PLANETARY EXPLORATION NEWSLETTER Volume 3, Number 36 (August 2, 2009) PEN Website: http://planetarynews.org Editor: Nic Richmond Co-Editors: Mark V. Sykes Email: pen_editor at psi.edu o-------------------------TABLE OF CONTENTS---------------------------o 1. [NASA] Proposal Submission Requires Team Member Organizational Relationship 2. [NASA] Office of Education Accepting Proposals for K-12 Cooperative Agreements Notice 3. [NASA PDS] Cassini ISS And VIMS Data Release 22 4. [NASA] Letter from SARA: Team Members on NSPIRES 5. Fall AGU Special Session: Potential Biomarkers on Mars 6. Fall AGU Session: NH26 Planetary Defense Against Hazardous Asteroids: Science, Technology and Policy to Mitigate the Threats 7. Fall AGU Session: P13 Organics in Meteorites and Dust Particles: Composition, Distribution, Formation and Isotopic Anomalies 8. Fall AGU Special Session: Young Valley Features on Mars and the Martian Fluvial Record 9. Planetary Meeting Calendar Additions o---------------------------------------------------------------------o 1-1-1-1-1-1-1-1-1-1-1-1-1-1-1-1-1-1-1-1-1-1-1-1-1-1-1-1-1-1-1-1-1-1-1-1 [NASA] PROPOSAL SUBMISSION REQUIRES TEAM MEMBER ORGANIZATIONAL RELATIONSHIP This email is to update you on changes that will be made to NSPIRES on August 8, 2009. These changes will affect submission of proposals to NASA, and are being implemented to improve the process by which potential conflicts of interest are determined. For a proposal to be submitted after August 7, 2009, all proposal team members must confirm an organizational relationship, i.e., identify the organization through which they are participating in a given proposal. A proposal will not be able to be submitted if an organizational relationship is missing for any team member, regardless of role on the proposal (e.g. Co-I, collaborator, etc). Explanatory procedures are in place here to guide both existing and prospective team members through this process. If you have questions regarding this email, or any other NSPIRES business, please contact the NSPIRES Help Desk: E-mail: NSPIRES-Help @nasaprs.com Phone Support: (202) 479-9376 Hours: Monday through Friday, 8:00 AM to 6:00 PM EST/EDT 2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2 [NASA] OFFICE OF EDUCATION ACCEPTING PROPOSALS FOR K-12 COOPERATIVE AGREEMENTS NOTICE The NASA Office of Education has released a Cooperative Agreement Notice for proposals for NASA K-12 Cooperative Agreements Notice (K-12 CAN). The K-12 CAN effort seeks proposals that incorporate innovative approaches for development and delivery of instructional materials, creates experiences that capture the interest of learners, and actively involves participants in relevant, NASA science, technology, engineering, and mathematics, or STEM, content applications. The instructional materials and experiences of the proposal should support secondary level teaching and learning, with a particular emphasis on high school education. The K-12 CAN is available electronically through the NASA Solicitation and Proposal Integrated Review and Evaluation System (NSPIRES) http://nspires.nasaprs.com Proposals should be submitted electronically via: http://nspires.nasaprs.com Proposal due date is September 25, 2009, at 11:59 p.m. EST. The electronic submission of each proposal's Cover Page/Proposal Summary/Budget Summary is required by the due date for proposal submission. Please send direct questions regarding this solicitation to: Dr. Antoinette C. Wells Antoinette.C.Wells@nasa.gov 3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3 [NASA PDS] CASSINI ISS AND VIMS DATA RELEASE 22 The Planetary Data System (PDS) announces the availability of the Cassini Imaging Science Subsystem (ISS) and Visual and Infrared Mapping Spectrometer (VIMS) Data Release #22. There was no Cassini RADAR data in Cassini Data Release 22. This data can be found on the PDS Imaging Node website at URL: http://img.pds.nasa.gov/ The PDS Imaging Node now contains all released Cassini ISS, RADAR and VIMS data captured through 2009-09-30 (2009-273). 4-4-4-4-4-4-4-4-4-4-4-4-4-4-4-4-4-4-4-4-4-4-4-4-4-4-4-4-4-4-4-4-4-4-4-4 [NASA] LETTER FROM SARA: TEAM MEMBERS ON NSPIRES A letter has been released by SARA. It can be found online at: http://sara.nasa.gov The letter involves the change coming on August 8 to NSPIRES, the web page through which proposals are submitted at NASA. 5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5 FALL AGU SPECIAL SESSION: POTENTIAL BIOMARKERS ON MARS Steve Vance and Michael Mumma Please consider contributing an abstract to this special session of the AGU fall 2009 meeting in San Francisco, December 14 - 18. Abstracts are due Sept. 3. P18: Potential Biomarkers on Mars: Detection, Characterization and Earth Analogue Systems Recent reports of localized release of methane on Mars, discoveries of aqueously altered terrains and revelations about the ubiquity of water invite comparison with biological and abiological