PSAA

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NASA Committee for Planetary Science with Astrophysics Assets Committee Members:

  • James (Gerbs) Bauer (Co-Chair; UMD)
  • Stefanie Milam (Co-Chair; GSFC)
  • Cristina Thomas (NAU)
  • Gordon Bjoraker (GSFC)
  • Leigh Fletcher (University of Leicester)
  • Carrie Nugent (IPAC)
  • Walt Harris (University of Arizona)
  • Andy Rivkin (APL, JHU)
  • Christine Hartzell (University of Maryland)
  • Scott Wolk (CfA, Harvard)
  • Paul Hartogh(MPI - SSRG)
  • Sean Carey (IPAC)
  • Doris Daou (NASA HQ)


email: psaalist@astro.umd.edu

Goal: to compile a uniform set of basic capabilities and needs to maximize the yield of Solar System science with future Astrophysics assets while allowing those assets to achieve their Astrophysics priorities.


Public Presentations and Announcements


Small Bodies Assessment Group (Tucson, Jan 16, 2018)

PSAA Meetings

Kick-off Meeting Thursday, January 25, 2018
11:00 am | Eastern Standard Time (New York, GMT-05:00) | 1 hr
Meeting number (access code): 737 050 224
Meeting password: astroph
webex: https://umd.webex.com/umd/j.php?MTID=mb50b76a2fc23a9be334bfb78529547a8
Topic: Some review and context for the PSAA, concentrating on logistics.
Agenda:

  • Introductions, and brief overview/history of PSAA
  • Some Past Examples of AA missions that yielded big planetary science
  • Near and Far term, and future missions
  • NASA HQ Program Scientist
  • Future meeting times and Cadence, next meeting: schedules and topical considerations (various).
  • Conclusions

Meeting presentations
Overview
Future Missions


Notes (most comments were in context of the Overview and Future mission presentations above):

  • For the "Actions" of the committee, we should also present to AAS and DPS, as well as submit the white paper to BOTH The Astrophysics and Planetary Decadal Committees.
  • We should consider astrophysics assets, not Only space assets; IRTF, SOFIA, LSST, etc.
  • Expand membership to include expertise
    • DD(NHQ) suggested possibly an open call, but in any case a means of soliciting input from the community, possibly through a Google Doc/form or some email, and can provide help.
    • SNM(Co-Chair) suggested need to keep membership manageable, but emphasized the need for a method of input, Google Doc good idea.
    • DD (NHQ) noted the balance was weighted towards small bodies, SNM noted that the Giant Planet scientists were not attending today.
    • AR(APL-JHU) suggested reaching out to other communities, including Japan mission input, to expand the committee to include a few more intl. scientists.
    • GB(Co-Chair) suggested a committee size of over 20 gets unwieldy. Bi-weekly Cadence for meetings, to prepare in time for input to Decadal committees.
  • Action Items:
    • All - expect an email in the next week to establish account for wiki edit permissions... update contact and affiliation information. Also, think of a few key members (will need to down-select to 3-5 additions).
    • Co-Chairs - Come up with some options for soliciting input. Draft Schedule and Milestones. Set up Doodle poll for regular meeting times.