Planetary Exploration Newsletter Volume 1, Number 32 (November 25, 2007)
PLANETARY EXPLORATION NEWSLETTER Volume 1, Number 32 (November 25, 2007)
PEN Website: http://planetarynews.org
Editor: Matt Balme
Co-Editors: Mark V. Sykes, Nic Richmond
Email: pen_editor at psi.edu
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1. [NASA] New Proposal Opportunity for Astrobiology Science and Technology Instrument Development, Including Concept Studies for Small Payloads and Satellites (ASTID)
2. [NASA] Deferral of Proposals for New Horizons at Jupiter Data Analysis
3. [NASA] Suspension of Supplemental E/PO Proposal Opportunities
4. [NASA] Education and Public Outreach Division Support Groups Cooperative Agreement Notice Postponed
5. [NASA] PDS Releases New Mars Soil Analog Laboratory Data Set
6. [NASA] PDS Mars Odyssey Radio Science Data Release 66
7. AbSciCon 2008 Abstract Deadline Extended
8. Touchdown on Titan Webcast Lecture
9. Planetary Meeting Calendar Additions
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[NASA] NEW PROPOSAL OPPORTUNITY FOR ASTROBIOLOGY SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY INSTRUMENT DEVELOPMENT, INCLUDING CONCEPT STUDIES FOR SMALL PAYLOADS AND SATELLITES (ASTID)
Notices of Intent to propose are due December 14, 2007, and proposals are due February 15, 2008.
[Editor note: for the full announcement, go to:
http://nspires.nasaprs.com/external/viewrepositorydocument/cmdocumentid=119318/Amendment%2028.pdf ]
[NASA] DEFERRAL OF PROPOSALS FOR NEW HORIZONS AT JUPITER DATA ANALYSIS
The New Horizons at Jupiter Data Analysis program (NH-JDAP) will not be competed in 2007. A broader Jupiter Data Analysis Program (JDAP) will be competed in ROSES 2008 (to be released mid-February 2008).
NH-JDAP will be broadened to include the analysis of older data on the Jupiter system, not just data from the New Horizons mission. This is appropriate in that the Galileo mission data returned after calendar year 2000 was never open to a Data Analysis Program. Furthermore the planetary community has been greatly stimulated by the Cassini mission and the new Flagship studies on the Jupiter system, and this provides a perfect opportunity to support further mission studies in this area. Voyager data will also be eligible.
[Editor Note: for the full announcement, go to
http://nspires.nasaprs.com/external/viewrepositorydocument/cmdocumentid=119613/Amendment%2029.pdf ]
[NASA] SUSPENSION OF SUPPLEMENTAL E/PO PROPOSAL OPPORTUNITIES
The opportunity for selected ROSES investigators to submit proposals for supplemental E/PO awards is suspended as of December 31, 2007, pending a global review of the SMD E/PO portfolio, as the Science Mission Directorate moves towards the goal of reducing the proposal writing burden on scientists while increasing their science productivity and efficiency. In the interim, no further proposals are solicited. However, limited selections will be made from those supplemental E/PO proposals submitted by December 31, 2007.
[Editor Note: for the full announcement, go to
http://nspires.nasaprs.com/external/viewrepositorydocument/cmdocumentid=120480/Amendment%2030.pdf ]
[NASA] EDUCATION AND PUBLIC OUTREACH DIVISION SUPPORT GROUPS COOPERATIVE AGREEMENT NOTICE POSTPONED
NASA Cooperate Agreement Notice NNH07ZDA002C entitled “Education and Public Outreach Division Support Groups” is postponed until further notice. No proposals are solicited at this time.
SMD will convene an EPO working group to assess the need for EPO support activities with respect to the other EPO efforts and directions the community and NASA believe are most needed at this time. SMD cannot make this decision until it decides how much effort to put into the various EPO areas: informal vs formal, elementary and secondary education vs college and beyond, etc. This decision-making will include community input.
[Editor Note: for the complete announcement, go to
[NASA] PDS RELEASES NEW MARS SOIL ANALOG LABORATORY DATA SET
The Planetary Data System announces the release of a new laboratory data set, the Mars Analog Soil Observations from the Bloomsburg University Goniometer (BUG) Laboratory. These are bidirectional reflectance distribution function measurements of five Mars soil analogs, acquired using the MER Pancam flight spare filters. The data set was provided by Michael Shepard, Bloomsburg University, Bloomsburg, Pennsylvania.
It is available from the PDS Geosciences Node web site:
http://pds-geosciences.wustl.edu/
[NASA] PDS MARS ODYSSEY RADIO SCIENCE DATA RELEASE 66
The Planetary Data System (PDS) is pleased to announce a new delivery of Odyssey data for the RSS instrument.
To access the RSS data, please visit the following link:
http://pds.nasa.gov/subscription_service/SS-20071120.html
To access the latest PDS Data Releases, please visit the following link:
http://pds.nasa.gov/subscription_service/SS-Release.html
All available PDS data may be downloaded from:
http://starbrite.jpl.nasa.gov/pds/index.jsp
For further information, see the PDS Home Page:
Mailto: pds_operator@jpl.nasa.gov Phone: (818) 393-7165.
ABSCICON 2008 ABSTRACT DEADLINE EXTENDED
AbSciCon (Astrobiology Science Conference): 14-17 Arpil 2008
Santa Clara, CA
Abstract deadline extended to December 3rd 2007
TOUCHDOWN ON TITAN WEBCAST LECTURE
The Royal Society is organising a free lecture on Monday 3 December at 6.30pm GMT (1:30pm EDT) that you and your colleagues may be interested in.
Professor John Zarnecki of the Centre for Earth, Planetary, Space and Astronomical Research (CEPSAR) will be delivering the public lecture entitled “Touchdown on Titan”.
Further details can be found at:
http://www.royalsoc.ac.uk/event.asp?id=7170.
The lecture will be webcast live from our website at:
and then made available as a view-on-demand video from the video archive at:
http://www.royalsoc.ac.uk/live
We do not take reservations for our evening public lectures but allocate seats on a first-come-first-served basis. Doors will open at 5.45pm
Laura Howlett, Events Officer, Science Communication, The Royal Society
The Royal Society
6-9 Carlton House Terrace
London SW1Y 5AG
PLANETARY MEETING CALENDAR ADDITIONS
Posted at http://planetarynews.org/meetings.html
No new meetings added.
[Editor Note: If there is a planetary-related meeting, conference or workshop that you think your colleagues should be aware of, please send the date, title, URL and location to pen_editor@psi.edu.]
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