Public Policy

Recent Items

DPS Resolution
The DPS resolves to endorse the recommendations of the Planetary Science Subcommittee as they relate to the Mars Science Laboratory mission.
NASA Night slides at AGU - Dr. Alan Stern
Status of 2008 Appropriations Bills
The President signed a Continuing Resolution into law on Sept 29, 2007.
Senate Passes Mikulski-Hutchison Amendment for NASA funding, 4 Oct 2007
House Bill on Arecibo, 4 Oct 2007
NASA 2008 President's Budget Request
FRS Contact List for House and Senate Science Authorization and Appropriations Committees, OMB and OSTP
2 May 2007: Testimony to House Science Subcommittee on Space and Aeronautics
Includes statements by:
  • Chairman Mark Udall, D-CO
  • Dr. Alan Stern, Associate Administrator NASA Science Mission Directorate
  • Dr. Lennard Fisk, Chair National Research Council's Space Studies Board
  • Dr. Garth Illingworth, Chair Astronomy and Astrophysics Advisory Committee
  • Dr. Daniel Baker, Director, Laboratory for Astronomy and Space Physics, University of Colorado, Boulder
  • Dr. Joseph Burns, Vice Provost, Physical Science and Engineering, Cornell University
NASA Science Plan 2007-2016, released April 2007
Human Exploration: The Next Fifty Years
Aviation Week and Space Technology article by NASA Administrator Michael Griffin, March 2007
This information is maintained by the DPS Federal Relations Subcommittee (FRS).

Fall DPS 2009

meeting poster

The 41st Annual meeting will be in Fajardo, Puerto Rico, USA, October 4-9, 2009.

Letter from Dick French about attending this year's meeting.

Letter from the Chair

About the financial state of the DPS and how you can help.

Discoveries in Planetary Sciences

PowerPoint slide sets highlighting new advances for astronomy educators.

Reaching out to Congress