Planetary Science Advisory Committee

The Planetary Science Advisory Committee (PAC) is a new FACA committee of NASA, and replaces the Planetary Science Subcommittee of the NAC SC. 

 

PAC Members

  • Serina Diniega, Chair – Jet Propulsion Laboratory
  • Stephen Rinehart, Executive Secretary – NASA Headquarters
  • Brent Barbee – NASA Goddard Space Flight Center
  • Shannon Curry - University of California, Berkeley
  • Lisa Danielson - Los Alamos National Laboratory
  • Jennifer Glass – Georgia Institute of Technology
  • John Grant – Smithsonian Institution
  • Hope Ishii – University of Hawaii
  • Kandis Jessup – Southwest Research Institute
  • Walter Kiefer – Lunar and Planetary Institute
  • D’Arcy Meyer-Dombard – University of Illinois at Chicago
  • Conor Nixon – NASA Goddard Space Flight Center
  • Tyler Robinson – Northern Arizona University
  • Joseph Westlake – Johns Hopkins University Applied Physics Laboratory

 

The PAC supports the advisory needs of the Planetary Science Division (PSD), the Science Mission Directorate (SMD) and other mission directorates as required, and NASA Administrator.  The scope of the PAC includes all aspects of planetary science, scientific exploration of the Moon and Mars, the robotic exploration of the solar system, astrobiology, exoplanet research, space- and ground-based research, technology development, planning, and training required to support these science areas.  In addition to scientific research, the scope encompasses considerations of the development of near-term enabling technologies, systems, and computing and information management capabilities, as well as developments with the potential to provide long-term improvements in future operational systems.  Responsibility for biological planetary protection is outside the purview of the PAC.

PAC Meeting Documents

December 5-6, 2022

 

June 21-23, 2022

 

February 15, 2022

 

November 15-16, 2021

 

June 14, 2021

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