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Astrophysics Division Staff

Astrophysics Division Staff. Jon Morse , Director Rick Howard , Deputy Director Rick Harnden (IPA, SAO) - Swift, GLAST, High Energy Astrophysics (HEA) Hashima Hasan - Explorer Program, Division E/PO, UV/Optical Jeffrey Hayes (IPA, Catholic U) - MO&DA, HST, Spitzer, ADP

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Astrophysics Division Staff

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  1. Astrophysics Division Staff • Jon Morse, Director • Rick Howard, Deputy Director • Rick Harnden (IPA, SAO) - Swift, GLAST, High Energy Astrophysics (HEA) • Hashima Hasan - Explorer Program, Division E/PO, UV/Optical • Jeffrey Hayes (IPA, Catholic U) - MO&DA, HST, Spitzer, ADP • Doug Hudgins (detail, Ames) - Spitzer, Herschel, PAO lead, Lab Astro/IR • Paul Hertz - SOFIA, SMD Senior Advisor for Science Process • Pamela Marcum (IPA, TCU) - Kepler, WISE, UV/Optical/IR • Michael Moore - HST, LBTI • Steve Ridgway (IPA, NOAO) - SIM, LBTI, Exoplanets, Optical/IR • Michael Salamon - LISA, Planck, WMAP, GP-B, Astrophysics Theory • Wilton Sanders (IPA, Wisconsin) - Suzaku, Con-X, R&A Lead, HEA, IR/Submm • Eric Smith - JWST, IR/Submm • Zlatan Tsvetanov (IPA, JHU) - GALEX, TPF, Exoplanets, UV/Optical • Note: Multiple IPA hires are anticipated in 2008; applications are due by the end of January.

  2. NASA TOWN HALL AUSTIN AAS 2008 Alan Stern Associate Administrator/SMD

  3. SMD’S SCIENCE PROGRAM LEADS THE WORLD • $5.5B/YEAR BUDGET. • LARGE EARTH SCIENCE, HELIOPHYSICS, PLANETARY SCIENCE, & ASTROPHYSICS PROGRAMS. • 53 FLIGHT MISSIONS IN OPERATION. • 41 FLIGHT MISSIONS IN DEVELOPMENT. • 3000+ OPERATING R&A GRANTS. • THESE NUMBERS EXCEED THE COMBINED EFFORTS OF ALL OTHER EARTH & SPACE SCIENCE PROGRAMS OF THE WORLD.

  4. SMD Major Activities: Next 12 months

  5. BUT STRONG COMMUNITY CONCERNS HAVE BEEN STATED • NASA AND SMD’S BUDGETS ARE NOT GROWING. • SMD’S FUTURE FLIGHT RATES HAVE BEEN DECLINING. • RESEARCH FUNDS HAVE BEEN CUT. • PROGRESS ON DECADAL SURVEY OBJECTIVES HAS BEEN SLOW. • SMD HAS BEEN SLOW OR SIMPLY UNRESPONSIVE TO THESE ISSUES AND OTHERS.

  6. Safety & Mission Assurance (P. Martin) Chief Engineer (K. Ledbetter) WELL SMD’S GOT A NEW TEAM AT THE HELM Associate Administrator (AA) (Alan Stern) Deputy AA (Colleen Hartman) Deputy AA for Programs(Todd May) AAA: Strategy, Policy, and International (Marc Allen) Senior Advisor for R & A (Yvonne Pendleton) Chief Scientist (John Mather) DCS for ES (Randy Friedl) DCS for SS (Andy Cheng) Special Asst for NEOs and Exploration (Dan Durda) Senior Advisor for Science Process & Ethics (Paul Hertz) Chief of Staff (Jens Feeley - Act) Management &Policy DivisionDir. (R. Maizel)Deputy (Vacant) Earth Science Division Dir. (M. Freilich)Deputy (B. Cramer) Dep/Programs (M Luther) Planetary Science Division Dir. (J. Green)Dep. (J. Adams) AstrophysicsDivision Dir. (J. Morse)Deputy (R. Howard) HeliophysicsDivision Dir. (R. Fisher)Deputy (V. Elsbernd-Act) Mars Program(D. McCuistion) Budget (C. Tupper) Flight (S. Volz) Policy & Administration (G. Williams- Act) Applied Science (T. Fryberger) Research (J. Kaye) Blue dashed boxes denote individuals who report to other organizations, but support SMD Draft: 29 Nov 2007

