MESSAGE FROM NASA HQ - Seeking Ideas for Missions, Capabilitie

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> Date: November 8, 2004 3:11:32 PM PST
> Capabilities & Technologies
>
> MESSAGE FROM NASA HEADQUARTERS
> Point of contact: Rob Mueller, Advanced Planning and
> Integration Office, 818/393-1336
>
> Request for Information:
> Seeking Ideas for Missions, Capabilities and Technologies
>
> NASA is preparing a set of roadmaps that will form the foundation
> of the agency's strategic plan. "Strategic Roadmaps" will explore
> options and establish pathways to achieve NASA's strategic
> objectives. "Capability Roadmaps" will recommend approaches to
> provide technical capabilities critical to NASA's future
> programs.
>
> The purpose of the NASA Advanced Planning and Integration Office
> Request for Information is to solicit contributions to the
> roadmap development process with the goal of ensuring that the
> best and widest possible set of ideas is considered in the
> formulation of NASA's plans for the future. The office will hold
> a public workshop to share innovative approaches on Nov. 30
> in Washington D.C. The registration and white paper submittal
> deadline is Nov. 16. You must register in advance and receive
> a confirmation of registration in order to attend the workshop.
> (To register, go to:
> http://prod.nais.nasa.gov/cgi-bin/eps/synopsis.cgi?acqid3190)
>
> NASA employees are invited to contribute and encouraged to share
> this announcement with anyone outside the agency who might be
> interested in attending.
>
> For more information, contact Rob Mueller in the NASA Advanced
> Planning and Integration Office (APIO); 4800 Oak Grove Drive,
> Mail Stop 301-422, Pasadena, CA 91109-8099; phone: 818/393-1336;
> fax: 818/393-2699; E-mail: mailto:rob.mueller@...
>
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>

The materials in one asteroid (the largest ) are sufficient to make
orbital space colonies with ~150 times the surface area of the Earth in
usable real estate. See http://lifesci3.arc.nasa.gov/SpaceSettlement/
for details.

Al Globus
Evolvable Systems Group (http://ic.arc.nasa.gov/projects/esg)
CSC at NASA Ames Research Center
http://www.nas.nasa.gov/~globus/home.html

Views expressed in this email are only my opinions and are not the
position of any organization I'm familiar with.