Adopted 7 July 2011 The proposal released on July 6 by the House Appropriations Subcommittee for Commerce, Justice, Science and Related Agencies to terminate the James Webb Space Telescope would waste more taxpayer dollars than it saves while simultaneously undercutting the critical effort to utilize American engineering and ingenuity to expand human knowledge. Such a proposal threatens American leadership in the fields of astrophysics and advanced space technology while likely eliminating hundreds, if not thousands, of high-tech jobs. Additionally, this proposal comes before the completion of a revised construction plan and budget for a launch of JWST by 2018. The United States position as the leader in astronomy, space science, and spaceflight is directly threatened by this proposal. |
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8-12 January, 2012Austin Convention Center500 E. Cesar Chavez Street Austin, TX 78701 Early Registration Opens 16 August! |
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Click here for more information about The 2011 AAS Spring/Summer Campaign "There are people in our community who in various ways quietly help others to succeed. One way that I like to recognize people who have been particularly helpful or supportive in my career is to make a donation to the AAS in their honor or their memory." - Lee Anne Willson Join the ranks of Givers and donate to The Power of Giving. If you donate $250 to any AAS program, you will have access to the Donors Lounge at the winter and summer meeting. Members who donate $50 or more will receive an invitation to our 4th Annual Donor's Reception at the 2012 Austin meeting. |
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Beginning with the 2009 edition, the AAS annual report is published separately from the Bulletin of the AAS, as directed by the Publications Board, and focuses on summarizing the activities of the Society instead of presenting a comprehensive reporting of them all. We hope this will make the report more readable and more widely read. Although the report will be printed in limited quantity, we expect most AAS members to download it here in digital format. |
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![]() The AAS Division for Planetary Sciences (DPS), the world's largest organization of professional planetary scientists, has endorsed the decadal survey recommendations for the most important scientific and technical priorities in planetary sciences over the next 10 years. These include ground- and space-based assets and the best balance between small, medium, and large planetary space missions. The result of a two-year effort by the decadal survey committee, the report was released publicly on March 7, 2011, during a special session at the 42nd Lunar and Planetary Science Conference in The Woodlands, Texas, by the committee chair, Dr. Steven Squyres (Cornell University). |
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When astronomer John P. Huchra passed away in October 2010, his friends and colleagues at the Harvard-Smithsonian Center for Astrophysics (CfA), where he was an esteemed professor, and the American Astronomical Society (AAS), where he was past-president, sought a way to honor his research and teaching legacies. One way has been the creation of a new interactive WorldWide Telescope (WWT) tour, “John Huchra’s Universe,” which was unveiled at the 217th AAS meeting in Seattle, Washington, on January 11, 2011, and is now available online. WWT is a free and very powerful interactive astronomy program from Microsoft Research. |
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The AAS Council adopted a Resolution on the 2010 Decadal Survey Report on August 13, 2010: "The American Astronomical Society enthusiastically endorses the Astro2010 Decadal Survey: New Worlds, New Horizons in Astronomy and Astrophysics. Given recent advances in technology and understanding, this is a time of extraordinary opportunity for research in astronomy and astrophysics. This report is based on a comprehensive community-driven process, and presents exciting yet realistic recommendations for the next decade. The AAS urges the astronomical community to support the report and its priorities." The Astro2010 report, New Worlds, New Horizons in Astronomy and Astrophysics, was publically released in pre-publication form on August 13, 2010, via the National Academies Press website and an eTownHall webcast live from the Keck Center of the National Academies in Washington, DC. The webcast featured a summary of the report and its recommendations from chair Roger Blandford (Stanford University) followed by a brief question-and-answer session. It is available as an archived flash video linked from the main Astro2010 website; also available is a PDF of Blandford's presentation slides. An informational e-mail with more details has been sent to AAS members. |
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