PLANETARY EXPLORATION NEWSLETTER Volume 4, Number 16 (April 18, 2010) PEN Website: http://planetarynews.org Editor: Nic Richmond Co-Editors: Mark V. Sykes, Melissa Lane Email: pen_editor at psi.edu o-------------------------TABLE OF CONTENTS---------------------------o 1. [NASA SPECIAL] New R&A Lead Position at PSD Now Open 2. [NASA] Planetary Science Summer School 3. Presentations from 8-9 April 2010 Planetary Science Subcommittee Meeting 4. 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 SPECIAL] NEW R&A LEAD POSITION AT PSD NOW OPEN James L. Green, Director, Planetary Science Division NASA Headquarters I firmly believe that the best organization in planetary science can only begin with getting the best people working for the community at NASA Headquarters. If you are one of those scientists who believes that we could run a better Research and Analysis (R&A) program, then now is your chance to apply for the top R&A position in the Planetary Science Division (PSD). I have established a new, full-time, permanent civil servant position in PSD dedicated to the management of the R&A program. To that end, we are seeking a Supervisory Space Scientist to manage a team of scientists and engineers and a significant portion of PSD's research budget and program. If competitively selected, you will be responsible for the overall management of the R&A program and staff, including analyzing and working with the community to establish the program goals, and maintaining the highest ethical standards of competition in all the PSD R&A programs. You will participate in fiscal and technical management, including formulating budgets and assessing fiscal expenditures, and reporting this information and other metrics to the science community, to OMB and to Congress. As a member of the PSD team you will be working with an outstanding group of dedicated staff. The USAJobs Vacancy number is HQ10B0073. The position opened on April 16, 2010, and closes on May 17, 2010. For instructions on how to apply and qualification requirements please access the full text vacancy announcement at: http://jobsearch.usajobs.gov/ftva.asp?opmcontrol=1878892 U.S. citizenship is required. All applications must be received no later than midnight Eastern Time on the closing date of the announcement, and NASA is an Equal Opportunity Employer and Provider. We have a number of exciting planetary mission milestones ahead, especially in the next 18 months. Come help us lead in this new era of discovery. 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] PLANETARY SCIENCE SUMMER SCHOOL DEADLINE: May 1, 2010 NASA is accepting applications from science and engineering post-docs, recent Ph.D.s, and doctoral students for its 22nd Annual Planetary Science Summer School, which will hold two separate sessions this summer (19-23 July and 2-6 August) at the Jet Propulsion Laboratory in Pasadena, California. During the program, student teams will carry out the equivalent of an early mission concept study, prepare a proposal authorization review presentation, present it to a review board, and receive feedback. At the end of the week, students will have a clearer understanding of the life cycle of a robotic space mission; relationships between mission design, cost, and schedule; and the tradeoffs necessary to stay within cost and schedule while preserving the quality of science. Applications are due 1 May 2010. Partial financial support is available for a limited number of individuals. Further information is available at: http://pscischool.jpl.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 PRESENTATIONS FROM 8-9 APRIL 2010 PLANETARY SCIENCE SUBCOMMITTEE MEETING The presentations from the recent (8-9 April 2010) PSS meeting are now available on the unofficial PSS website: http://lpi.usra.edu/pss 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 PLANETARY MEETING CALENDAR ADDITIONS Posted at http://planetarynews.org/meetings.html June 9-11, 2010 Damage to Target Rocks During Impact Cratering http://folk.uio.no/stephaw/cdws.html Oslo, Norway September 14-16, 2010 Annual Meeting of the Lunar Exploration Analysis Group (LEAG 2010) http://www.lpi.usra.edu/meetings/leag2010/ Washington, DC September 16-17, 2010 Outer Planets Assessment Group (OPAG) Meeting http://www.lpi.usra.edu/opag/ Boulder, CO September 27-29, 2010 Fourth Mars Science Laboratory Landing Site Community Workshop http://marsoweb.nas.nasa.gov/landingsites/ Pasadena, CA December 13-17, 2010 AGU Fall Meeting http://www.agu.org/meetings/fm10/ San Francisco, CA April 12-14, 2011 Signposts of Planets Contact: Marc Kuchner, Marc.Kuchner@nasa.gov Greenbelt, MD July 3-8, 2011 Origins 2011 - The International Astrobiology Society and Bioastronomy Joint International Conference http://www.origins2011.univ-montp2.fr/ Montpellier, France July 5-8, 2011 40th Young European Radio Astronomers Conference (YERAC) http://www.yerac.org/ Alcala de Henares, Spain [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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