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Project Title:
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Decadal Survey on Biological and Physical Sciences in Space: Fundamental Physical Sciences Panel
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SSBX-L-08-07-E
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Major Unit:
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Division on Engineering and Physical Sciences
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Sub Unit:
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Aeronautics & Space Engineering Board
Space Studies Board
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RSO:
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Graham, Sandra
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Decadal Survey on Biological and Physical Sciences in Space: Fundamental Physical Sciences Panel
September 8, 2009 - September 9, 2009
Keck Center
500 5th Street, NW
Washington D.C. 20001
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If you would like to attend the sessions of this meeting that are open
to the public or need more information please contact:
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| Contact Name:
Linda Walker
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| Email:
lwalker@nas.edu
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| Phone:
(202) 334-3477
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Fax:
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Agenda:
Panel on Fundamental Physical Sciences of the
Decadal Survey on Biological and Physical Sciences in Space
First Meeting
Keck Center of the National Academies, Room X
500 Fifth Street, N.W.
Washington, DC 20001
PROVISIONAL AGENDA (as of 8/26/2009 11:17 AM)
Panel Tasks:
1. Summarize briefly the state of the science, and the state of the reviews and literature that support this area;
2. Define discipline-focused research areas that are enabled by exploration missions or the access to the space environment which they provide;
3. Discuss the research areas, including ground-based research, that might enable development of exploration missions, or provide benefits to space and other applications;
4. If appropriate, identify potential interdependencies between these objectives and those of the other panels;
5. Identify ground-based, airborne, and space-based platforms and facilities that could most effectively achieve the objectives;
6. If appropriate, identify potential terrestrial benefits for research objectives;
7. Develop a timeline for the next decade for these research objectives;
8. Identify potential discipline-focused research objectives beyond 2020.
Tuesday, September 8, 2009
7:45-8:45 am Continental breakfast available Meeting room
CLOSED SESSION
8:45 am
OPEN SESSION
11:00 am NASA Utilization of the Survey Findings TBD
11:30 am Current and Historical Profile of the Relevant NASA Research Portfolio TBD
Noon Working lunch
12:45 pm NASA Research Facilities and Capabilities in the Physical Sciences
• ISS resources
• Free-flyers
• Ground program
• International partnerships ? TBD
2:45 pm Break
3:00 pm Key Capabilities Needed for Exploration
• processes, countermeasures, and technologies needed
• challenges in acquiring these capabilities
• future plans
• NASA’s “wish list” for systems integration: what does NASA need to achieve success?
• NASA’s process to transition its research from low to high Technology Readiness Level (TRL)
• NASA’s “wish list” for basic and applied research in the physical sciences in space TBD
4:00 pm Information and insight from the Lunar Exploration Analysis Group (LEAG) TBD
5:00 pm Adjourn for working dinner
CLOSED SESSION
5:30 pm Working dinner for panel TBD
7:30 pm Adjourn for the day
Wednesday, September 9, 2009
7:45-8:45 am Continental breakfast available Meeting room
CLOSED SESSION
8:45 am
5:00 pm Meeting adjourns
PLEASE NOTE:
The meeting is being held for the panel to gather information, which the panel will consider during its closed deliberations. Opinions expressed by panel members in open session may not necessarily reflect the position they actually hold on the subject or the consensus position of the panel. The panel’s positions may evolve in the course of its deliberations.
The panel’s draft report will be reviewed by experts who are anonymous to the panel. The panel must address all review comments, and the draft report must successfully pass the rigorous NRC review process before it is released as an NRC report. Any inferences about findings or recommendations in advance of the report’s release that are derived from panel comments at meetings would be premature, and they should not be attributed as a panel position.
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Closed Session Summary Posted After the Meeting
The following committee members were present at the closed sessions of the meeting:
Robert Duncan
Ronald Walsworth
W. Carl Lineberger
Ronald G. Larson
Paul M. Chaiki
Nicholas P. Bigelow
The following topics were discussed in the closed sessions:
Conflict and Bias Discusion
Convene, review agenda for the day
Discuss previous day’s presentations
Pertinent past NRC reports (available in digital format)
Resources for the panel:
• White papers from ?? in October
• Possible input from Town Halls
• NRC reports (see later agenda item)
• Portal website for the panel
• What additional information, documents, or briefings does the panel need to address its task?
• What additional inputs would be useful and feasible for the panel to acquire?
• Possible joint meetings/cross-communication with the translational panels?
Develop a plan and schedule for accomplishing the goals in the task statement.
Begin an outline for a chapter for the survey report.
Tentative assignments for drafting background sections.
Assignments to canvass community and research topic areas
Plans for the November 9-10 Panel Meeting:
• Hear invited talks. What talks are needed at next meeting? Discuss possible joint meetings/cross-communication with other panels, e.g., Applied Physical Sciences
• Discuss general conclusions of the report chapter that the panel is responsible for drafting.
• Break into working groups to develop detailed findings.
• Make writing assignments.
• Draft chapter subsequently sent to steering group.
Plans for the January 2010 Panel Meeting:
• Incorporate comments from steering group.
• Finalize chapters and any conclusions.
• Note: Hold integrated panel meetings?
The following materials (written documents) were made available to the committee in the closed sessions:
No outside materials were distributed.
Date of posting of Closed Session Summary:
September 14, 2009
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