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Astronomy & Physics Division

ASTRONOMY & PHYSICS DIVISION STATUS & PLANNING

PHILIPPE CRANEOrigins Theme Scientist

Baltimore, Md.February 26, 2004

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Outline• President’s Exploration Initiative.

• Impact to Astronomy & Physics Division

• Planning for the future

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Space Science EnterpriseFY 2005 President’s Budget Highlights

NOA IN RY $M

FY 2004 FY 2005 FY 2006 FY 2007 FY 2008 FY 2009

TOTAL NASA 15,379 16,244 17,003 17,816 18,001 18,034

EXPLORATION, SCIENCE & AERONAUTICS 7,831 7,760 7,870 8,321 8,900 9,091

SPACE SCIENCE 3,943 4,138 4,404 4,906 5,520 5,561

EARTH SCIENCE 1,526 1,485 1,390 1,368 1,343 1,474

BIOLOGICAL & PHYSICAL RESEARCH 965 1,049 950 938 941 944

AERONAUTICS 946 919 957 938 926 942

EDUCATION 164 169 169 171 170 170

EARMARKS 287

EXPLORATION CAPABILITIES 7,521 8,456 9,104 9,465 9,070 8,911

EXPLORATION SYSTEMS 1,563 1,782 2,579 2,941 2,809 3,313

SPACE FLIGHT 5,857 6,674 6,525 6,524 6,261 5,598

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INSPECTOR GENERAL 27 28 29 30 31 32

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FY 2005 PRESIDENT'S BUDGET

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Budget Projection

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Space Science EnterpriseFY 2005 President’s Budget Highlights

Space Science’s Role in the Exploration Initiative

New theme has been added: Lunar Exploration

Space Science themes included in Exploration:Astronomical Search for OriginsSolar System Exploration Mars ExplorationLunar Exploration

Sun-Earth Connections and Structure and Evolution of the Universe have been reduced as priorities have been re-focused

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SPACE SCIENCE ENTERPRISE: FY 2005 PRESIDENT'S BUDGET BY THEME

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MARS EXPLORATION

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ASTRONOMICAL SEARCH FOR ORIGINS

STRUCTURE & EVOLUTION OF THE UNIVERSE

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Space Science EnterpriseFY 2005 President’s Budget Highlights

Major Changes: Astronomical Search for Origins

HST SM-4 cancelled due to safety considerations

Examine ways to extend operational life without additional servicing

De-orbit via an autonomous rendezvous mission

JWST funding profile shifted forward for schedule recovery/assurance

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Space Science EnterpriseFY 2005 President’s Budget Highlights

Major Changes: Structure and Evolution of the Universe

LISA delayed one year

CON-X delayed two years

Einstein Probes deferred beyond the current budget horizon

Some additional funding provided to GP-B and GLAST

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Space Science EnterpriseFY 2005 President’s Budget Highlights

Major Changes: Mars Exploration Program

MEP significantly augmented

Funds added to support next decade of Mars Exploration

Additional Mars Scout in 2011

Mars Testbed Lander in 2011

“Safe on Mars”

In-situ resource utilization

Technology for post-2010 Mars science pathways

Sample return as early as 2013

Technology for post-2013 Mars testbeds

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Space Science EnterpriseFY 2005 President’s Budget Highlights

Major Changes: Lunar Exploration

A new theme that is an element of the new Agency vision

Supports robotic exploration of the Moon as precursors to human missions

2008 Lunar Robotic Recon Orbiter2009 Lunar Robotic LanderFuture Lunar Robotic Testbeds

Managed in OSS’s Solar System Exploration division

Funding begins in FY 05 (70M); $1.3B through FY 09

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Space Science EnterpriseFY 2005 President’s Budget Highlights

Major Changes: Sun-Earth Connections

Solar Terrestrial Probes significantly reduced and stretched out

SEC R&A/Operations (non-LWS) frozen at FY 04 Level

LWS fully funded

Future Explorers delayed one year

May consider making fewer selections and keeping AO’s on schedule

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NASA Strategic Plan•Agency Goals

•Detailed Guidance & Budget

Office of Mgmt and Budget

Annual Congressional Action

•Appropriation and Guidance

External Science Community

National Academy of Sciences Studies•Fundamental Science Questions•Mission Priorities

Space Science Enterprise Strategy•Consensus Science Goals and Objectives•Flight Program Plan

Triennial Strategic Planning Workshop

Roadmapping Teams (Researchers, NASA Centers, Implementers, the Public)

Space Science Enterprise Roadmaps•Long Range Program Recommendations and Alternatives

Space Science Advisory Committee & Subcommittees•Continuing Advice•Performance Assessment

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Vision MissionsGoals

Sharpen understanding of a subset of possible future missions for scientific and programmatic planning within OSS

Support integration of long range Agency-wide planning.

Solicited 17 cases including

SEU: Big Bang Observer, Black Hole Imager, Advanced Compton Telescope, Generation-X

ASO: Far Infrared Telescope, Optical and Ultraviolet Telescope, Life Finder, Far Infrared and Submillimeter Interferometer

Selected 15 proposals for 12 month studies

Including 6 proposals for APD vision mission concepts

Expect interim report from study teams at Roadmap Workshops in December 2004

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Vision Missions

• Advanced Compton Telescope: Witness to the Fires of Creation (Steven Boggs, UC Berkeley)

• The Big Bang Observer: Direct Detection of Gravitational Waves (Sterl Phinney, Caltech)

• Mission Study for Generation-X, a Large Area and High Resolution X-ray Observatory (Roger Brissenden, SAO)

• Far-Infrared and Submillimeter Interferometer (Martin Harwit, Cornell )

• Science Promise and Conceptual Mission Design Study for SAFIR (Daniel Lester, U Texas)

• The Next Revolution in Astronomy: A Large Optical-UV Space Telescope for the 21st Century (James Green, U Colorado)

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ORIGINS Probes• ROSS-04 Supplement released on Feb 18,2004

– Letters of intent due on March 17, 2004– Proposals due on April 28,2004– Awards by July 2004

• Requests 8 month studies of mission concepts– Expect to fund about 10 at about $100K each– Input to Roadmap via workshop and report– Missions in the $650-700M range for launch after

2010.

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ORIGINS Probes• Compelling questions that are not addressed by the

current or planned ASO mission• Fully competed mission opportunities

– launch one such mission every four years

– starting in the next decade

• Proposals must include:• a clear statement of the scientific objectives of the proposed

mission concept,

• a description of the flight mission concept that addresses technical and cost feasibility,

• a detailed statement of work to be undertaken over the proposed period of performance (not to exceed eight months)

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Road-mapping 2006• Road-mapping exercise begins this summer.

– Separate Origins Roadmap committee– Includes many Origins subcommittee members– Final roadmap due June 2005

• Road-map must address– President’s vision– Science concerns w/o Hubble capabilities

• Inputs from– General public – Vision Missions– Origins Probes

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