Planetary Decadal Study News 16 Jul 2001

PLANETARY DECADAL STUDY NEWS – LARGE SATELLITES INPUT REQUESTED

The Large Satellites Panel of the Solar System Exploration Survey
solicits your input with regard to science and mission priorities for
future Outer Planet Satellite exploration. A report on recent panel
activities and a listing of questions under current consideration
has been posted on the community decadal website in the
“Large Satellites” forum:

http://www.aas.org/~dps/decadal

Click on “Real-Time Forums”

Click on “Large Satellites”

We look forward to your feedback.

Bob Pappalardo, Vice-Chair
NRC Large Satellites Discipline Panel

NOTES FROM THE CHAIR – NRC PANELS ON THE COMMUNITY DECADAL WEBSITE

Things are going well on the community site with more than 70 people
participating in a half dozen community panels with white paper
abstracts and drafts being posted already for Dust Astronomy, Exploring
Main Beld Asteroids, and Near-Earth Asteroid Sample Returns. Four other
panels are forming. We need more topical coverage, but it is a good
start.

When requested by individual NRC planetary decadal panels, we will be
establishing special real-time discussion forums on the community
decadal website as one means for them to post information and questions
for feedback and discussion. Panel positions on ultimate issues will be
informed by your input and formed near the end of this process.

Mark V. Sykes

DPS Chair, dpschair@aas.org