Status Report

Draft Announcement of Opportunity for the Magentospheric Multiscale Mission

By SpaceRef Editor
June 19, 2002
Filed under ,


General Information








Solicitation Number: N/A
Reference Number: 10-00037
NAIS Posted Date: Jun 19, 2002
FedBizOpps Posted Date: Jun 19, 2002
Response Date: Jul 01, 2002
Classification Code: A — Research and Development



Contracting Office Address

&nbsp

NASA/Goddard Space Flight Center, NASA Headquarters Acquisition Branch, Code 210.H, Greenbelt, MD 20771


Description

&nbsp


The National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA) Office of Space Science is releasing a DRAFT Announcement of Opportunity (AO) for community review and comment for the Magnetospheric Multiscale (MMS) Mission. Selection of a proposal through the final AO, once released, is intended to provide the instrument suite for the MMS mission. The science objectives covered by this AO are to explore and understand the fundamental plasma physics processes of, primarily, magnetic reconnection2Nm•Hd secondarily, particle acceleration and turbulence on both micro- and mesoscales in the Earth’s magnetosphere. Participation is open to all categories of organizations, foreign and domestic, including industry, educational institutions, nonprofit organizations, NASA centers, and other Government agencies. NASA welcomes critical review and comment of this DRAFT AO, which will be available from June 17, 2002, through July 1, 2002, via the World Wide Web site: http://spacescience.nasa.gov/ .


Send comments to Dr. James Spann, MMS Program Scientist, The Sun-Earth Connection Division, Code SS, Office of Space Science, National Aeronautics and Space Administration, Washington, DC 20546-0001. FAX: (202) 358-3987; or E-mail: jspann@hq.nasa.gov. The identity of those submitting comments will be held in confidence.




Point of Contact







Name: Dr. James Spann
Title: MMS Study Scientist
Phone: (202) 358-0888
Fax: (202) 358-3987
Email: jspann@hq.nasa.gov

SpaceRef staff editor.