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3 Ad Hoc Study Committees: Activities and Membership
Pages 29-36

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... in order to assess whether NASA's proposed Astrophysics Focused Telescope Assets (AFTA) design reference mission described in the April 30, 2013, report of the AFTA Science Definition Team, WFIRST-2.4, is responsive to the overall strategy to pursue the science objectives of the 2010 report of the astronomy and astrophysics decadal survey, New Worlds, New Horizons in Astronomy and Astrophysics (NWNH)
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From page 30...
... ; the Japan Aerospace Exploration Agency's perspectives on continuity in Earth remote sensing (Toshiyoshi Kimura, Associate Director for Engineering, Earth Observation Research Center, Satellite Applications Mission Directorate) ; climate modeling and data continuity (Duane Waliser, Chief Scientist, Earth Science and Technology Directorate, Jet Propulsion Laboratory)
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From page 31...
... . Various dissemination activities continued, which included talks given by NRC staff Alan Angleman and ­Michael Moloney at the International Astronautical Congress; Michael Moloney at COSPAR Assembly in Moscow; and participation by members Mary Lynne Dittmar and Asif Siddiqi at an Atlantic Council conference on renewing the space program.
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From page 32...
... Berkner Space Policy Intern Padamashri Suresh, Christine Mirzayan Science and Technology Policy Graduate Fellow, Winter 2014 Public and Stakeholder Opinions Panel Membership6 Roger Tourangeau, Westat, Inc. (chair)
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From page 33...
... Linda A Williams, Wyle Aerospace Group Staff Alan Angleman, Senior Program Officer, ASEB Dionna Williams, Program Coordinator, SSB REVIEW OF MEPAG REPORT ON PLANETARY PROTECTION FOR MARS SPECIAL REGIONS Following the recent parallel requests from NASA and the European Space Agency's planetary protection officers, the NRC and European Science Foundation (ESF)
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... Smith, Senior Program Officer, SSB Emmanouil Detsis, Science Officer, ESF Andrea Rebholz,9 Program Coordinator, ASEB A STRATEGY TO OPTIMIZE THE U.S. OPTICAL/INFRARED SYSTEM IN THE ERA OF THE LARGE SYNOPTIC SURVEY TELESCOPE With funding from NSF, the NRC appointed the ad hoc Committee on a Strategy to Optimize the U.S.
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From page 35...
... The committee held its second meeting at the National Academy of Sciences Building in Washington, D.C., on August 25-27. During that meeting, the committee received presentations regarding the perspectives on decadal surveys from various stakeholders, including congressional staff, officials representing various scientific disciplines from NASA and NSF, and professional societies.
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