The Solar-Heliospheric Physics community, in coordination
with NASA’s Earth-Sun System Division, the National Science Foundation, and
the Space Studies Board Committee on Solar and Space Physics is pleased to announce a conference on
Solar and Space Physics and
the Vision for Space Exploration
NASA has
committed to a bold new human exploration initiative to the Moon and Mars in
the coming decades. Astronauts and spacecraft participating in this
endeavor will be exposed to hazardous radiation and particle environments
("Space Weather")
that are well known to substantially impact the Earth's environment and are only partially understood.
Also available is the report on
Recommendations of the NASA Sun-Solar System Connection Radiation Working
Group Report (pdf) and the Space Studies Board Task
Statement (pdf).
The objective of this meeting is to bring together members of the space
science, planetary science, radiation physics, operations, and exploration
engineering communities in order to
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Increase
awareness and understanding of the complex array of solar and space
physics issues pertinent to the environments of the Earth, Moon and Mars |
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Identify
compelling research goals necessary to ensure the success of the Vision
for Space Exploration in these environments |
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Discuss
the directions that research in these fields should take over the coming
decades in order to achieve these goals |
A particular emphasis will be
on improving predictions of solar energetic particle storms, the solar
eruptions that produce them, and the impact of these on the Earth, Moon, and
Mars environments.