PUBLIC AGENDA
JANUARY 12-14, 2014
KECK CENTER, WASHINGTON D.C.
January 12, 2014
Closed Session (8:30-10:30 a.m.) | |
Open Session | |
10:45 a.m. | Overview of WFIRST/AFTA Configurations and Comparison to NWNH WFIRST |
Neil Gehrels, AFTA Study Scientist, NASA Goddard Space Flight Center (GSFC) | |
11:10 | Comparison of the NWNH WFIRST and WFIRST/AFTA Science Goals |
Neil Gehrels, AFTA Study Scientist, NASA GSFC, and David Spergel, Princeton University | |
12:00 p.m. | Working Lunch |
1:00 | WFIRST/AFTA, the Dark Energy Task Force, and Euclid |
David Spergel, Princeton University | |
2:00 | Addition of a Coronagraph and Its Impact on the Mission |
Jeremy Kasdin, Princeton University | |
Closed Session (3:30-8:00 p.m.) |
January 13, 2014
Open Session (WebEx URL access to telecon via WebEx) | |
8:30 a.m. | Context, Background and Rationale for the Study |
Paul Hertz, Director, NASA Astrophysics Division | |
9:15 | NASA Science Mission Directorate Perspective |
John Grunsfeld, Associate Administrator, NASA Science Mission Directorate | |
9:35 | Technical and Cost Comparison of NWNH WFIRST to WFIRST/AFTA (with and without a coronagraph) |
Kevin Grady, AFTA Study Manager, NASA GSFC | |
10:50 | Aerospace Corp. Analysis of WFIRST/AFTA Costs and Key Mission Risks |
Robert Kellogg and Randy Persinger (by phone), Aerospace Corporation | |
11:30 | WFIRST/AFTA Technology Readiness |
Kevin Grady, AFTA Study Manager, NASA GSFC | |
12:00 p.m. | Working Lunch |
12:45 | Implementation of a Coronagraph and Relation to the NWNH New Worlds Technology Development Goals |
John Trauger, Jet Propulsion Laboratory, and Marc Kuchner, NASA GSFC |
Closed Session (1:45-3:45 p.m.) | |
Open Session | |
3:45 | Committee Follow-up Q&A with All Speakers |
4:50 | Public Comments |
5:00 | Adjourn |
January 14, 2014
Closed Session (8:00 a.m.-3:00 p.m.)