Astro 2010 Decadal Survey

Alan Boss (Carnegie Institution)

Tom Greene (NASA Ames)

‘Pathways to Habitable Planets’ Conference

Barcelona, Spain

September 17, 2009

Past Decadal Surveys:Astronomy and Astrophysics in the New Millennium, C. McKee

and J. Taylor, Co-chairs (2001)

The Decade of Discovery in Astronomy and Astrophysics, J. Bahcall – Chair (1991)

Astronomy and Astrophysics for the 1980’s, G. Field – Chair (1982)

Astronomy and Astrophysics for the 1970’s, J. Greenstein – Chair (1972)

Ground-Based Astronomy: A Ten-Year Program, A. Whitford – Chair (1964)

Science -> Activities -> Survey Recommendations

Astro2010 Panel on Electromagnetic Observations from Space (EOS)

Summary

As one of the four Astro2010 Program Prioritization Panels (PPP) the EOS panel is charged with recommending a prioritized, balanced, and integrated research program which includes a rank ordering of research activities and a balanced technology development program for space-based facilities that observe in the electromagnetic spectrum.

Notes:1. Recommendations based on analysis of many submitted science, mission, and technology white papers and science panel reports. 2. Space-based particle and gravity (LISA) activities considered by a different PPP. 3. Recommendations from all panels will be integrated / modified by Programs subcommittee and Decadal Survey committee. 4. Reports go to NASA, NSF, and DOD for their future planning efforts.

EOS PPP Committee Members:

Alan Dressler, Chair, Observatories of the Carnegie InstitutionMichael Bay, Bay Engineering InnovationsAlan Boss, Carnegie Institution of WashingtonMark Devlin, University of PennsylvaniaMegan Donohue, Michigan State UniversityBrenna Flaugher, Fermi National Accelerator LaboratoryTom Greene, NASA Ames Research CenterPuragra Guhathakurta, University of California Observatories/Lick ObservatoryMichael Hauser, Space Telescope Science InstituteHarold McAlister, Georgia State UniversityPeter Michelson, Stanford UniversityBen Oppenheimer, American Museum of Natural HistoryFrits Paerels, Columbia UniversityAdam Reiss, Johns Hopkins UniversityGeorge Rieke, Steward Observatory, University of ArizonaPaul Schechter, Massachusetts Institute of TechnologyTodd Tripp, University of Massachusetts at Amherst

$3-4B for new NASA astrophysics to 2020

EOS PPP Meetings:* Meeting 1: May 12-13, 2009, Irvine, CA (closed meeting)* Meeting 2: June 8-11, 2009, Pasadena, CA (open/closed)* Meeting 3: September 23-25, Washington, DC (closed)

Final Decadal, SFP, and PPP reports to be issued in mid-2010 after usual NAS/NRC review process:* Roger Blandford, Chair, Astro 2010 overall report* Individual, independent SFP and PPP reports as well

For more details, please see:http://sites.nationalacademies.org/bpa/BPA_049810