PLANETARY EXPLORATION NEWSLETTER Volume 8, Number 37 (July 29, 2014) PEN Website: http://planetarynews.org Editor: Susan Benecchi Co-Editors: Mark V. Sykes, Melissa Lane Email: pen_editor at psi.edu o---------------------------SPECIAL EDITION---------------------------o [NASA] EUROPA PRE-PROPOSAL CONFERENCE The Europa Pre-Proposal Conference has been scheduled for Monday, August 4, 2014. Potential proposers to the Europa Instrument Investigation PEA soliciting Principal Investigator (PI)-led science investigations for a Europa mission are encouraged to attend this pre-proposal conference. Information will be presented by NASA officials, and participants will have the opportunity to pose questions regarding the opportunity. The pre-proposal conference has been scheduled from 11:00 am to 2:00 pm EDT. The conference will be virtual and participation will be facilitated via Webex and teleconference line. Travel to the pre- proposal conference is not necessary and attendance in person is not supported. The agenda and instructions will soon be posted at: http://soma.larc.nasa.gov/europa/ Dr. Curt Niebur NASA Headquarters (202)358-0390 *********************************************************************** * 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.php, 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. ***********************************************************************