LESSONS LEARNED IN DECADAL PLANNING IN SPACE SCIENCE: A WORKSHOP. Beckman Center of the National Academies, Irvine CA November 12-13, 2012

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1 LESSONS LEARNED IN DECADAL PLANNING IN SPACE SCIENCE: A WORKSHOP Beckman Center of the National Academies, Irvine CA November 12-13, 2012 WORKSHOP AGENDA 500 Fifth Street, NW Washington, DC Phone: Fax: MONDAY, NOVEMBER 12, :00 am 1 Welcome & Introductions Michael Moloney, Director, Space 9:05 am Keynote Introduction Charlie Kennel & Alan Dressler, Workshop Planning Committee Co- Chairs Keynote Speakers: Purpose and Role of the Decadal Survey in Strategic Space Science Planning 9:10 am Historical Perspective on the Decadal Survey Lennard Fisk, Thomas M. Donahue Distinguished University Professor of Space Science, University of Michigan; Member, Committee on from Space; Member, Heliophysics Decadal Survey 9:30 am NASA Perspective John Grunsfeld, Associate Administrator, Science Mission Directorate, NASA 9:50 am Decadal Survey General Study Process Michael Moloney, Director, Space 10:10 am BREAK 1 All times on agenda are Pacific Time

2 10:30 am Panel of Decadal Survey Chairs Moderator: Charlie Kennel (Chair, Space ; Co- Chair, Workshop Planning Committee) What did you try to do/achieve, and how do you think you did? What would you do differently if you could do it again? How did the survey impact their community? How did the survey impact the program? Daniel Baker (Chair, Heliophysics Decadal Survey; Director, Laboratory for Atmospheric and Space Physics, UC-Boulder) Roger Blandford (Chair, Astronomy and Astrophysics Decadal Survey; Pehong and Adele Chen Director, Kavli Institute for Particle Astrophysics and Cosmology, Stanford University) Berrien Moore (Co-Chair, Earth Science & Applications from Space Decadal Survey; Dean, College of Atmospheric & Geographic Sciences, The National Weather Center, University of Oklahoma) Steve Squyres (Chair, Planetary Science Decadal Survey; Goldwin Smith Professor of Astronomy, Cornell University) 12:00 pm Community Dialogue Panelists and Audience Members 12:30 pm LUNCH (available in the Beckman Center refectory) 1:45 pm Agency-Specific Issues Panel Moderator: Mark Abbott (Chair, Committee on Earth Science & Applications from Space; Member, Space ; Dean, College of Earth, Ocean and Atmospheric Sciences) How do you interpret/use decadal surveys? What works well, what doesn t work well? What would you like to see in future decadals? How do you coordinate intra-interagency on common issues/recommendations? Michael Freilich (Director, NASA Earth Science Division) Jeffrey Newmark (Strategic Planning Lead, NASA Heliophysics Division) Lisa May (Program Executive, NASA Planetary Science Division) Paul Hertz (Director, NASA Astrophysics Division) John Pereira (Chief, Advanced Satellite Planning Division, NOAA/NESDIS) 3:15 pm Community Dialogue Panelists and Audience Members 3:45 pm BREAK 4:15 pm Panel on Decadal Survey Program Formulation: Lessons Learned and Opportunities for Improvement Moderator: Alan Dressler (Observational Astronomer, Observatories of the Carnegie Institution for Science; Member, Space ; Co-Chair, Workshop Planning Committee) Rick Anthes (President Emeritus, University Corporation for Atmospheric Research; Co-Chair, from Space Decadal Survey) Marcia Rieke (Regents Professor of Astronomy, University of Arizona;

