NASA Hosts Workshop For Study On Applications For Large Space Optics

Jan. 31, 2013

J.D. Harrington
Headquarters, Washington
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Janet L. Anderson
Marshall Space Flight Center
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NASA HOSTS WORKSHOP FOR STUDY ON APPLICATIONS FOR LARGE SPACE OPTICS

WASHINGTON -- NASA's Marshall Space Flight Center will host a national
workshop for the Study on Applications for Large Space Optics (SALSO)
Feb. 5-6. The workshop will feature presentations on concepts for the
use of two large space telescopes that were transferred to NASA last
year.

The SALSO workshop will help develop concepts aligned with five
principal areas: space technology focused research, validation or
demonstration; human exploration and operations; heliophysics;
planetary science; and astrophysics.

The workshop will include as many as 34 presentations from industry,
academia and government on potential uses of these telescopes. Based
on workshop results, the SALSO team will chose as many as six
concepts for additional detailed study by the mission design centers
at NASA's Goddard Space Flight Center in Greenbelt, Md. and NASA's
Jet Propulsion Laboratory in Pasadena, Calif. Final study results
will be presented to the NASA administrator in May.

The workshop will be carried on Ustream at:

http://www.ustream.tv/channel/nasa-msfc

For more information about SALSO, visit:

http://science.nasa.gov/salso/


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