session 1

Title

Space Agency Strategies and Plans

type

oral

Description

The first session includes invited talks by international space-agency division directors about their long-term views, priorities, and plans to implement developments and missions for the five fields (exoplanets, space astronomy, space physics, fundamental physics, and outer solar system planetary science). The mission scope ranges from flagship-class, large-class, medium-class, and small-class to smallsat platforms. The program scope includes status updates on current programs, near-term investment priorities, and long-range directions, including the relationship to community and guiding research panels.

Date

2017-09-25

Time

15:15

Room

Riverbank 5

IPC members

• Co-Chair: Dr. Jakob van Zyl, National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA), United States;

• Co-Chair: Prof. Pietro Ubertini, INAF, Italy;

• Rapporteur: Mr. Brent Sherwood, Blue Origin LLC, United States;