New NASA Science and Exploration Institute
NASA Cooperative Agreement Notice Draft Announcement for a Joint SMD and HEOMD Science and Exploration Institute and Request for Comments
“NASA’s Science Mission Directorate (SMD) and Human Exploration and Operations Mission Directorate (HEOMD) intend to release a Cooperative Agreement Notice (CAN) for the NEW NASA science and exploration institute (name to be determined) no earlier than October 2012. The new institute will retain the successful structure of the NASA Lunar Science Institute (NLSI), consisting of new peer-reviewed and competitively selected teams managed by the current small central office located at NASA Ames Research Center. The new institute will be a virtual research organization that leverages knowledge and expertise from the science and exploration communities and supports NASA’s goals in lunar and planetary science and human exploration of the solar system. It is anticipated that approximately seven teams will be selected in response to the proposed CAN.”
“the NEW NASA science and exploration institute (name to be determined)” … i propose the Neil Armstrong Institute for Space Science and Exploration.
Anybody know where this coordinating office will be located?
This is a restructuring of the NASA Lunar Science Institute already located at NASA Ames Research Center near Mountain View in the Bay area south of San Francisco. Science applied to human exploration is usually now called exploration science. If we go with the Armstrong name, which I also like, it could be the Armstrong Exploration Science Institute (AESI) and would also likely be based at Ames.