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GLAST User’s Committee - Membership and Purpose

Join the GLAST User's Committee and help shape the mission! This committee will review data management plans, provide input on GLAST issues, and support the Project Scientist in preparing for Senior Reviews. Current membership is preliminary, with 3 to 4 members to be added. Apply now!

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GLAST User’s Committee - Membership and Purpose

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  1. GLAST User’sCommittee • Membership • Why a User’s Committee • Thank you for participating in this important task • Current membership is preliminary - 3 to 4 members to be added • The membership will evolve as the mission progresses • What mix makes sense? • What is the term? • Chairman will be selected after this first meeting • Frequency of meetings, venue, next meeting? Don Kniffen

  2. GLAST User’sCommittee • Membership • Dr. David Bertsch, GSFC • Dr. Roger Brissenden, SAO • Professor Jonathan Grindlay, CfA • Dr. Jim Ling, JPL • Professor Alan Marscher, Boston U. • Professor Reshmi Mukherjee, Barnard College • Professor Rene Ong, UCLA • Professor Rita Sambruna, George Mason Univ. • Professor Gregory Stacy, LSU • Dr. Mark Strickman, NRL • Dr. Ann Wehrle, JPL Don Kniffen

  3. GLAST User’sCommittee • Ex Officio Membership • Dr. David Band, GSFC/USRA • Dr. Donald Kniffen, NASA HQ/GMU • Dr. Charles Meegan, MSFC/NSSTC • Professor Peter Michelson, Stanford • Dr. Jonathan Ormes, GSFC Don Kniffen

  4. GLAST User’s Committee • Charter • To provide input to the Program and Project on a number of GLAST issues • To review and monitor the GO Program • To review and critique the Project Data Management Plan • Data products • Data delivery schedule • To examine the plans for the Science Support Center, and in particular on the issues of data access, data products, and user software tools • To review the impact on the GO program of programmtic changes resulting from budget or schedule considerations • To comment on any and all issues affecting users of GLAST data • To support the Project Scientist in preparing for Senior Reviews (starting at the end of the five year prime mission Don Kniffen

  5. GLAST History • Selected as mission concept study, 1994 (PI: Michelson, Stanford) • Study management assigned by OSS to GSFC. • Endorsed by Gamma-Ray Astronomy Program Working Group as highest priority in gamma-ray astronomy, 1996 • Chosen as top priority (with Constellation-X) by Structure and Evolution of the Universe Subcommittee (SEUS), 1997 • Reviewed by SAGENAP, presented to HEPAP, and approved by DoE, 1998 • Candidate GLAST primary instruments selected for technology development, April 1998 • GLAST Council meets to give guidance to NASA and DOE on instrument selection process, January 1999 Don Kniffen

  6. GLAST History • Science Requirements Document, drafted by Facility Science Team, signed in July 1999 • NASA AO issued for primary and secondary instruments: August 1999. Selections: February-March 2000 • GLAST Mission management assigned to GSFC, 2000 • Science Support Center assigned to GSFC, 2000 • GLAST approved for Phase B, July 2001 • GLAST is the highest-ranked Moderate Size space-based initiative in the National Academy of Sciences 2000 Decadal Survey Report. Don Kniffen

  7. GLAST GO Program • Facility Science Team recommends approach to Guest Observer program, June 1998 • Recommended program modified to meet NASA constraints (e.g. proprietary time for idea driven studies not practical legally) • After first year all data are publicly available ASAP • Details of program have been developed by GLAST SWG and will be presented by the GLAST Project Scientist, Jonathan Ormes • Annual NRA for GO program is for funding to achieve proposed tasks. Data are not proprietary • GO Program is funded and administered by NASA Don Kniffen

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