New Worlds, New Horizons: A Midterm Assessment

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New Worlds, New Horizons:
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New Worlds, New Horizons in Astronomy and Astrophysics

Space Studies Board

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Division on Engineering and Physical Sciences

A Report of

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OTHER RECENT REPORTS OF THE SPACE STUDIES BOARD

Continuity of NASA Earth Observations from Space: A Value Framework (Space Studies Board [SSB],
2015)
Optimizing the U.S. Ground-Based Optical and Infrared Astronomy System (Board on Physics and
Astronomy [BPA] with the SSB, 2015)
Review of the MEPAG Report on Mars Special Regions (SSB, 2015)
Sharing the Adventure with the Student: Exploring the Intersections of NASA Space Science and Education:
A Workshop Summary (SSB, with the Board on Science Education, 2015)
The Space Science Decadal Surveys: Lessons Learned and Best Practices (SSB, 2015)

Evaluation of the Implementation of WFIRST/AFTA in the Context of New Worlds, New Horizons in
Astronomy and Astrophysics (BPA with SSB, 2014)
Opportunities for High-Power, High-Frequency Transmitters to Advance Ionospheric/Thermospheric
Research: Report of a Workshop (SSB, 2014)
Pathways to Exploration: Rationales and Approaches for a U.S. Program of Human Space Exploration
(Aeronautics and Space Engineering Board [ASEB] with SSB, 2014)
Solar and Space Physics: A Science for a Technological Society: An Overview (SSB, 2014)

Landsat and Beyond: Sustaining and Enhancing the Nation’s Land Imaging Program (SSB, 2013)
Lessons Learned in Decadal Planning in Space Science: Summary of a Workshop (SSB, 2013)
Review of the Draft 2014 Science Mission Directorate Science Plan (SSB, 2013)
Solar and Space Physics: A Science for a Technological Society (SSB, 2013)

Assessment of a Plan for U.S. Participation in Euclid (BPA with SSB, 2012)
Assessment of Planetary Protection Requirements for Spacecraft Missions to Icy Solar System Bodies (SSB,
2012)
Earth Science and Applications from Space: A Midterm Assessment of NASA’s Implementation of the
Decadal Survey (SSB, 2012)
The Effects of Solar Variability on Earth’s Climate: A Workshop Report (SSB, 2012)
NASA’s Strategic Direction and the Need for a National Consensus (Division on Engineering and Physical
Sciences, 2012)
Report of the Panel on Implementing Recommendations from the New Worlds, New Horizons Decadal
Survey (BPA and SSB, 2012)
Technical Evaluation of the NASA Model for Cancer Risk to Astronauts Due to Space Radiation (SSB, 2012)

Assessment of Impediments to Interagency Collaboration on Space and Earth Science Missions (SSB, 2011)
Panel ReportsNew Worlds, New Horizons in Astronomy and Astrophysics (BPA and SSB, 2011)
Recapturing a Future for Space Exploration: Life and Physical Sciences Research for a New Era (SSB and
ASEB, 2011)
Sharing the Adventure with the PublicThe Value and Excitement of “Grand Questions” of Space Science
and Exploration: Summary of a Workshop (SSB, 2011)
Vision and Voyages for Planetary Science in the Decade 2013-2022 (SSB, 2011)

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COMMITTEE ON THE REVIEW OF PROGRESS TOWARD THE DECADAL SURVEY
VISION IN NEW WORLDS, NEW HORIZONS IN ASTRONOMY AND ASTROPHYSICS

JACQUELINE N. HEWITT, Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Chair
ADAM S. BURROWS, Princeton University
NEIL J. CORNISH, Montana State University
ANDREW W. HOWARD, University Hawaii, Manoa
BRUCE MACINTOSH, Stanford University
RICHARD F. MUSHOTZKY, University of Maryland
ANGELA V. OLINTO, University of Chicago
STEVEN M. RITZ, University of California, Santa Cruz
ALEXEY VIKHLININ, Harvard-Smithsonian Center for Astrophysics
DAVID H. WEINBERG, Ohio State University
RAINER WEISS, Massachusetts Institute of Technology
ERIC M. WILCOTS, University of Wisconsin
EDWARD L. WRIGHT, University of California, Los Angeles
A. THOMAS YOUNG, Lockheed Martin, retired

Staff

DAVID B. LANG, Senior Program Officer, Board on Physics and Astronomy, Study Director
KATIE DAUD, Research Associate, Space Studies Board
DIONNA WILLIAMS, Senior Program Coordinator, Space Studies Board

MICHAEL H. MOLONEY, Director, Space Studies Board and Aeronautics and Space Engineering
Board
JAMES C. LANCASTER, Director, Board on Physics and Astronomy
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SPACE STUDIES BOARD

DAVID N. SPERGEL, Princeton University, Chair
ROBERT D. BRAUN, Georgia Institute of Technology Vice Chair
JAMES G. ANDERSON, Harvard University
JEFF M. BINGHAM, Consultant
JAY C. BUCKEY, Dartmouth-Hitchcock Medical Center
MARY LYNNE DITTMAR, Dittmar Associates, Inc.
JOSEPH FULLER, JR., Futron Corporation
THOMAS R. GAVIN, Jet Propulsion Laboratory
NEIL GEHRELS, NASA Goddard Space Flight Center
SARAH GIBSON, National Center for Atmospheric Research
WESLEY T. HUNTRESS, JR., Carnegie Institution of Washington
ANTHONY C. JANETOS, Boston University
CHRYSSA KOUVELIOTOU, The George Washington University
DENNIS P. LETTENMAIER, University of California, Los Angeles
BARBARA SHERWOOD LOLLAR, University of Toronto
ROSALY M. C. LOPES, Jet Propulsion Laboratory
DAVID J. MCCOMAS, Princeton Plasma Physics Laboratory
LARRY PAXTON, Johns Hopkins University Applied Physics Laboratory
SAUL PERLMUTTER, Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory
ELIOT QUATAERT, University of California, Berkeley
BARBARA SHERWOOD LOLLAR, University of Toronto
HARLAN E. SPENCE, University of New Hampshire
MARK H. THIEMENS, University of California, San Diego
MEENAKSHI WADHWA, Arizona State University

MICHAEL H. MOLONEY, Director
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BOARD ON PHYSICS AND ASTRONOMY

BARBARA V. JACAK, Stony Brook University, Chair
CHARLES L. BENNETT, Johns Hopkins University, Vice Chair
RICCARDO BETTI, University of Rochester
TODD DITMIRE, University of Texas, Austin
NATHANIEL J. FISCH, Princeton University
DANIEL FISHER, Stanford University
PAUL FLEURY, Yale University
WENDY FREEMAN, University of Chicago
GERALD GABRIELSE, Harvard University
JACQUELINE N. HEWITT, Massachusetts Institute of Technology
BARBARA JONES, IBM Almaden Research Center
HERBERT LEVINE, Rice University
ABRAHAM (AVI) LOEB, Harvard University
MONICA OLVERA DE LA CRUZ, Northwestern University
PAUL SCHECHTER, Massachusetts Institute of Technology

JAMES C. LANCASTER, Director
DAVID B. LANG, Senior Program Officer
NEERAJ GORKHALY, Associate Program Officer
LINDA WALKER, Program Coordinator
HENRY KO, Research Assistant
BETH DOLAN, Financial Associate

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