Scientific and Technical Objectives

Science Team

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SCIENCE TEAM

The science team is co-chaired by the Deep Space 1 Flight Scientist, Dr. Robert M. Nelson of JPL, and the NASA Program Scientist for Deep Space 1, Dr. Tom Morgan, NASA Headquarters.

Fifteen scientists have been chosen to lead the analysis of measurements to be made by miniaturized instruments on board Deep Space 1. They are:

• Frances Bagenal
  University of Colorado, Boulder
• Daniel Boice
  Southwest Research Institute, San Antonio, TX
• Daniel Britt
  University of Arizona, Tucson
• Bonnie Buratti
  Jet Propulsion Laboratory (JPL), Pasadena, CA
• Robert Brown
  University of Arizona
• Wing Ip
  Max Plank Institute for Aeronomy
• Jurgen Oberst
  The German Aerospace Research Establishment (DLR), Berlin
• Tobias Owen
  University of Hawaii, Honolulu
• Bill Sandel
  University of Arizona
• Laurence Soderblom
  U.S. Geological Survey, Flagstaff, AZ
• Alan Stern
  Southwest Research Institute, Boulder, CO
• Nicolas Thomas
  Max-Planck-Institut fur Aeronomy, Lindau, Germany
• Roger Yelle
  Boston University
• David Young
  Southwest Research Institute, San Antonio
• Joseph Wang
  Jet Propulsion Laboratory

Responsibilities of the science team:

• Provide scientific input for mission planning and instrument operations.
• Assist in instrument calibrations.
• Assist in technology validation activities.
• Reduce and validate technical and scientific data.
• Prepare raw and reduced data for archiving for future use by the scientific community.
• Analyze, interpret, and publish first results and findings in peer-review literature.
• Support advocacy and liaison efforts between Deep Space 1 and the scientific community.