Report Series: Committee on Astronomy and Astrophysics—Small Explorer Missions

Committee on Astronomy and Astrophysics; Space Studies Board; Board on Physics and Astronomy; Division on Engineering and Physical Sciences; National Academies of Sciences, Engineering, and Medicine

doi:10.17226/24808

Report Series: Committee on Astronomy and Astrophysics—Small Explorer Missions

Committee on Astronomy and Astrophysics
, Space Studies Board
, Board on Physics and Astronomy
, Division on Engineering and Physical Sciences
, National Academies of Sciences, Engineering, and Medicine

University of Arizona
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The 2010 astronomy and astrophysics decadal survey, New Worlds, New Horizons in Astronomy and Astrophysics, laid out an exciting portfolio of recommended activities to guide the agencies' research programs over the period 2012-2021. The newly constituted Committee on Astronomy and Astrophysics (CAA) is tasked with monitoring the progress of the survey's recommended priorities. The CAA met in conjunction with Space Science Week 2017 in Washington, D.C., on March 28- 30, 2017. This was the first meeting at which the CAA could produce a report, and in advance of that meeting, the CAA received a question from NASA about an upcoming Small Explorer (SMEX) mission call. This report addresses whether there may or may not be sufficient compelling science motivations for a SMEX-sized mission to justify a SMEX Announcement of Opportunity (AO) in 2018 or 2019 (as is currently planned).

Original language	English
Title of host publication	Coresource 4
Publisher	National Academies Press
Pages	1-4
Number of pages	4
ISBN (Print)	9780309461511
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.17226/24808
State	Published - 2017
Externally published	Yes

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Committee on Astronomy and Astrophysics, Space Studies Board, Board on Physics and Astronomy, Division on Engineering and Physical Sciences, & National Academies of Sciences, Engineering, and Medicine (2017). Report Series: Committee on Astronomy and Astrophysics—Small Explorer Missions. In Coresource 4 (pp. 1-4). National Academies Press. https://doi.org/10.17226/24808

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Committee on Astronomy and Astrophysics, Space Studies Board, Board on Physics and Astronomy, Division on Engineering and Physical Sciences & National Academies of Sciences, Engineering, and Medicine 2017, Report Series: Committee on Astronomy and Astrophysics—Small Explorer Missions. in Coresource 4. National Academies Press, pp. 1-4. https://doi.org/10.17226/24808

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