Subject: DPS Mailing #07-04: Spitzer Warm Era... February 26th 2007 +------------------CONTENTS---------------------------------+ 1) Spitzer Warm Era: Planetary Science Projects 2) Three Upcoming Workshops, AOGS Abstract Deadline Extension +------------------------------------------------------------+ 1---------1---------1---------1---------1---------1---------1---------1 SPITZER WARM ERA: PLANETARY SCIENCE PROJECTS After cryogen exhaustion in March 2009, the Spitzer Space Telescope (SST) will be entering the warm era of operations, when the 3.6 and 4.5 um IRAC imager channels will be available for large scale projects, for targets of 1 uJy to 13 mJy. SST has the capability to track solar system targets, with a solar elongation viewing constraint of roughly 70 - 110 degrees. As a community, we are being asked to provide input for the planning stages of the warm era operation via a white paper describing long term, large (> 1000 hrs) observing programs. Examples of potential programs could involved extensive surveys of main-belt, near-Earth, and Trojan asteroids; campaigns to map comets; and possible synoptic observations of planets. Interested parties are requested to contact Carey Lisse ([email protected]) and Mark Sykes ([email protected]) with ideas and input for this document. [Please contact Casey or Mark soon if you are interested: this announcment has been delayed by a month due to an error on my part, and they would like to begin work on the document in March.] 2---------2---------2---------2---------2---------2---------2---------2 THREE UPCOMING WORKSHOPS, AOGS ABSTRACT DEADLINE EXTENSION 1) Science Archives in the 21st Century, Washington, DC, April 25-26 2007 See http://nssdc.gsfc.nasa.gov/nost/conf/archive21st/ The National Space Science Data Center (NSSDC) is sponsoring a science archives workshop with a key objective being the fostering of better ongoing communication among archives as noted in our preliminary announcement below. We encourage you, and any of your colleagues, to submit an abstract by March 9. There is no registration fee but attendance is limited to a total of 50 participants. 2) Low-Cost Access to Near-Space (LCANS), Boulder, CO, April 26-28 2007 See http://www.boulder.swri.edu/LCANS The goal of the workshop is to develop opportunities supported by NASA and/or NSF for routine access to near space. While scientific ballooning potentially affords the lowest cost access to the stratosphere and above, current balloon programs focus on large, specialized payloads and not on routine access for experimentation, leaving a gap in the suite of methods used for science and instrument development. We will examine potential strategies for low-cost scientific programs that address the needs outlined in the most recent decadal surveys. 3) Workshop on Ices, Oceans, and Fire: Satellites of the Outer Solar System, Boulder, CO, Aug 13-15 See http://www.lpi.usra.edu/meetings/icysat2007/home.shtml This was advertised in the last DPS newsletter as the "Icy Satellite Workshop", but Io will also be included. 4) The deadline for the AOGS meeting in Bangkok, Jul 30 2007 - Aug 4 2007, which includes several planetary sessions, has been extended till March 15th. See http://www.asiaoceania.org/aogs2007/ +---------------------------------------------------------------------+ Send submissions to: John Spencer, DPS Secretary ([email protected])