The National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA) Science Mission Directorate is releasing a DRAFT Announcement of Opportunity (AO) for community review and comment for the next missions in the Small-class Explorer (SMEX) program. Selections of proposals through the final AO, once released, are intended to provide three mission launches by April 2014. Mission of Opportunity investigations, which may be partner missions, new science mission extensions, or small complete missions may also be selected. The science objectives covered by this AO address the goals of NASA’s heliophysics and astrophysics program.
Participation in this AO will be open to all categories of organizations (U.S. and non-U.S.), including educational institutions, industry, not-for-profit organizations, Federally Funded Research and Development Centers (FFRDCs), NASA Centers, the Jet Propulsion Laboratory (JPL), and other Government agencies. NASA welcomes critical review and comment of this DRAFT AO, which will be available from June 8, 2007, through June 27, 2007, via the World Wide Web site: http://nspires.nasaprs.com/ .
Send comments to Dr. Hashima Hasan, Science Mission Directorate, NASA Headquarters, Washington, DC 20546-0001. E-mail: smexao@hq.nasa.gov. Comments are preferred in writing and may be sent by E-mail; the character string "SMEX DRAFT AO" (without quotes) should be included in the subject line of all transmissions. The identity of those submitting comments will be held in confidence.
Answers to frequently asked questions about this Draft AO will be made available on the SMEX Acquisition Additional Information web page, available via the World Wide Web site: http://explorers.larc.nasa.gov/smexacq.html