  7. AND WE INTEND TO FULLY MEET THESE ISSUES HEAD ON • By Controlling Costs to Increase Flight Rates. • By Rebalancing Queues to Increase Flight Rates. • By Expanding Foreign Collaborations. • By Repairing R&A Processes & Budgets. • By Ensuring Missions Fully Fund Their Science. • By Valuing Responsiveness to Community Concerns.

  8. SOME ACTIONS WE HAVE TAKEN SINCE ARRIVING IN APRIL • AVOIDED >$150M IN OVERRUNS. • FUNDED FOUR NEW SMEX EXPLORER MISSIONS, REPLACING ONE MIDEX. • INCREASED SUBORBITAL ROCKET AND BALLOON FLIGHT RATES. • ENTERED INTO PARTNERSHIPS FOR BOTH AN OUTER PLANET FLAGSHIP AND SOLAR ORBITER. • TAKEN R&A OFF THE TABLE FOR CUTS. • AND INITIATED AN EFFORT TO SIMPLIFY AOs.

  9. AND WE’VE HAD FIVE SMD NEW MISSION STARTS SINCE APRIL • Astrophysics: NuStar Small Explorer. • Heliophysics: BARREL MoO. • Planetary: GRAIL Discovery mission and the NeXT and EPOXI comet flyby MoOs.

  10. BUT MORE FLIGHT PROGRAM CHANGES ARE AFOOT • We’re making $70M available in Explorer Mission of Opportunity (MoO) funding. • We’ve initiated an annual MoO AO beginning in 2008, to foster more international collaboration opportunities. • We’ve worked to find an affordable, non-nuclear Solar Probe mission capable of being funded. • And we desire a more modest Exoplanets program to keep NASA’s Astrophysics portfolio healthy.

  11. AND R&A CHANGES HAVE ALSO BEEN MADE • We established the SARA position within SMD. • We provided a mailbox for complaints and feedback about R&A programs (sara@nasa.gov). • We eliminated a backlog of hundreds of no-cost extension requests. • We adopted widespread funding of 4-yr grants. • We no longer redact budgets from review panels in ROSES-08. • We accelerated grant win notifications after panel reviews, from months to weeks.

  12. SMD’S FLIGHT PROGRAM: JANUARY 2007

  13. SMD’S FLIGHT PROGRAM: JANUARY 2008

  14. THERE IS MORE WE CAN DO: BUT WE NEED YOUR HELP

  15. WHY HAVE LAUNCH RATES DECLINED? COST OVERRUNS AND UNEXPECTED MISSION EXPENDITURES

  16. WHY ELSE HAVE LAUNCH RATES DECLINED? A RECENT IMBALANCE TOWARD LARGE MISSIONS

  17. HIGHER FLIGHT RATES DEPEND ON YOU TOO • WE NEED YOUR HELP TO ACHIEVE BETTER COST CONTROL AND A MORE BALANCED PROGRAM, LEADING TO FASTER PROGRESS IN THE ACC- COMPLISHING DECADAL SURVEYS. • THE COMMUNITY HAS TO BE PART OF THE SOLUTION.

