PLANETARY EXPLORATION NEWSLETTER - SPECIAL EDITION Volume 7, Number 57 (November 26, 2013) PEN Website: http://planetarynews.org Editor: Mark V. Sykes Co-Editors: Melissa Lane, Susan Benecchi Email: pen_editor at psi.edu o---------------------------SPECIAL EDITION---------------------------o NASA PLANETARY SCIENCE DIVISION RESEARCH & ANALYSIS PROGRAM RESTRUCTING VIRTUAL TOWN HALL Tuesday, December 3, 2013 12:00 noon to 4:00 pm (EST) The Planetary Science Division announces a virtual town hall presenting the Research and Analysis Program Restructuring. The town hall will be held on Tuesday, December 3, 2013, 12:00 noon to 4:00 pm (EST). A presentation by Jonathan Rall will be followed by a question/answer period. The town hall will be live-streamed with participation available to anyone having Internet access. You can attend by connecting via Adobe Connect and listening through your computer (no phone line needed). If you would like to ask a question type it into the chat room. A moderator will be collecting all the questions and asking them in the order they are received. To log in to the Adobe Connect link, go to: https://connect.arc.nasa.gov/randa as a "Guest" using your full name. Slides presenting the historical background of the R&A restructuring, brief descriptions of the new portfolio elements and how they map to the old programs, the tentative due dates, and previous presentations and questions are available at: http://www.lpi.usra.edu/PSD-RandA/ [Editor Note: The above URL contains questions about the R&A reorganization that have been collected from the planetary community by the Small Bodies Assessment Group, Outer Planets Assessment Group, USGS Astrogeology Science Center, Planetary Cartography and Geologic Mapping Working Group, and Geologic Mapping Subcommittee.] *********************************************************************** * 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, or * send a request to pen_editor at psi.edu * * To unsubscribe, send an email to pen_editor at psi.edu * * 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. Title plus text is limited to 200 words. Go to * http://planetarynews.org/submission.html for complete submission * directions. * * PEN is a service provided by the Planetary Science Institute * (http://www.psi.edu) using no NASA funds. All editorial work is * volunteer. **********************************************************************