Planetary Science Advisory Committee Meeting
The Planetary Science Advisory Committee (PAC) is a new FACA committee of NASA, and replaces the Planetary Science Subcommittee of the NAC SC.
- Materials from the predecessor Subcommittee
- PAC Charter
- PAC Designated Federal Officer and Appointments
- Meeting Documents
PAC Members
- Serina Diniega, Chair – Jet Propulsion Laboratory
- Stephen Rinehart, Executive Secretary – NASA Headquarters
- Brent Barbee – NASA Goddard Space Flight Center
- Shannon Curry - University of California, Berkeley
- Lisa Danielson - Los Alamos National Laboratory
- Jennifer Glass – Georgia Institute of Technology
- John Grant – Smithsonian Institution
- Hope Ishii – University of Hawaii
- Kandis Jessup – Southwest Research Institute
- Walter Kiefer – Lunar and Planetary Institute
- D’Arcy Meyer-Dombard – University of Illinois at Chicago
- Conor Nixon – NASA Goddard Space Flight Center
- Tyler Robinson – Northern Arizona University
- Joseph Westlake – Johns Hopkins University Applied Physics Laboratory
The PAC supports the advisory needs of the Planetary Science Division (PSD), the Science Mission Directorate (SMD) and other mission directorates as required, and NASA Administrator. The scope of the PAC includes all aspects of planetary science, scientific exploration of the Moon and Mars, the robotic exploration of the solar system, astrobiology, exoplanet research, space- and ground-based research, technology development, planning, and training required to support these science areas. In addition to scientific research, the scope encompasses considerations of the development of near-term enabling technologies, systems, and computing and information management capabilities, as well as developments with the potential to provide long-term improvements in future operational systems. Responsibility for biological planetary protection is outside the purview of the PAC.
PAC Meetings
February 28–March 1, 2023
NASA Headquarters (3D42) / Virtual Meeting
December 5–6, 2022
Virtual Meeting
June 21–23, 2022
NASA Headquarters
Washington D.C. / Virtual Meeting
February 15, 2022
Virtual Meeting
November 15-16, 2021
Virtual Meeting
June 14, 2021
Virtual Meeting
March 1,2, 2021
Virtual Meeting
November 30, 2020
Virtual Meeting
August 17,18, 2020
Virtual Meeting
March 9-10, 2020
Virtual Meeting
December 6, 2019
Virtual Meeting
September 23–24, 2019
NASA Headquarters
Washington D.C.
February 21–23, 2018
NASA Headquarters
Washington D.C.
July 2, 2018
NASA Headquarters
Washington D.C.
September 26, 2018
NASA Headquarters
Washington D.C.