Keith’s note: there’s some plans in under serious consideration at NASA Ames to do some “phone book updates” aka organizational changes. Most notable is the flattening of the ARC Science Directorate (Code S) into 4 divisions: Space Biosciences, Earth Science, Astrophysics, and Planetary Science / Astrobiology. Flattening = eliminating existing branches. Meanwhile ARC also wants to create an Astrobiology Office at the center’s directorate level. Not sure how this new directorate interacts with SMD Astrobiology management or efforts at other NASA centers. No one at PAO is going to comment on this because of that “predecisional” safety word thing. Stay tuned.
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