Astrophysics Advisory Committee meeting on 19–21 October 2020
14 October 2020
The next meeting of the NASA Astrophysics Advisory Committee will be held electronically Mon 19 October 2020 through Wed 21 October 2020 from 11a to 5p Eastern/10a to 4p Central/9a to 3p Mountain/8a to 2p Pacific each day. This Committee reports to the Director of the Astrophysics Division of NASA’s Science Mission Directorate. The meeting will be held for the purpose of soliciting, from the community, scientific and technical information relevant to program planning.
Reports from Specific Research and Analysis Programs.
The meeting will be accessible via WebEx.
On Mon 19 October 2020, use this WebEx link, with event password ixXyezN@783
On Tues 20 October 2020, use this WebEx link, with event password TSpcp97Hd*5
On Wed 21 October 2020, use this WebEx link, with event password bKsf3Unn$57.
The public may submit and upvote comments/questions ahead of the meeting using the public portal, beginning 5 October 2020.
Questions regarding this notice may be directed to Hashima Hasan at hhasan@nasa.gov.
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