Notification of an Invitation to Membership on the Formulation Assessment and Support Team (FAST) for the Asteroid Redirect Mission

The National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA) intends to release a letter of invitation for membership on the Formulation Assessment and Support Team (FAST) for the Asteroid Redirect Mission (ARM). ARM is part of NASA’s plan to advance the new technologies and spaceflight capabilities needed for a human mission to the Martian system in the 2030s, as well as other future human and robotic missions.  ARM includes the Asteroid Redirect Robotic Mission (ARRM) and the Asteroid Redirect Crewed Mission (ARCM), along with leveraging the global asteroid-observation community’s efforts to detect, track and characterize candidate asteroids.  For additional information on how to apply for FAST membership, go to the NASA NSPIRES website at http://nspires.nasaprs.com/external/solicitations/summary.do?method=init&solId={A680142F-8F79-93C8-CED4-644C30C5F31A}&path=open