OLINTO, University of Chicago

MARK M. PHILLIPS, Carnegie Institution for Science

JAMES M. STONE, Princeton University

ALEXEY VIKHLININ, Harvard-Smithsonian Center for Astrophysics

ERIC M. WILCOTS, University of Wisconsin

A. THOMAS YOUNG, NAE,2 Lockheed Martin, retired

Staff: DAVID LANG, Senior Program Officer, Board on Physics and Astronomy, Study Director; MIA BROWN, Research Associate, Space Studies Board; DIONNA WISE, Senior Program Coordinator, Space Studies Board; RICHARD ROWBERG, Interim Acting Director, Space Studies Board and Aeronautics and Space Engineering Board; JAMES C. LANCASTER, Director, Board on Physics and Astronomy

SPACE STUDIES BOARD

FIONA HARRISON, NAS, California Institute of Technology, Chair

ROBERT D. BRAUN, NAE,3 University of Colorado, Boulder, Vice Chair

DAVID N. SPERGEL, NAS, Princeton University and Center for Computational Astrophysics at the Simons Foundation, Vice Chair

JAMES G. ANDERSON, NAS, Harvard University

JEFF M. BINGHAM, Consultant

JAY C. BUCKEY, Geisel School of Medicine at Dartmouth College

MARY LYNNE DITTMAR, Dittmar Associates

JOSEPH FULLER, JR., Futron Corporation

THOMAS R. GAVIN, California Institute of Technology

SARAH GIBSON, National Center for Atmospheric Research

WESLEY T. HUNTRESS, Carnegie Institution of Washington

ANTHONY C. JANETOS, Boston University

CHRYSSA KOUVELIOTOU, NAS, George Washington University

DENNIS P. LETTENMAIER, NAE, University of California, Los Angeles

ROSALY M. LOPES, Jet Propulsion Laboratory

DAVID J. MCCOMAS, Princeton University

LARRY PAXTON, Johns Hopkins University, Applied Physics Laboratory

SAUL PERLMUTTER, NAS, Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory

ELIOT QUATAERT, University of California, Berkeley

BARBARA SHERWOOD LOLLAR, University of Toronto

HARLAN E. SPENCE, University of New Hampshire

MARK H. THIEMENS, NAS, University of California, San Diego

MEENAKSHI WADHWA, Arizona State University

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1 Member, National Academy of Sciences.

2 Member, National Academy of Engineering.

3 Member, National Academy of Engineering.

Suggested Citation:"Front Matter." National Academies of Sciences, Engineering, and Medicine. 2018. Report Series: Committee on Astronomy and Astrophysics: Mission Concept Studies. Washington, DC: The National Academies Press. doi: 10.17226/25212.
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BOARD ON PHYSICS AND ASTRONOMY

BARBARA V. JACAK, NAS, Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory, Chair

ABRAHAM LOEB, Harvard University, Vice Chair

LOUIS F. DIMAURO, The Ohio State University

FRANCIS J. DISALVO, NAS, Cornell University

TODD DITMIRE, University of Texas, Austin

NATHANIEL J. FISCH, Princeton University

DANIEL FISHER, NAS, Stanford University

WENDY FREEDMAN, NAS, University of Chicago

TIMOTHY M. HECKMAN, NAS, Johns Hopkins University

WENDELL T. HILL III, University of Maryland

ALAN J. HURD, Los Alamos National Laboratory

BARBARA A. JONES, IBM Almaden Research Center

ANDREW J. LANKFORD, University of California at Irvine

NERGIS MAVALVALA, NAS, Massachusetts Institute of Technology

LYMAN A. PAGE, JR., NAS, Princeton University

STEVEN M. RITZ, University of California Santa Cruz

ACKNOWLEDGMENT OF REVIEWERS

This Consensus Study Report was reviewed in draft form by individuals chosen for their diverse perspectives and technical expertise. The purpose of this independent review is to provide candid and critical comments that will assist the National Academies of Sciences, Engineering, and Medicine in making each published report as sound as possible and to ensure that it meets the institutional standards for quality, objectivity, evidence, and responsiveness to the study charge. The review comments and draft manuscript remain confidential to protect the integrity of the deliberative process.

We thank the following individuals for their review of this report:

CHARLES ALCOCK, NAS, Harvard-Smithsonian Center for Astrophysics,

JON ARENBERG, Northrop Grumman Aerospace Systems,

ROGER BLANDFORD, NAS, Stanford University,

GLENN LIGHTSEY, Georgia Institute of Technology,

AMY MLINAR, Planetary Science Institute,

JOSEPH SILK, NAS, Université Pierre et Marie Curie, Paris, France, and

GRANT STOKES, NAE, MIT Lincoln Laboratory.

Although the reviewers listed above provided many constructive comments and suggestions, they were not asked to endorse the conclusions or recommendations of this report nor did they see the final draft before its release. The review of this report was overseen by Charles F. Kennel, NAS, University of California, San Diego. He was responsible for making certain that an independent examination of this report was carried out in accordance with the standards of the National Academies and that all review comments were carefully considered. Responsibility for the final content rests entirely with the authoring committee and the National Academies.

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