Group photo of the Habitable Worlds Observatory START/TAG members, and other NASA employees and representatives.
Group photo of the Habitable Worlds Observatory START/TAG members, and other NASA employees and representatives.
NASA

Present at the meeting were most members of the START and TAG, several of the Habitable World Observatory (HWO) working group chairs, and various other representatives from NASA centers.  The public was invited to participate virtually.  The meeting agenda is provided here.

Below are the various talks from the meeting, with the talk titles linked to PDF files containing the slides used, and with the recording labels linked to .mp4 files of the recording of the meeting.

Day 1: Monday, March 11, 2024

Talk title (links to PDF)
Speaker
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Megan Ansdell (NASA HQ)
Q&A
John O'Meara (Keck Observatory) &
Aki Roberge (NASA GSFC)
Lee Feinberg (GSFC) &
Bertrand Mennesson (JPL)
Working Groups: Summaries, Status, & Plans 1
Also see consolidated WG summaries
Marc Postman (STScI) & Swara Ravindranath (GSFC)
Janice Lee (STScI) & Paul Scowen (GSFC)
Q&A
Working Groups: Summaries, Status, & Plans 2
Ty Robinson (Arizona) & Evgenya Shkolnik (ASU)
Giada Arney (GSFC) & Niki Parenteau (ARC)
Q&A
Natasha Batalha (ARC) & Rachel Osten (STScI)
Tom Greene (ARC) & Jason Tumlinson (STScI)
Patrick Morrissey (JPL) & Breann Sitarski (GSFC)
Q&A
Working Group: Summaries, Status, & Plans 3
Megan Ansdell (NASA HQ) & Bruce Dean (GSFC)
Scott Gaudi (OSU)
Q&A
Mike Menzel (GSFC) & Stuart Shaklan (JPL)
Marie Levine (JPL) & Alice Liu (GSFC)
Q&A
Remarks from APD
Mark Clampin (NASA HQ)
Breakout 2: Working Group Study Hall: Free Time for WG/SG Discussion & Planning
Courtney Dressing (UCB)

Day 2: Tuesday, March 12, 2024

Talk title (links to PDF)
Speaker
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Welcome Back & Logistics
Julie Crooke (NASA HQ)
Working Groups: Summaries, Status, & Plans 4
Matt Bolcar (GSFC) & Feng Zhao (JPL)
John Grunsfeld & Julie Van Campen (GSFC)
Evan Scannapieco (ASU) & Rachael Beaton (STScI)
Q&A
Travis Schirner (JPL) & Amber Straughn (GSFC)
Jessica Gaskin (MSFC) & Jim Oschmann
Q&A
Tiffany Kataria (JPL) & Rob Petre (GSFC)
Satoshi Miyazaki (JAXA) & Mercedes Lopez-Morales (CfA)
Q&A
Aki Roberge (GSFC)
Q&A
John Ziemer (JPL) & Lee Feinberg (GSFC)
Q&A
Breakout 3A: Towards the HWO Mentorship Program
Breakout 3C: Other Discussion Topics
Breakout 4: Working Group Study Hall
Lee Feinberg (GSFC)

Day 3: Wednesday, March 13, 2024

Talk title (links to PDF)
Speaker
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Welcome Back & Logistics
Joshua Pepper (NASA HQ)
Megan Ansdell (NASA HQ)
Q&A
Courtney Dressing (UCB)
Q&A
Lessons from Planetary Missions
Rob Manning (JPL)
Reports on Breakout 3: Mentorship & Comms
Evan Scannapieco (ASU) & Amber Straughn (GSFC)
Group Discussion
Bertrand Mennesson (JPL)