Dr' Jon Morse

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Astronomy and Astrophysics Advisory
CommitteeAstrophysics Division Update

• Dr. Jon Morse
• Astrophysics Division Director
• Science Mission Directorate
• NASA Headquarters
• February 11, 2008

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SMDS Science Program Leads the World

• 4.5B/year Budget.
• Large Earth Science, Heliophysics,
• Planetary Science, Astrophysics Programs.
• 55 Flight Missions in Operation as of Dec 07.
• 30 Flight Missions in Development as of Dec 07.
• 3000 Operating RA Grants.

• THESE NUMBERS EXCEED THE COMBINED EFFORTS OF ALL
  THE OTHER EARTH SPACE SCIENCE PROGRAMS OF THE
  WORLD.

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SMD Major Activities Next 12 months
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SMD Management Objectives

• We will get more science done within our budget.
• We will help ensure that U.S. Space Exploration
  Policy succeeds.
• We will promote U.S. leadership across all of
  SMDs science disciplines.
• We will improve SMDs actual and perceived impact
  on,
• and relevance to, the public.
• We will create a better workplace.

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Selected Major Accomplishments in 2007

• Astrophysics Division
• The SOFIA airborne infrared observatory reached
  first flight milestone in April 2007. The date
  for first science flights was accelerated to
  2009.
• The James Webb Space Telescope flagship mission
  completed its technology non-advocate review
  (TNAR) in 2007 and is now preparing for its
  Preliminary Design Review (PDR) to proceed into
  the development phase in spring 2008.
• We completed instrument deliveries to our
  European partners for the Herschel and Planck
  missions to be launched in late 2008.
• We completed integration and testing of the
  Gamma-ray Large Area Space Telescope (GLAST) and
  are proceeding with satellite level
  thermal-vacuum testing in preparation for launch
  in late spring 2008.
• We continued preparing for the shuttle mission to
  service the Hubble Space Telescope in late summer
  2008.
• We restarted the NuSTAR small Explorer black hole
  finder mission toward launch in 2011.
• We expanded suborbital programs and revitalized
  the Explorer mission queue.
• We solicited proposals for large and medium class
  Astrophysics Strategic Mission Concept Studies to
  help provide technical inputs to the upcoming
  Astronomy Astrophysics Decadal Survey and
  received 42 proposals.

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In Total SMD Made Five New Starts in 2007

• Astrophysics NuSTAR Small Explorer.
• Heliophysics BARREL Mission of Opportunity.
• Planetary GRAIL Discovery mission, and two
  Missions of Opportunity the NExT and EPOXI comet
  flyby (using the operational Stardust and Deep
  Impact spacecraft).

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SMDS Cross-cutting FY09 Budget Objectives

• Accelerate the Earth Science Decadal Survey
  mission queue.
• Increase space science RA/MODA to get better
  value from our flight missions.
• Increase space science suborbital research
  programs to foster PI on-ramps, technology
  demonstration, and accomplish more science.
• Increase the number of planned missions in all
  four of SMDs science theme areas.
• Support NRC Decadal Survey priorities.
• Initiate an SMD lunar robotic science program.

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Major FY09 Budget Changes

• Increased commitment to Earth Science over 5
  years.
• Initiated seven new FY09 mission starts more
  than in the past four budgets combined at least
  one per SMD science area
• Earth Science SMAP and IceSat II
• Astrophysics Joint Dark Energy Mission (JDEM)
• Medium-class mission cost envelope
• Announcement of Opportunity (AO) expected in 2008
• Downselection of science investigation(s) and
  mission architecture in 2009
• Aiming for launch by 2014/2015
• Heliophysics Solar Probe Plus
• Planetary Outer Planets Flagship, small lunar
  science orbiter, and lunar mini-landers
• Substantial increases in astrophysics,
  heliophysics, and planetary science RA/MODA.
• Increased budgets for suborbital rockets and
  balloons.
• Funding for new starts and RA increases came
  from internal transfers, efficiencies, out-year
  mission ops savings, and re-phasings for MMS and
  Mars Scout.

