PLANETARY EXPLORATION NEWSLETTER
Volume 3, Number 38 (August 16, 2009)

PEN Website: http://planetarynews.org
Editor: Nic Richmond
Co-Editors: Mark V. Sykes
Email: pen_editor at psi.edu

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1. Mars Decadal Survey White Papers
2. Planetary Meeting Calendar Additions

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MARS DECADAL SURVEY WHITE PAPERS

To Members of the Mars Science Community,

The NRC's Decadal Survey has called for white papers of relevance to
planetary exploration: 

http://www7.nationalacademies.org/ssb/SSEdecadal2011.html

They strongly encourage the involvement/support of multiple members 
of the community to reflect important consensus positions. The MEPAG 
strategy to support this process is:

# The MEPAG web site: 

  http://mepag.jpl.nasa.gov/decadal/index.html

  will post Mars-related white papers for community review and 
  consideration.

# Authors are those who substantively contribute to a document's 
  formulation.

# Members of the community are invited to endorse the white papers as 
  "signatories". It is permitted and encouraged to endorse more than 
  one white paper - these documents cover independent aspects of Mars 
  exploration. The NRC's deadline is September 15, 2009, so your 
  action is needed by September 1.

# We are working on setting up a web-based process to help collect and 
  manage the signatory lists. More information on this shortly.

# Some formal MEPAG white papers will be presented under the authorship
  of the MEPAG Chair on behalf of the entire organization - for these, 
  signatories will not be requested.

For credibility, please read the paper (not just title!) before 
endorsing.

Sincerely,

Dr. Jack Mustard, MEPAG Chair


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PLANETARY MEETING CALENDAR ADDITIONS

Posted at http://planetarynews.org/meetings.html

October 2-4, 2009
Herschel Space Observatory: Discovering the Cold Universe
http://astro.imperial.ac.uk/outreach/cu.shtml
Thessaloniki, Greece

July 4-8, 2010
Australian Earth Sciences Convention 2010
http://www.aesc2010.gsa.org.au/
Canberra, Australia

[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.]


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