  18. Jon MorseDirector, NASA HQ Astrophysics DivisionNASA Town Hall, AAS Meeting January 8, 2008

  19. SMDResearch & Data Analysis Info Websitehttp://science.hq.nasa.gov/research/sara.html • The new SARA (“Senior Advisor for R&A”) website is your one-stop-shop for issues and information about SMD’s R&A programs: • Information related to SMD Grant Programs • “How To” Guide for Proposers plus other PI issues • Bi-Weekly Updates on R&A Process Improvements (subscribe on website) • Grant Stats for every R&A program • Contact Info for each Program Officer • Research Highlights Across SMD’s R&A Programs • Direct Communication with NASA for anything R&A related Please Send Us Your Ideas and Concerns. We are listening. • Email: sara@nasa.gov

  20. Astrophysics Division: Project News • Re-instatement of NuSTAR mission for launch in 2011 (PI: Fiona Harrison, Caltech) • Small Explorer (SMEX) Announcement of Opportunity now • Includes Missions of Opportunity, Solar Orbiter, and ISS payloads • Exciting new capabilities planned for launch this year and next: 2008:GLAST, HST-SM4, Herschel, Planck 2009: Kepler, WISE PLUS: EPOXI exoplanet Mission of Opportunity investigation with Deep Impact S/C in 2008 (EPOCH PI: Drake Deming, GSFC) [PSD funded] • Early science in 2009 with SOFIA • Possible future AO solicitations for PI-led science investigations on medium-class strategic missions • 2008 dark energy mission, 2009 exoplanets probe

  21. Astrophysics Division: Research News • Strategic investments in Research & Analysis and Suborbital programs • Reinvigorate suborbital programs for science, technology, and on-ramps for PI/flight program leadership training • Increase flight rate for sounding rockets • Significant technical progress on ULDB balloons • Increase core R&A investments to achieve ~30% proposal success rates • Restored full funding for FY08 Astrophysics Theory grants • Strategic Mission Concept Studies NRA • 42 proposals submitted: 11 large missions, 31 medium missions • 8-10 selections anticipated, preparation for Decadal Survey • Exoplanets Guest Observer research • Kepler GO program solicitation in 2008 • Anticipate 2008 solicitation for a few GO investigations with Canadian MOST mission, coordinated with MOST PI and science team

  22. Astrophysics Division: Programmatic Balance • Recent community reports call for re-establishing balance among small, medium, and large missions in the Astrophysics program: • Astronomy & Astrophysics Advisory Committee 2007 Annual Report:“The balance between small, medium and large programs in the NASA Astrophysics Division has been undermined. The AAAC recommends that the funding "wedge" in FY09/10 be used to add some funding for R&A and small missions, to rebalance the program.” • NRC 2007 NASA Astrophysics Program Assessment report: Recommendation #1: “NASA should optimize the projected scientific return from its Astrophysics Program by ensuring a diversified portfolio of large and small missions that reflect the scientific priorities of the decadal review and by investing in the work required to bring science missions to their full potential: e.g., technology development, data analysis, data archiving, and theory.” • James Webb Space Telescope (JWST), the current Astrophysics flagship, will hold its PDR/NAR to enter development in Spring 2008 • FY2008 Congressional appropriations directs NASA “to begin the development phase” of the Space Interferometry Mission (SIM)

  23. Funding Profile of a Balanced Program Exoplanets: Medium mission, tech dev Beyond Einstein: JDEM, Con-X, LISA JWST: LRD NET 2013

  24. Consequences of An Unbalanced Program SIM: LRD NET 2015 JWST: LRD NET 2013

  25. Funding Profile with Annual Cap SIM: LRD NET ~2017 BE: JDEM only, LRD NET 2014 JWST: LRD NET ~2015

  26. Astro2010 Decadal Survey • Commence community-based prioritization process in 2008 for producing a product in 2010 • What are the new science opportunities in Astrophysics? • What major initiatives follow JWST? • What are future medium-class competed mission opportunities? • What is the proper balance between projects in development, operating missions, and R&A? • Work with the National Academies, partner agencies, advisory committees, community, and industry to improve the Decadal Survey process and output based on lessons learned Necessary and timely?