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NASA and SMD Presidents Budget Request FY09-FY13
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SMD Budget by Science Theme
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SMDS Flight ProgramJanuary 2007
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SMDS Flight ProgramJanuary 2008
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Newly Started Missions
New Starts Defined as a Phase A Start Year or
Final Downselect Year, Whichever is Later.
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Astrophysics Program Content
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Astrophysics Budget Restructure Crosswalk
Current Structure
New Structure

Exoplanet Exploration Are we
Alone? Cosmic Origins How did we get
here? Physics of the Cosmos How does the
Universe Work? Astrophysics Explorer
(Adds operating missions) Astrophysics
Research (Subtracts operating missions)
Navigator Discovery (Kepler) JWST HST SOFIA Spitz
er Beyond Einstein GLAST ISSC Chandra Astro.
Explorers Astro. Research




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Selected FY09 Budget Highlights Astrophysics

• Fund a new start for JDEM (Dark Energy Mission)
  in FY09 continue LISA, Con-X, and Einstein Probe
  technology investments.
• Refocus Navigator/SIM into a new medium class
  Exoplanet initiative.
• Accelerate SOFIA research capability in order to
  begin in 2009.
• Fund a revitalized balloon and suborbital rocket
  program.
• Augment astrophysics RA 26 in FY09, 46 by FY12.

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Astrophysics Budget Changes
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Astrophysics Research Budget

• For FY2007, the following aggregates the competed
  Astrophysics research budget excluding flight
  hardware development
• Astrophysics RA (really STT)
  50M
• Data analysis (other than Astrophysics
  RA) ..88M
• Mission specific General Observer/Guest
  Investigator programs
• Archival data analysis programs
• Mission Science Teams (other than Astrophysics
  RA) .. 75M
• PI teams for missions and instruments selected
  through AO
• Additional team members selected through
  competition
• Participating scientists, interdisciplinary
  scientists, science working group members, etc.
• Total Astrophysics research and data analysis
  funding .. 213M

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Astrophysics RA Elements

• Supporting Research Technology (SRT)
• Astronomy Physics Research Analysis (APRA)
• Astrophysics Theory Program (ATP)
• Origins of Solar Systems (SSO)
• Data Analysis (DA)
• Astrophysics Data Analysis (ADP)
• Far Ultraviolet Spectroscopic Explorer (FUSE),
  X-ray Timing Explorer (RXTE)
• GALEX, Swift, Suzaku
• Hubble, Chandra, Spitzer, XMM, INTEGRAL
• Mission science teams for the above missions,
  plus those in development
• GLAST, JWST, Kepler, SOFIA, WISE

ROSES Element
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FY2007 Astrophysics Data Analysis
Total FY07 Funding 88M
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FY2007 Astrophysics SRT
Total FY2007 Funding 51M
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ROSES Changes for 2008

• ROSES-2007 APRA-2008 was amended to allow grants
  of up to 4 years for Detector Development,
  Supporting Technology, Laboratory Astrophysics
  and Ground-Based Proposals. Suborbital
  Investigations will remain at up to 5 years.
• ROSES-2008 will allow 4-year awards for ATFP,
  ADP, and APRA.
• ROSES-2007 APRA-2008 (and ROSES-2008) amended to
  encourage suborbital proposals to establish
  absolute photometric standards across the
  electromagnetic spectrum.
• ROSES-2007 APRA-2008 (and ROSES-2008) amended to
  include technology and training as factors of
  intrinsic merit
• For suborbital proposals, specific factors that
  will be considered when evaluating a proposals
  intrinsic merit are the scientific merit, the
  degree to which it advances the technology
  readiness level of a detector or supporting
  technology, and the degree to which it advances
  the readiness of junior researchers or graduate
  students to assume leadership roles on future
  NASA space flight missions.

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Backup
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Supporting Research Technology (SRT)
51M in FY2007, 54M in FY2008

• Astronomy Physics Research Analysis (APRA)
• Disciplines
• Particle Astrophysics
• Gamma-Ray
• X-ray
• UV/Optical
• IR/Sub-mm/Radio
• Categories of Investigations
• Suborbital Investigations
• Detector Development
• Supporting Technology (Optics, Coatings,
  Coronagraphs, )
• Laboratory Astrophysics
• Ground-based
• Astrophysical Theory Fundamental Physics
  (ATFP)
• Origins of Solar Systems

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FY2007 Astrophysics SRT
Total FY2007 Funding 51M
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ROSES-2006 Statistics
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ROSES-2007 NRA Review Schedule