Issue 15-30, July 28, 2015
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- REMINDER: PLEASE VOTE IN THE 2015 DPS ELECTION
- ABSTRACT DEADLINE FOR 47th DPS MEETING IN NATIONAL HARBOR
- HARTMANN TRAVEL GRANTS FOR 47th DPS MEETING
- UPCOMING MEETINGS & WORKSHOPS
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REMINDER: PLEASE VOTE IN THE 2015 DPS ELECTION
DEADLINE FAST APPROACHING: ONLY A FEW DAYS LEFT TO VOTE!
Thank you to those who have already voted!
The 2015 election for DPS Vice-Chair and Committee is now open, and will close on July 31st 2015.
Go to http://aas.org/vote/
You will need your AAS member login ID (which defaults to your membership number),
and your password. If you haven’t registered or renewed your DPS membership recently,
you are getting this e-mail because we are using large recent DPS lists, but you may actually
not be an active member anymore… So, please check your status now and renew if you haven’t
done so already at (http://members.aas.org). This will allow you to vote and benefit from all
membership advantages.
If you have trouble voting on line, the AAS can do a proxy vote and vote on your behalf (send
an e-mail to [email protected]). You will still get an automated email confirmation and a separate
manual email, both with who you voted for and a confirmation number.
You should vote for one of the two candidates for Vice-Chair:
o Lucy McFadden, Goddard Space Flight Center
o Ralph McNutt, Johns Hopkins University Applied Physics Laboratory
The elected Vice-Chair will take his/her functions in November 2015 and will become the
DPS Chair in October 2016.
You should also vote for two of the five candidates for DPS Committee:
o Adrienne Dove, Univ. Central Florida
o Gianrico Filacchione, Institute for Astrophysics and Planetary Science from Space
o Paul Hayne, Jet Propulsion Laboratory
o Carly Howett, Southwest Research Institute
o Joe Spitale, Planetary Science Institute
The successful candidates will serve on the Committee for three years after November 2015.
The detailed vitae and position statements for each of the candidates is linked from the main
election page, http://aas.org/vote/
If you find you’re having difficulties voting, it may be that your registration with DPS has
expired. Please go to the Member Pages (http://members.aas.org) and click the Member
Profile link to review your information. Or ask [email protected]for assistance.
Voting is one of your privileges as a DPS member, so please take a moment to vote!
Thank you!
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ABSTRACT DEADLINE FOR THE 47TH DPS MEETING IN NATIONAL HARBOR
National Harbor, MD, 8-13 November 2015 at the Gaylord National Harbor
DPS members you are invited to attend the 47th Annual DPS meeting!
* Important dates
25 August 2015: Regular Abstract deadline, coming up quickly!
See http://aas.org/meetings/dps47/abstracts
Other important dates:
24 August 2015 DPS 47 Exhibitor Deadline
http://aas.org/dps-47th-meeting/47th-dps-meeting-exhibiting-sponsorship-opportunities
1 September 2015 DPS 47 Early Registration Deadline
http://aas.org/meetings/dps47/registration
8 September 2015 DPS 47 Regular Registration Deadline
http://aas.org/meetings/dps47/registration
And also:
– 24 September 2015: 47th DPS Late Abstract Submission Deadline – 9:00pm ET
– 8 October 2015: 47th DPS Hotel Reservations Deadline
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HARTMANN TRAVEL GRANTS FOR 47TH DPS MEETING
A generous contribution from William K. Hartmann, supplemented by member contributions
and matching funds from the DPS Committee, has enabled a limited number of student travel
grants to assist participation by early-career scientists at the annual DPS meeting.
Application details are at meetings/travel_grant_application.
Travel grants are primarily intended for students, but post-doctoral scientists without other
means of support will also be considered.
The due date for applications is August 28, 2015 11:59 PM.
The DPS Leadership is also soliciting additional contributions from members for the Hartmann Fund.
Your tax-deductible gift promotes the careers of our next generation of planetary scientists.
Thanks so much for your generosity.
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UPCOMING MEETINGS & WORKSHOPS
A) AGU SESSION P031 – THE PHYSICAL CONDITIONS CONTROLLING LIFE’S ORIGIN, EVOLUTION, AND END.
New insights into Mars’ wet past, the confirmation of a liquid ocean on Ganymede, and the
ongoing stream of exoplanet discoveries raise the prospect of an ever-wider range of environments
that could sustain life. This session explores how such environments emerge, are sustained, and
eventually decline.
Questions of particular interest include: What is Earth’s long-term climatic stability and how
will it end? How long did habitable conditions persist on Mars and did they ever exist on Venus?
What habitable environments exist in the outer Solar System and how do they continue to evolve?
How do the Faint Young Sun Problem, the Runaway Greenhouse, and long-term climate feedbacks
play out across different planets and outside the Solar System?
We invite case studies and comparisons that use observations, experiments and/or modeling to
expand our understanding of the habitability of diverse environments in our Solar System and beyond.
To submit your abstract, visit:
https://agu.confex.com/agu/fm15/preliminaryview.cgi/Session7574
Confirmed speakers:
Jim Kasting (Pennsylvania State University)
Colin Goldblatt (University of Victoria)
Francis MacDonald (Harvard University)
Chris McKay (NASA Ames)
Conveners:
Daniel Koll, Jun Yang, and Nathan Baskin (University of Chicago)
B) NRC CUBESATS SYMPOSIUM
The National Research Council Committee on Achieving Science Goals with CubeSats is hosting a
community symposium on September 2-3 at the Beckman Center in Irvine, CA, to explore the
feasibility of obtaining high-priority science data using CubeSats. The symposium will feature a
series of panel discussions among scientists and technologists in the areas of Earth science, solar
and space physics (heliophysics), planetary science, astronomy and astrophysics, as well as technology
that enables CubeSats, technology development enabled by CubeSats, and industry capabilities. The
panels will explore science goals, how these goals could be achieved using CubeSats, and the potential
for new science that is enabled by CubeSats. These discussions will be framed by current CubeSat
technological capabilities and those anticipated in the near future.
The Committee is also soliciting posters as critical inputs to the symposium that will be displayed
at a poster session. Posters should be targeted to one or more of the following: current CubeSat
missions and science results, CubeSat mission concepts, or technology that enables CubeSat
science missions. Of particular interest are posters concerning CubeSat-enabled microgravity science.
More information, registration instructions, and poster title submission are available here: http://sites.nationalacademies.org/SSB/SSB_167274
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Anne Verbiscer, DPS Secretary ([email protected])
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Anne J. Verbiscer
Research Associate Professor
Department of Astronomy
University of Virginia
Charlottesville, Virginia 22904-4325