PLANETARY EXPLORATION NEWSLETTER
Volume 13, Number 41 (October 1, 2019)

PEN Website: http://planetarynews.org
Editor: Mark V. Sykes 
Co-Editors: Elisabeth Adams, Georgiana Kramer
Email: pen_editor at psi.edu
Twitter: @pen2tweets

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SURVEY ON RESTRUCTURING NASA'S PLANETARY RESEARCH AND ANALYSIS 
PROGRAMS

In 2014, NASA announced the reorganization of the planetary R&A 
programs. Merging a number of disparate programs into Solar System 
Workings created a behemoth to which well over 300 proposals have been 
submitted each year. This proved unwealdy for managers, reviewers, 
and proposers alike. We propose SSW be broken up into four programs:

   Inner Planet Research and Analysis (IPRA)
   - Mercury, Venus, Moon

   Mars Fundamental Research (MFR)

   Small Bodies Research and Analysis (SBRA)
   - Asteroids, comets, interplanetary dust, KBOs, 
     and dwarf planets (excluding the Pluto-Charon system)

   Outer Planets Research and Analysis (OPRA)
   - Jupiter, Saturn, Uranus, Neptune and Pluto-Charon Systems

Most other programs are maintained, with suggestions for mission data 
analysis programs (DAPs) and the treatment of geologic maps.

See draft proposal:

https://oort.psi.edu/public/rereorg

We would like to invite all NASA-funded planetary scientists to 
participate in a survey on these proposed revisions to planetary R&A 
for ROSES 2020:

https://www.surveymonkey.com/r/rereorg

The survey will close 5 PM PDT, Monday, October 7, and will inform
the above proposal. Results and the submitted proposal will be 
published by October 15.

Thank you!

Mark Sykes, Asmine Pathare, Georgianna Kramer, Ryan Watkins, Beatrice 
Mueller, Nalin Samarasinha (PSI)


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