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Program News and Announcements

9 November 2020

Science Mission Directorate Town Hall Meeting

NASA’s Science Mission Directorate (SMD) will hold a community town hall meeting with Associate Administrator for Science Thomas H. Zurbuchen and his leadership team on Tuesday 17 November 2020 at 3p Eastern/2p Central/1p Mountain/12 noon Pacific, to discuss updates to NASA's science program, share the current status of NASA activities, and roll out the 2021 NASA Science Planning Guide.

Interested members of the science community, academia, the media, and the public can participate by joining via WebEx. If prompted, please use event number 199 344 4841, followed by event password saPpAZ3aA34.

To ask a question, participants can use the town hall dashboard. Users must provide their first and last name and organization, and can submit their own questions or vote up questions submitted by others. The meeting leaders will try to answer as many of the submitted questions as possible.

Presentation materials for the meeting will be available for download and a recording will be available later that day on the SMD town hall webpage.

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