geosystems on Earth. This session invites discussion of processes and locales on Earth that relate to mechanisms for the production and preservation of biomarkers, along with discussion of their manifestations on Mars. 6-6-6-6-6-6-6-6-6-6-6-6-6-6-6-6-6-6-6-6-6-6-6-6-6-6-6-6-6-6-6-6-6-6-6-6 FALL AGU SESSION: NH26 PLANETARY DEFENSE AGAINST HAZARDOUS ASTEROIDS: SCIENCE, TECHNOLOGY AND POLICY TO MITIGATE THE THREATS http://www.agu.org/meetings/fm09/program/scientific_session_search.php Conveners: Margaret Race, SETI Institute and David Morrison, NASA Ames Research Center Asteroids represent a natural hazard that can impact Earth and cause damage ranging from local, to regional or even global scales, depending on their sizes. In the past decade, understanding of the hazards and risks has grown considerably through systematic research in detection , tracking and characterization of near earth objects (NEOs). The increased awareness of hazardous NEOs has encouraged researchers in many fields to focus on important related topics such as deflection technologies, forecasting and impact modeling, and analysis of emergency response, preparedness, and public communication needs. Recently, discussions also focused on the need for developing effective, international coordination in decision making and disaster management in order to mitigate future threats. This session solicits abstracts on research and findings related to planetary defense and will include presentations on fundamental scientific research as well as technological, policy and societal areas aimed at hazard mitigation and disaster management worldwide. Indexed under: Both Planetary Sciences and Union sessionis Cross indexing terms: Impact phenomena, decision making under uncertainty, Asteroids, comets, and Science Policy 7-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-7 FALL AGU SESSION: P13 ORGANICS IN METEORITES AND DUST PARTICLES: COMPOSITION, DISTRIBUTION, FORMATION AND ISOTOPIC ANOMALIES Conveners: Max Bernstein NASA Max.Bernstein@nasa.gov George Cody CIW GL gcody@ciw.edu Description: We are seeking recent measurements, or experimental or theoretical results relating to the relationship between structure and isotopic anomalies of the organic matter in extraterrestrial materials such as meteorites, IDPs, and Stardust samples. For more information see http://www.agu.org/meetings/fm09/program/scientific_session_search. php?show=detail&sessid=401 Abstract Submission for AGU closes September 03, 23:59 Eastern Time. [Editor Note: The web address in this item extends over two lines] 8-8-8-8-8-8-8-8-8-8-8-8-8-8-8-8-8-8-8-8-8-8-8-8-8-8-8-8-8-8-8-8-8-8-8-8 FALL AGU SPECIAL SESSION: YOUNG VALLEY FEATURES ON MARS AND THE MARTIAN FLUVIAL RECORD We encourage contributions for a special session of the AGU fall 2009 meeting examining young fluvial features on Mars. The abstract deadline is September 3. -Caleb Fassett, Alan Howard, and Jeff Moore Deeply incised ancient valley networks (>3.5 Ga) have long been recognized on Mars, but new high resolution images have revealed extensive Hesperian (<3.5 Ga) and Amazonian-age (<2 Ga) channel systems. These range from the very young gully systems on steep scarps to larger (10's to 100's of km) networks extending to at least the mid-Amazonian. Formative mechanisms for these young networks remain enigmatic because of the presumed cold hyperarid climate below the triple point of water. The existence of young channel networks implies a hydrologically active recent Mars and either large inventories of near-surface water/ice or episodes of active atmospheric water cycling. We solicit contributions related to the distribution, ages, and processes forming recent martian channel systems from gullies to young valley networks. Presentations related to terrestrial analogs are also appropriate. 9-9-9-9-9-9-9-9-9-9-9-9-9-9-9-9-9-9-9-9-9-9-9-9-9-9-9-9-9-9-9-9-9-9-9-9 PLANETARY MEETING CALENDAR ADDITIONS Posted at http://planetarynews.org/meetings.html January 6-9, 2010 Galileo's Medicean Moons: Their Impact on 400 Years of Discovery http://www.astro.unipd.it/galileo Padua, Italy [Editor Note: If there is a planetary-related meeting, conference or workshop that you think your colleagues should be aware of, please send the date, title, URL and location to pen_editor at psi.edu.] *********************************************************************** * * The Planetary Exploration Newsletter is issued approximately weekly. * Current and back issues are available at * * http://planetarynews.org * * To subscribe, go to http://planetarynews.org/pen_subscribe.html * * To unsubscribe, go to http://planetarynews.org/pen_unsubscribe.html * * Please send all replies and submissions to pen_editor at psi.edu. * Announcements and other messages should be brief with links to URLs * for extended information, including detailed descriptions for job * announcements. 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