NAS Meeting: The Scientific Context for the Exploration of the Moon

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Agenda:

PRELIMINARY AGENDA

Room 204

Tuesday, June 20

11:00 a.m. Welcome Guests, Introductions – George Paulikas, chair

11:05 a.m. Talk 1: Perspective from SMD Program Management – Mary Cleave, Science Mission Directorate Associate Administrator (TBC)

12:00 p.m. LUNCH

1:00 p.m. Talk 2: Lunar Sample Science and Sample Return – Charles Shearer, University of New Mexico

2:00 p.m. Talk 3: Lunar Sample Curation – Gary Lofgren, NASA Johnson Space Center

3:00 p.m. BREAK

3:15 p.m. Talk 4: Lunar Exploration Analysis Group – G. Jeffrey Taylor, University of Hawaii, via telecon

4:15 p.m. Discussion of Presentations – George Paulikas and Carlé Pieters

5:00 p.m. ADJOURN

Wednesday, June 21

8:30 a.m. Welcome Guests – George Paulikas, chair

8:35 a.m. Talk 5: Lunar Geophysical Network – Clive Neal, University of Notre Dame, via telecon from Perth

9:35 a.m. Talk 6: Lunar Geophysics – Norman Sleep, Stanford University

10:35 a.m. BREAK

10:55 a.m. Talk 7: South-Pole Aitken Basin – Brad Jolliff, Washington University at St. Louis

12:00 p.m. LUNCH

1:00 p.m. Discussion of Presentations – George Paulikas and Carlé Pieters

2:00 p.m. Discussion of White Papers – Carlé Pieters, vice chair

3:00 p.m. BREAK

3:15 p.m. Discussion of Critical Near Term Lunar Science Issues – George Paulikas and Carlé Pieters

4:00 p.m. Overnight assignments – George Paulikas and Carlé Pieters

4:15 p.m. Talk 8: History of Lunar Science – S. Ross Taylor, Australian National University, via telecon from Canberra

5:15 p.m. ADJOURN

Thursday, June 22

The final day of this meeting is closed in its entirety.

Closed Session Summary Posted After the Meeting