  27. BACKUP CHARTS

  28. Astrophysics Timelines

  29. Astrophysics FY2008 Budget

  30. Astrophysics Research Budget • For FY2007, the following aggregates the competed Astrophysics research budget excluding flight hardware development • “Astrophysics R&A” (really ST&T) ………………………………$50M • Data analysis (other than “Astrophysics R&A”) …………………..$88M • Mission specific General Observer/Guest Investigator programs • Archival data analysis programs • Mission Science Teams (other than “Astrophysics R&A”) ……..~ $75M • PI teams for missions and instruments selected through AO • Additional team members selected through competition • Participating scientists, interdisciplinary scientists, science working group members, etc. • Total Astrophysics research and data analysis funding ………..~ $213M

  31. Sep Oct Nov Dec Jan Feb Mar Apr May Jun Jul Aug Hubble SM-4 Progress 2007 2008 Cargo Integration Review Project PSR FRRs GSFC & KSC Ship to KSC COS, WFC3, SSE, etc. Launch Aug 7 T/V Cal Tst #3 WFC3 Install Flt Detector WFC3 COS Accoustic Tst WFC3 EMI/EMC #2 ACS Repair CDR ACS Repair PER Start JISs Complt JISs SIM #2 gyro& batteries SIM #3,4 EVA days 2&3 EVA Verif Complete NBL 7.5 NBL 8.1 NBL 8.2 NBL 8.3 NBL 8.4 NBL 8.5 NBL 8.6

  32. Astrophysics Mission Events CY 2007 2008 2009 2010 2011 Mission Launches etc. NET May 29 GLAST Aug 7 HST SM4 Oct 31 Herschel Planck NET Feb 19 Kepler Aug SOFIA Early Sci Nov 1 WISE EPOCh Obs (Jan-May) Suborbital Mar PICT- URE #1 Aug LIDOS #1 Jan XQC #3 Nov FUSP #1 Oct FUSP #2 TBD HRF #2 May CIBER #1 Jan LIDOS #2 May HRF #1 May CIBER #2 Rocket Program. Balloon Campaigns (ANITA, BLAST) (CREAM,BESS, ATIC) Antarctica D/J D/J D/J D/J D/J Sweden (FIRS2/SLS +) J/F M/J Ft. Sumner (spr) (HERO, TIGRE) M/J A/M A/M A/M Palestine (FIREBALL, GRAPE, LEE ^) J/J J/J J/J J/J Ft. Sumner (fall) (SUNRISE ^, SBI ^, HASP *, MKIV +) A/S A/S A/S A/S Australia S/O S/O Aug Sep Spring May/Jun Opportunities Mission Concept NRA Mission S.R. SMEX AO Archive S.R. Legend Purple - Mission with international lead + Earth Science Division balloon flight ^ Heliophysics Division balloon flight * Other Student Opportunity balloon flight

  33. AA AA Flight OCS SARA OCS Division Division Strategic Planning Interactions SMD will rely on the same processes to make strategic flight project and R&A investment decisions

  34. SMD Science Plan • The Science Plan fulfills a Congressional requirement from the NASA Authorization Act of 2005. It is SMD’s implementation plan, per the new NASA Strategic Management and Governance Handbook, under the 2007 NASA Strategic Plan. • The Plan: • Articulates science questions to be pursued in the context of national priorities, esp. the Vision for Space Exploration • Defines and prioritizes missions • Describes the associated research & analysis, technology, and related programs • Available on-line at: http://science.hq.nasa.gov/strategy/index.html

  35. SARA Webpage • Will connect to SMD page and explain who does what. • Personalize Program Officers and connect community to them • Provide ROSES info and results • Info on proposal triage plan and timeline for repair • Ideas for future efforts to increase efficiency • Input from the viewer: Complaints and Praise • FAQs and sanitized comments page • Connections to EPO and Technology opportunities related to R & A • YOUR Science highlights and EPO activities; press releases; upcoming TV exposure, etc. Announcements; science meeting info • Calendar and volunteer opportunities to give talks at HQ • Info on proposal triage plan and timeline for repair • Ideas for future efforts to increase efficiency- feedback • Input from the viewer: Complaints and Praise • FAQs and sanitized comments page • EPO and Technology related to R & A • Science highlights; press releases; upcoming TV exposure, etc. both internal and external • Connect to ROSES info/results (one stop shopping) • Connect to/highlight Divisions in SMD

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