4th Meeting of the NASA Small Bodies Assessment Group
January 24–26, 2011
Agenda and Presentations
Transcript
Opening
9:30 a.m. – SBAG 4 Welcome and Report of Activities - Mark Sykes (PSI) [20 min]
Session 1 - Technology Forum on Small Body Scientific Exploration - M. Sykes (PSI) and R. Noble (Stanford), Co-Moderators
9:50 a.m. – The Science and Exploration of Small Bodies - M. Sykes [15 min + 5 min Q&A]
10:10 a.m. – Overview of Technology Needs - Pat Beauchamp (JPL) [15 min + 5 min Q&A]
10:30 a.m. – Panel Discussion on Small Body Science and Technology - Faith Vilas (PSI), Pat Beauchamp (JPL), Robert Gold (APL), Gordon Johnston (NASA HQ), Bonnie Buratti (JPL), Andy Cheng (APL). [45 min]
11:15 a.m. – BREAK [15 min]
11:30 a.m. – Mission Architecture and Robotic Spacecraft Design - John Dankanich, Steve Oleson (GRC) [25 min + 5 min Q&A]
12:00 a.m. – Electric Power for Robotic Vehicles - Rao Surampudi (JPL) [25 min + 5 disc]
12:30 p.m. – 1:30 p.m. – LUNCH [60 min]
1:30 p.m. – Light-Weight, Low-Power Avionics and Miniaturization - Raphael Some (JPL) [25 min + 5 disc]
2:00 p.m. – Propulsion for Robotic Vehicles - Mike Patterson (GRC), John Brophy (JPL) [40 min + 5 disc]
2:45 p.m. – Deep Space Communications - John Rush (NASA HQ), Jeff Srinivasan (JPL) [30 min + 5 disc]
3:20 p.m. – BREAK [15 min]
3:35 p.m. – Remote Sensing and In-situ Instruments - Rob Gold (JHU/APL), Sabrina Feldman (JPL) [40 min + 5 disc]
4:20 p.m. – Science Command and Sequence Software - Chris Grasso (Blue Sun Enterprises) [20 min + 5 disc]
4:45 p.m. – Panel Discussion of First Day Issues (same panelists) [45 min]
5:30 p.m. – Adjourn Day 1
Tuesday, January 25, 2011
Transcript
Session 1 (cont.) - Technology Forum on Small Body Scientific Exploration
8:55 a.m. – Announcements - Mark Sykes (PSI) [5 min]
9:00 a.m. – Gas, Dust, Surface Sampling - Ashitey Trebi-Ollennu (JPL), Shogo Tachibana (Univ. Tokyo), Hermann Boehnhardt (MPI Lindau) [45 min + 5 disc]
9:50 a.m. – Autonomous Navigation and Mobility - David Bayard (JPL) [in-space nav], Liam Pedersen (ARC) [surface nav] [30 min + 5 disc]
10:25 a.m. – Data Acquisition and Autonomous Event Recognition - Steve Chien (JPL) [20 min + 5 disc]
10:50 a.m. – BREAK [15 min]
11:05 a.m. – Closing Panel Discussion (same panelists as Day 1) [55 min]
12:00 p.m. – End of Session 1
12:00 p.m. – 1:00 p .m. – Lunch
1:00 p.m – HQ response to findings from SBAG 3 - Lindley Johnson (NASA HQ) [30 min]
Session 2 - Roadmap for Small Bodies Exploration
1:30 p.m. – Overview - Mark Sykes (PSI) [15 min]
1:45 p.m. – Science Issues - Joe Nuth (NASA GSFC) [45 min incl disc]
2:30 p.m. – Population Identification and Characterization - Yan Fernandez (UCF) [by Webex] [45 min incl disc]
3:15 p.m. – Laboratory Studies - Reggie Hudson, Marla Moore (NASA GSFC) and Julie Castillo-Rogez (JPL) [45 min incl disc]
[Unplanned logistical issues resulted in a shortening of the meeting this day.]
5:00 p.m. – Adjourn Day 2
Wednesday, January 26, 2011
Transcript
Session 2 (cont.) - Roadmap for Small Bodies Exploration
8:55 a.m. – Announcements - Mark Sykes (PSI) [5 min]
9:00 a.m. – Data Archiving and Access - Mark Sykes (PSI) [45 min incl disc]
9:45 a.m. – In-Situ Studies - Dan Britt (UCF) [30 min incl disc]
10:15 a.m.– BREAK [15 min]
10:30 a.m. – Technology Capabilities and Needs - John Dankanich (NASA GRC) [45 min incl disc]
11:15 a.m. – Human Exploration - Paul Abell (NASA JSC) [45 min incl disc]
12:00 p.m. - End of Session 2
12:00 p.m. - 1:00 p.m. Lunch
Session 3 - Other Business
1:00 p.m. – EPOXI results and future proposals for the spacecraft - Tony Farnham (Univ. Maryland) [25 min + 5 disc]
1:30 p.m. – Hayabusa results and plans for Hayabusa 2 - Mike Zolensky [by Webex] and Paul Abell (NASA JSC) [25 min + 5 disc]
2:00 p.m. – Wrapup discussion
2:30 p.m. – End of Meeting (impending snow storm)