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3 Ad Hoc Study Committees: Activities and Membership
Pages 24-32

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... The SSB and/or one of its standing committees provide oversight for ad hoc study committee activities. Ten ad hoc committees were organized, met, or released studies during 2008.
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... Shapero, Director, Board on Physics and Astronomy Michael Moloney, Associate Director, Board on Physics and Astronomy (study director) Brant Sponberg, Associate Director, Space Studies Board Robert Riemer, Senior Program Officer, Board on Physics and Astronomy Brian Dewhurst, Program Officer, Aeronautics and Space Engineering Board David Lang, Program Officer, Board on Physics and Astronomy Carmela Chamberlain, Program Associate, Space Studies Board Caryn Knutsen, Program Associate, Board on Physics and Astronomy LaVita Coates-Fogle, Senior Program Assistant, Board on Physics and Astronomy HELIOPHYSICS PERFORMANCE ASSESSMENT The ad hoc Heliophysics Performance Assessment Committee was formed to study the alignment of NASA's Heliophysics Science Division with previous NRC advice -- primarily the 2003 solar and space physics decadal survey, The Sun to the Earth -- and Beyond: A Decadal Research Strategy in Solar and Space Physics.
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... Charo, Senior Program Officer, Space Studies Board Carmela J Chamberlain, Program Associate, Space Studies Board NEAR-EARTH OBJECT SURVEYS AND HAZARD MITIGATION STRATEGIES An ad hoc Committee on Near-Earth Object Surveys and Hazard Mitigation Strategies was formed under the auspices of the SSB and the Aeronautics and Space Engineering Board (ASEB)
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... McNutt, Jr., Johns Hopkins University, Applied Physics Laboratory Sandra Pizzarello, Arizona State University Gerald Schubert, University of California, Los Angeles Donna L Shirley, Managing Creativity John Spencer, Southwest Research Institute Elizabeth P
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... Both meetings were devoted to presentations on planetary protection policies and practices, planning activities for a Mars sample return mission, biosecurity issues, scientific advances in the study of the martian environment, and life in extreme terrestrial environments. A draft of the committee's report, Assessment of Planetary Protection Requirements for Mars Sample Return Missions, was sent out to external reviewers for comment in early December.
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... The committee will, inter alia, analyze the rationale for U.S. efforts in space and the elements comprising leadership in this area; examine the balance and interfaces between fundamental scientific research in space, human space exploration, and applications of space technology and civil space systems for societal benefits; assess the role that commercial space companies can play in fulfilling national space goals and the proper role of the government in facilitating the emergence and success of commercial space companies; and recommend options for government attention to address and potentially resolve problems that the committee might identify.
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... Alexander, Senior Program Officer, Space Studies Board (study director) Victoria Swisher, Research Associate, Space Studies Board Linda Walker, Senior Project Assistant, Space Studies Board SCIENCE OPPORTUNITIES ENABLED BY NASA'S CONSTELLATION SYSTEM The ad hoc Committee on Science Opportunities Enabled by NASA's Constellation System was formed u ­ nder the auspices of SSB and ASEB to assess potential space and Earth science mission concepts that could take a ­ dvantage of the capabilities of the Constellation System of launch vehicles and spacecraft that is being developed
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... Margaret Finarelli, George Mason University Todd Gary, Tennessee State University Steven Howell, National Optical Astronomy Observatories Arlo U Landolt, Louisiana State University and Agricultural and Mechanical College Franklin D
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... Velden, University of Wisconsin, Madison Robert A Weller, Woods Hole Oceanographic Institution Frank J
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