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Project Title:
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Assessment of NASA Laboratory Capabilities
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DEPS-LAB-09-01
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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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Laboratory Assessments Board
Space Studies Board
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RSO:
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Wendt, John
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Subject/Focus Area:
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Space and Aeronautics
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Assessment of NASA Laboratory Capabilities
November 9, 2009 - November 10, 2009
NASA Jet Propulsion Laboratory
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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:
Liza Hamilton
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lhamilton@nas.edu
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| Phone:
202-334-2159
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Fax:
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Agenda:
National Academies Committee for the Assessment of
NASA Laboratory Capabilities
Space Sciences Group
Jet Propulsion Laboratory
Pasadena CA
November 9, 2009 – November 10, 2009
DATA GATHERING SESSIONS OPEN TO THE PUBLIC
12:00 – 1:00 p.m. Working Lunch: Welcome, Paul Dimotakis, Chief Technologist
Discussion of Agenda and Key Areas for Observation
***NRC Committee will be Broken into Two Groups for Lab Visits, all Visiting the Same Laboratories
1:00 – 3:00 p.m. Visit to Microdevices Lab, Formation Flying Lab, In-situ (Rover) Lab, Electric Propulsion Lab
3:00 – 4:30 p.m.
• Status of Institutional Support Infrastructure
• Status of Test Instrumentation
• Lab Support Staffing – Adequacy, Future Outlook, Etc.
• Center Perspective of HQ’s Support Of TRL 1-3 Research
DATA GATHERING SESSIONS OPEN TO THE PUBLIC
7:00 p.m.
Working Dinner: Review of Visits and Actions to be Taken
Tuesday, November 10, 2009
DATA GATHERING SESSIONS OPEN TO THE PUBLIC
8:30 – 9:00 a.m.
Working Breakfast: Review of Day 2 Agenda
9:00 – 11:00 a.m.
Visit to Mars Yard, Superconducting Bolometer Lab, Fundamental Physics/Technology Laboratory, Chemical Kinetics and Photochemistry Laboratories
11:00 – 12:00 p.m.
Discussion with Researchers
12:00 – 1:00 p.m.
Working Lunch: Discussion of Preliminary Findings
1:00 – 3:00 p.m.
Visit to Interferometry Lab, Isotope Cosmochemistry Lab, Precision Deployable Aperture Systems Lab, Libs-Raman Bunker Labs
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Closed Session Summary Posted After the Meeting
The following committee members were present at the closed sessions of the meeting:
Joseph Reagan
William Ballhaus
Peter Banks
Neil Duffie
Joan Hoopes
William McClintock
Edward McCullough
The following topics were discussed in the closed sessions:
First impressions of the site visit
Possible questions for JPL leadership arising from the visit
Planning for the full committee meeting in Irvine on Nov. 11-12
The following materials (written documents) were made available to the committee in the closed sessions:
No materials were distributed to the committee in the closed sessions.
Date of posting of Closed Session Summary:
November 19, 2009
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