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ExoPlanet Task Force (ExoPTF)
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In December 2006 the NSF-NASA-DOE Astronomy and Astrophysics
Advisory Committee (AAAC) established an ExoPlanet Task Force (ExoPTF) as a subcommittee to advise NSF and NASA on the future of the ground-based
and space-based search for and study of exo-planets, planetary systems, Earth-like planets and habitable environments around other stars. The ExoPTF
is asked to recommend a 15-year strategy to detect and characterize exo-planets and planetary systems, and their formation and evolution, including
specifically the identification of nearby candidate Earth-like planets and study of their habitability. The ExoPTF will work in cooperation with agency
efforts to advance the justification, specification and optimization of planet finding and characterizing opportunities.
MEMBERSHIP
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The task force also presented two preliminary briefings on its major findings and recommendations:
CALL FOR WHITE PAPERS
For additional information contact:
Stephen Ridgway
stephen.t.ridgway@nasa.gov
(202) 358-3859
Preferred Contact Method: E-Mail
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