NAC Planetary Protection Sbcmte, DC

19-Dec-2012 through 20-Dec-2012

The Planetary Protection Subcommittee of the Science Committee of the NASA Advisory Council (NAC) will meet December 19-20, 2012 at NASA Headquarters in Washington, DC.   Topics are:

--Update on NASA Planetary Protection Activities
--Potential Technology Investments to Support Planetary Protection Requirements

Further details, including instructions on how to participate by telephone and WebEx, are in the Federal Register notice, which is reproduced below.

SUMMARY: In accordance with the Federal Advisory Committee Act, Public
Law 92-463, as amended, the National Aeronautics and Space
Administration (NASA) announces a meeting of the Planetary Protection
Subcommittee of the NASA Advisory Council (NAC). This Subcommittee
reports to the Science Committee of the NAC. The Meeting will be held
for the purpose of soliciting from the scientific community and other
person's scientific and technical information relevant to program
planning.

DATES: Wednesday, December 19, 2012, 9:00 a.m. to 4:30 p.m., and
Thursday, December 20, 2012, 8:30 a.m. to 3:00 p.m. Local Time.

ADDRESSES: NASA Headquarters, 300 E Street SW., Room 7H45 and 9H40,
respectively, Washington, DC 20546.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Ms. Marian Norris, Science Mission
Directorate, NASA Headquarters, Washington, DC 20546, (202) 358-4452,
fax (202) 358-4118, or mnorris@nasa.gov.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: The meeting will be open to the public up to
the capacity of the room. The meeting will also be available
telephonically and by WebEx. Any interested person may call the USA
toll free conference call number 800-988-9533, pass code PPS, to
participate in this meeting by telephone. The WebEx link is https://nasa.webex.com/, the meeting number on December 19 is 994 053 572,
password PPS@Dec19; the meeting number on December 20 is 997 808 043,

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password PPS@Dec20. The agenda for the meeting includes the following
topics:

--Update on NASA Planetary Protection Activities
--Potential Technology Investments to Support Planetary Protection
Requirements

    It is imperative that the meeting be held on these dates to
accommodate the scheduling priorities of the key participants.
Attendees will be requested to sign a register and to comply with NASA
security requirements, including the presentation of a valid picture ID
to Security before access to NASA Headquarters. Foreign nationals
attending this meeting will be required to provide a copy of their
passport and visa in addition to providing the following information no
less than 10 working days prior to the meeting: Full name; gender;
date/place of birth; citizenship; visa information (number, type,
expiration date); passport information (number, country, expiration
date); employer/affiliation information (name of institution, address,
country, telephone); title/position of attendee; and home address to
Marian Norris via email at mnorris@nasa.gov or by fax at (202) 358-
1377. U.S. citizens and green card holders are requested to submit
their name and affiliation 3 working days prior to the meeting to
Marian Norris.

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