Location: At the 218th AAS Meeting, Venetian Room at the Fairmont Copley
Place, Boston, MA
Date: Tuesday, May 24, 2011
Time: from 12:30-3:30 PM
This session is a community meeting of the NASA Cosmic Origins Program Analysis Group (COPAG). The COPAG is responsible for soliciting and coordinating community input into the development and execution of NASA's Cosmic Origins Program (COP). The COPAG serves as a community-based, interdisciplinary forum for analysis in support of Cosmic Origins objectives and of their implications for architecture planning, activity prioritization and for future exploration. It provides findings and analyses to NASA through the NASA Advisory Council (NAC) within which the COPAG Chair is a member of the Astrophysics Subcommittee. We will present a description of the on-going COPAG activities and tasks. We will outline how the COPAG plans to operate in the near future. All interested AAS meeting attendees are encouraged to come and participate and provide their thoughts and suggestions.
The inaugural Cosmic Origins Program Annual Technology Report (PATR) - the annual summary of the technology development activities in support of the Cosmic Origins (COR) Program for FY11 - is now available for viewing and download. It provides an overview of the status of prior COR-supported technologies and delineates priorities for future investments.
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NASA will host an open session devoted to encouraging interaction between the astronomical community and the Program Analysis Groups (PAGs). Held at the AAS in Austin on 10 January 2012, this session will provide information illustrating how community members have a voice in coordinating the Astrophysics Division's strategic objectives.
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The COPAG will be holding a splinter meeting on Sunday, 8 January 2012 at the AAS Meeting, Austin, TX. This meeting will provide opportunities for the community to present further science needs and related technologies to augment the COR technology needs list.
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