The National Committee for Space Science (NCSS) announces the development of the first Australian Decadal Plan for Space Science and invites interested people to participate in the development of the Decadal Plan. The Plan is for the period 2006 - 2015.
Announcement of the planning process:
NCSS is the Committee of the Australian Academy of Science, directed to foster the area of space science in Australia (meaning here all aspects of solar system science beyond the troposphere), to serve as an effective link between Australian scientists and overseas scientists in the same field, and to advise the Academy's Council on relevant matters. NCSS is of the opinion that it is in the best interests of Australia's space science community, associated industries, and Government to develop a first Australian Decadal Plan for Space Science.
28 October 2005
Please reply to Dr Iver Cairns, Chair, National Committee for Space Science, School of Physics, University of Sydney, NSW 2006,
at ncss@physics.usyd.edu.au (email) or 02-9351-7726 (fax).
NCSS looks forward to hearing from you. Yours sincerely, on behalf of NCSS,
Iver Cairns, Chair, National Committee for Space Science
(Prof. Charlie Barton, Australian National University,
A./Prof. Iver Cairns, University of Sydney,
Dr David Cole, IPS Radio and Space Services,
Prof. Peter Dyson, La Trobe University,
Prof. Brian Fraser, University of Newcastle,
Dr Alex Held, CSIRO Office of Space Science and Applications,
Prof. Andrew Parfitt, University of South Australia,
Prof. Malcolm Walter, Macquarie University
Prof. Robert Vincent, University of Adelaide).
Comments or suggestions can be directed to www@ips.gov.au.