3 Decadal Survey Mission Formulation Process Brief Overview o Presented by Michael Moloney, Director, Space How did the different communities come up with the framework of activities to prioritize? What strategy was used for prioritization? Science Mission Continuum How would you structure a framework to create a program architecture? o Missions vs. Activities What are preparations that can be made in advance to your community s decadal survey? Member, Space ; Member, Committee on Astronomy and Astrophysics) Steve Mackwell (Director, Lunar and Planetary Institute; Member, Committee on Astrobiology and Planetary Sciences) Todd Hoeksema (Senior Research Scientist, W.W. Hansen Experimental Physics Laboratory, Stanford University; Member, Heliophysics Decadal Survey) Colleen Hartman (Deputy Center Director for Science, Operations and Program Performance, NASA Goddard Space Flight Center) 5:30 pm Community Dialogue Panelists and Audience Members 6:15 pm ADJOURN TUESDAY, NOVEMBER 13, :30 am Panel on Program Formulation: The Role of Cost Estimation, Technical Evaluation, and Budget Projections in Prioritizing Missions Moderator: Steve Battel (President, Battel Engineering; Member, Workshop Planning Committee) Lessons Learned and Opportunities for Improvement (Following from Day 1 Afternoon Session) How do these two factors (CATE & budget) affect mission prioritization? How does the CATE process and budgetary constrictions [inadvertently] impact science? David Bearden (General Manager, NASA Programs, The Aerospace Corporation) Jay Bookbinder (Astrophysicist, Smithsonian Astrophysical Observatory) Randy Friedl (Deputy Director for Research, Jet Propulsion Laboratory; Associate Director, UCLA Joint Institute for Regional Earth System Science & Engineering; Member, Earth Science and Applications from Space Decadal Survey) Scott Hubbard (Professor, Aeronautics and Astronautics, Stanford University; Member, Committee on Astrobiology and Planetary Science) Harlan Spence (Director, Institute for the Study of Earth, Oceans and Space, University of New Hampshire; Member, Heliophysics Decadal Survey)

4 9:30 am Community Dialogue Panelists and Audience Members 10:00 am BREAK 10:30 am Panel on How to Plan for High-Profile Missions Moderator: John Klineberg (Vice Chair, Space ; President, Space Systems/Loral [ret.]) What does high profile mean? Where will this type of mission be managed? How do you accommodate this type of mission? How do high-profile missions impact the overall science and mission portfolio for a science and the community itself? How should the Space and Board on Physics and Astronomy address high-profile missions in their role as stewards of the decadal surveys? Rick Howard (Program Director, James Webb Space Telescope, NASA [ret.]) Ralph McNutt (Senior Space Physicist, Johns Hopkins University Applied Physics Laboratory; Member, Planetary Science Decadal Survey) Charles Elachi (Director, Jet Propulsion Laboratory) Bill Gail (Chief Technology Officer, Global Weather Corporation; Member, Earth Science and Applications from Space Decadal Survey) 11:30 am Community Dialogue Panelists and Audience Members 12:00 pm LUNCH (available in the Beckman Center refectory) 1:15 pm Panel on Incorporating International Perspectives into Future Decadal Planning Moderator: Robert Lin (Professor, Department of Physics, UC-Berkeley; Member, Space ; U.S. Representative to the Committee on Space Research; Member, Heliophysics Decadal Survey; Member, Workshop Planning Committee) How NASA Interfaces Internationally Partnership vs. Boss-Subordinate relationship Potential Future Collaborative Efforts Leveraging International Assets and Capabilities Alignment and Timing of National Space Science Strategic Planning What role can the SSB play in this arena? What role can future decadal surveys play in this arena? Michael Freilich (Director, NASA Earth Science Division) Dennis McSweeney (Deputy Director, Science Division, Office of Interagency & International Relations, NASA) Masato Nakamura (Research Director, Institute of Space and Astronautical Science, Japanese Aerospace Exploration Agency) David Southwood (Senior Research Investigator and Professor, Imperial College; Director of Science and Robotic Exploration, European Space Agency [ret.]) Jean-Pierre Swings (Chairman, European Space Sciences Committee; Professor, Institut d'astrophysique et de Géophysique, Liège, Belgium) 2:30 pm Community Dialogue Panelists and Audience Members 3:00 pm BREAK

5 3:30 pm Panel on Decadal Survey Stewardship: The Role of the Mid-decade Reviews and Standing Committees Moderator: Charlie Kennel (Chair, Space ; Co- Chair, Workshop Planning Committee) How do you incorporate long-term stewardship into the decadal survey? What is [really] the time horizon for the decadals? Should this timeframe be revised? Decision Rules Role of the SSB Standing Committees Role of the Midterm Assessments What type of preparatory work can be done prior to commencement of a survey? Orphan Disciplines, e.g. biological and physical sciences in space (microgravity science) Waleed Abdalati (Chief Scientist, NASA) Stacey Boland (Senior Systems Engineer, Jet Propulsion Laboratory; Member, Committee on from Space) Larry Esposito (Professor, Laboratory for Atmospheric and Space Physics, UC-Boulder) Lou Lanzerotti (Distinguished Research Professor, Dept. of Physics, New Jersey Institute of Technology; Chair, 2002 Heliophysics Decadal Survey) Christopher McKee (Professor of Physics and Astronomy, UC- Berkeley; Member, Committee on Astronomy and Astrophysics) 4:45 pm Community Dialogue Panelists and Audience Members 5:15 pm Concluding Remarks Charlie Kennel (Chair, Space ; Co-Chair, Workshop Planning Committee) 5:30 pm ADJOURN