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NASA’s Beyond Einstein Program: An Architecture for Implementation
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REPORT RELEASE ANNOUNCEMENT
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The National Research Council's upcoming report "NASA's Beyond Einstein Program: An Architecture for Implementation" will be released to the public in pre-publication form on Wednesday, September 5th at 4 pm EDT via the National Academies Press website.
The committee will hold a public briefing on Thursday, September 6th, at 11 am EDT at the Keck Center of the National Academies, Room 100 (500 5th Street, NW, Washingon DC). The public briefing will also be webcast in an audio-only format (a link to the webcast will be posted here). The public briefing includes time for the co-chairs of the committee and attending committee members to take questions from the public, either in person or via the webcast.
The Beyond Einstein Program Assessment Committee invites and encourages community members to participate in the public briefing on September 6th. Because access to the webcast is limited, we encourage those who can to attend the briefing in person.
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The committee will be charged to address the following tasks:
1. Assess the five proposed Beyond Einstein missions (Constellation-X, Laser Interferometer Space Antenna, Joint Dark Energy Mission, Inflation Probe, and Black Hole Finder probe) and recommend which of these five should be developed and launched first, using a funding wedge that is expected to begin in FY 2009. The criteria for these assessments include:
a. Potential scientific impact within the context of other existing and planned space-based and ground-based missions; and
b. Realism of preliminary technology and management plans, and cost estimates.
2. Assess the Beyond Einstein missions sufficiently so that they can act as input for any future decisions by NASA or the next Astronomy and Astrophysics Decadal Survey on the ordering of the remaining missions. This second task element will assist NASA in its investment strategy for future technology development within the Beyond Einstein Program prior to the results of the Decadal Survey.
During the study’s duration, we welcomed comments on the Beyond Einstein study via email. Selected comments were posted on the BEPAC webpage.
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View comments here.
View committee roster here.
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Town Hall Meetings
Town Hall Opening Presentation
2007
February 1, Newport Beach, CA
February 12, Cambridge, MA
March 14, Baltimore, MD
April 4, Chicago, IL
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Committee Meetings Agendas
2006
November 6-8, Washington, DC
2007
January 30-February 1, Newport Beach, CA
April 5-7, Chicago, IL
June 6-8, Washington, DC
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Committee Meeting Presentations
Meeting 1: November 6-8, 2006
Meeting 2: January 30-February 1, 2007
Meeting 3: April 5-7, 2007
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Committee Roster
To view biographies of committee members, visit this site.
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Charles F. Kennel, co-chair
Scripps Institution of Oceanography
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Fiona A. Harrison
California Institute of Technology
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Joseph H. Rothenberg, co-chair
Universal Space Network
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Andrew Lankford
University of California, Irvine
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Eric G. Adelberger
University of Washington
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Dennis McCarthy
Swales Aerospace Institute, ret.
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Bill Adkins
Adkins Strategies, LLC
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Stephan S. Meyer
The University of Chicago
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Thomas Appelquist
Yale University
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Joel R. Primack
University of California
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David A. Bearden
The Aerospace Corporation
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Lisa J. Randall
Harvard University
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James S. Barrowman (Resigned 11/8/07)
Independent Consultant
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Craig L. Sarazin
University of Virginia
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Mark Devlin
University of Pennsylvania
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James S. Ulvestad
National Radio Astronomy Observatory
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Joseph Fuller, Jr.
Futron Corporation
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Clifford M. Will
Washington University
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Karl Gebhardt
University of Texas
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Michael S. Witherell
University of California, Santa Barbara
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William C. Gibson
Southwest Research Institute
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Edward L. Wright
University of California Los Angeles
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