PLANETARY EXPLORATION NEWSLETTER
Volume 11, Number 19 (May 7, 2017)

PEN Website: http://planetarynews.org
Editor: Mark V. Sykes 
Co-Editors: Elisabeth Adams, Karen Stockstill-Cahill
Email: pen_editor at psi.edu

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1. [NASA] Science Mission Directorate Seeks Proposal Reviewers
2. White Paper on the Value of NASA Participating Scientist Programs
3. SOFIA Cycle 6 Call for Proposals
4. Planetary Meeting Calendar Additions

Commercial Announcements:

C1. Autobiography of Prof. Asoka Mendis
C2. "They Promised Her the Moon" Performance in NYC

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[NASA] SCIENCE MISSION DIRECTORATE SEEKS PROPOSAL REVIEWERS

SMD is seeking subject matter experts to serve as mail-in and panel 
reviewers for the following programs:

Fire Impacts on Regional Emissions and Chemistry (ROSES-2017 A.23)
AVIRIS-NG Flights in India (ROSES-2016 A.31)
Emerging Worlds (ROSES-2017 C.2)
Solar System Observations (ROSES-2017 C.6)
Planetary Data Archiving, Restoration, and Tools (ROSES-2017 C.7)
Cassini Data Analysis Program (ROSES-2017 C.10)
The New Frontiers Data Analysis Program (ROSES-2016 C.19)
OSIRIS REx Participating Scientists Program (ROSES-2017 C.22)
Exoplanet Research Program (ROSES-2017 E.3)
ROSES-2017 Heliophysics Programs

Either click on the titles above or start at this permanent link: 

https://science.nasa.gov/researchers/volunteer-review-panels 

where the volunteer reviewer forms are always posted.


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WHITE PAPER ON THE VALUE OF NASA PARTICIPATING SCIENTIST PROGRAMS

A white paper has been posted to the LPI website, regarding the value 
of Participating Scientist (PS) programs within NASA's planetary 
mission portfolio. The paper, led by LPI Director Louise Prockter and 
coauthored by representatives of the NASA Analysis and Assessment 
groups (including Jeff Johnson and Serina Diniega of MEPAG), is based 
on data collected from surveys of the planetary science community and 
mission leadership. Overwhelming support was found for PS programs, 
which provide significant value in increasing intellectual and 
demographic diversity among mission science teams. The white paper's 
authors conclude that greater consistency in timing, funding, and 
approach could make PS programs even more effective and useful to 
NASA; as a result, they make eight recommendations, including that PS 
programs should be included on every planetary mission.

The paper is available at: 

http://www.lpi.usra.edu/analysis/reports/Value_of_Participating
_Scientist_Programs_to_NASA_white_paper_final.pdf 

Additionally, a link to this paper is included on the MEPAG webpage, 
under Mars Community Announcements: 

https://mepag.jpl.nasa.gov/announcements.cfm?expand=general


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SOFIA CYCLE 6 CALL FOR PROPOSALS

The Stratospheric Observatory for Infrared Astronomy (SOFIA) is pleased 
to announce the release of its Cycle 6 Call for Proposals (CfP) on 
May 1, 2017.  

The Call solicits proposals from the U.S., and international, 
astronomical community for approximately 500 hours of SOFIA 
observations, and is issued on behalf of NASA by the Universities Space 
Research Association (USRA). The proposal deadline is June 30, 2017, 
and the Cycle 6 observing period will be from February 2, 2018 to 
February 1, 2019. NASA expects approximately $5M to be available for 
support of U.S. affiliated investigators.

Instruments offered for Cycle 6 observations are: (1) the EXES mid-IR 
high-resolution spectrometer, (2) the FIFI-LS far-IR imaging 
spectrometer, (3) the FORCAST mid-IR camera, including its grism 
spectrometer, (4) the FPI+ camera in science mode, (5) the GREAT 
heterodyne spectrometer, and (6) The HAWC+ far-IR imager and 
polarimeter. New in Cycle 6 is the availability of the GREAT 
dual-array mode LFA/HFA, as well as two of the bands in the new 
lower-frequency 4GREAT receiver.

Starting with the Cycle 6 Call for Proposals the proposal category 
"Thesis Enabling Programs" is introduced, specifically aimed at 
supporting graduate student research.

For further details, please see:

https://www.sofia.usra.edu/science/proposing-and-observing
/proposal-calls/cycle-6


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PLANETARY MEETING CALENDAR ADDITIONS

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

November 11-12, 2017
Workshop on Modern Analytical Methods Applied to Earth, Planetary, 
and Material Sciences II 
https://www.hou.usra.edu/meetings/methods2017/
Budapest, Hungary

[Editor Note: If there is a planetary-related meeting, conference or
workshop of which your colleagues should be aware, please send the 
date, title, URL and location to pen_editor at psi.edu.]


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COMMERCIAL ANNOUNCEMENTS

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AUTOBIOGRAPHY OF PROF. ASOKA MENDIS

The autobiography of the dusty plasma physicist and comet scientist, 
Prof. Asoka Mendis of UCSD, entitled "Events on My World Line" is now 
available at amazon.com for $25.

All proceeds from the sale of this book goes to the secular non-profit 
organization, "Foundation of Goodness", working towards the upliftment 
of the rural youth in Sri Lanka.


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"THEY PROMISED HER THE MOON" PERFORMANCE IN NYC

The play "They Promised Her the Moon" by Laurel Ollstein, directed by 
Valentina Fratti, will be performed off-Broadway in New York City,
May 12-27. 

Premise: Jerrie Cobb, one of the famed Mercury 13, whose test scores 
surpassed many of the male astronauts during rigorous psychological and 
physical testing in the early days of the country's space program, was 
almost the first woman in space. Cobb was reaching for the moon but hit 
the glass stratosphere, blocked not only by her gender but by notions 
of sisterhood and colliding egos. They Promised Her the Moon tells the 
inspiring story of one of the many women who have paved the way towards 
change.

Ticket Link:

https://www.mirandatheatrecompany.com

Theatre at St. Clement's, 423 West 46th St., New York, New York.  
Tickets $35

 
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