NAC Planetary Science Subcommittee Meeting Cancelled

The meeting of the Planetary Science Subcommittee (PSS) of the Science Committee of the NASA Advisory Council (NAC) scheduled for November 2-3 has been cancelled because of the unexpected death of PSS chairman Ron Greeley.

Jim Green, NASA’s planetary science division director, made the announcement in a special edition of the Planetary Exploration Newsletter (reproduced below). However, PSS will still make its report to the NAC Science Committee as scheduled on Monday morning, with PSS Vice Chairman Jim Bell filling in.

PLANETARY EXPLORATION NEWSLETTER – SPECIAL EDITION

Volume 5, Number 49 (October 29, 2011)

PEN Website: http://planetarynews.org

Editor: Mark V. Sykes

Co-Editors: Melissa Lane, Susan Benecchi

Email: pen_editor at psi.edu

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[NASA] PLANETARY SCIENCE SUBCOMMITTEE MEETING FOR NOVEMBER 2-3, 2011 IS

CANCELLED

>From Jim Green, Director, Planetary Science Division, and

Jonathan Rall, Executive Secretary, Planetary Science Subcommittee

Due to the unexpected and tragic loss of Ron Greeley, Chair of the

Planetary Science Subcommittee (PSS), the PSS meeting scheduled for

November 2-3 at NASA Headquarters has been canceled. The meeting will

be rescheduled for a later date and notice of that new date will be

published in the Federal Register.

We apologize for any inconvenience due to these extraordinary

circumstances but felt that the meeting should be canceled since it

would likely conflict with Ron’s funeral or memorial service. We

anticipate that many in the planetary science community will pay their

respects to Ron, a pillar of planetary science, and celebrate his

incredible journey.