Nuovo rapporto dalle National Academies sulle prossime missioni di classe New Frontiers.
This report was completed in response to a request from NASA Planetary Science Division (PSD) to draft a report evaluating scientific and technical progress since the last planetary science decadal survey and how that may impact selection of the next New Frontiers class mission.
Proposed Science Themes for NASA’s Fifth New Frontiers Mission
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Un articolo da Astrobiology.
Proposed Science Themes for NASA’s Fifth New Frontiers Mission
Since the completion of the Origins, Worlds, and Life report, the timing for the upcoming NF-5 AO has been delayed to no earlier than 2026, overlapping with the timeframe expected for NF-6.
Therefore, NASA requested that the National Academies investigate and report on any scientific, programmatic, and technological advances that have a significant impact on the mission themes prioritized for the next NF AO.
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Commento da un proponente di una delle missioni escluse (Phantom, la missione con i palloni su Venere)
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Axios riporta che la delegazione USA non parteciperà all’IPCC (UN Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change) questa settimana.
Scoop: U.S. to pull delegation from UN climate science meeting
Altri dettagli da Science:
NASA cuts off international climate science support
Former President Joe Biden’s administration committed roughly $1.5 million for a technical support unit (TSU), a small team that would help with creating graphics and websites, running meetings, and editing the group’s report. Although U.S. contributions to IPCC are typically run out of the White House by the Global Change Research Program, NASA is the lead on managing GCRP’s contracts. NASA leadership, not GCRP, decided to end the TSU contract, a source with knowledge of the decision told Science.
Katherine Calvin, NASA’s chief scientist, was set to co-lead IPCC’s third working group, focused on climate mitigation, for its seventh assessment, due near the end of the decade. […] Calvin also did not travel to Hangzhou this week, a NASA spokesperson told CNN. (NASA has not responded to a query from Science)
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Anche Nature ne scrive.
Trump officials bar US climate team from global talks
The cancellation [della technical support unit (TSU)] was reported by the Washington Post and independently confirmed by Nature. A NASA spokesperson said that the move was prompted by guidance “to eliminate non-essential consulting contracts”. […] Calvin’s support team would have helped with everything from reviewing the literature and designing graphics to managing travel logistics. The group was funded by a NASA contract but situated in the US Global Change Research Program (USGCRP), a White House organization that coordinates climate work across federal agencies. That contract has now been ended, according to the US official.