NASA Budget Tight, but JPL Missions Proceed

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NASA budget tight, but JPL missions proceed NASA Deputy Administrator Lori Mars Science Laboratory and NuSTAR— Garver spoke to JPL staff at an all- are fully funded, as is Dawn’s scheduled hands meeting Feb. 16 to discuss the encounter with asteroid Vesta in July. In administration’s FY12 budget request. addition, all flight projects in development The $18.7-billion NASA plan for FY12 remain fully funded in the budget request: includes $5 billion for science, which Orbiting Carbon Observatory-2, the Soil includes the vast majority of JPL’s work. Moisture Active & Passive mission, Mars Of that total, JPL is proposed to have ’16, a Grace follow-on and the Surface a base NASA budget of $1.195 billion, Water and Ocean Topography Mission. augmented by awards from competitive “The FY12 request for NASA science programs such as Discovery and New is pretty good, but it’s flattened out over Frontiers, and in technology. the next five years, which eliminates a lot “Despite austere times, the FY12 of the growth we were hoping for,” noted

Richard Hasegawa / JPL Photo Lab budget request clearly shows the com- Richard O’Toole, executive manager of the NASA Deputy Administrator Lori Garver addresses JPL staff in the Building 321 auditorium. mitment by the administration to space Office of Legislative Affairs. “The good By Mark Whalen exploration,” said NASA Deputy Admin- news is that funding for science is up istrator Lori Garver, who spoke to JPL from the actual FY10 level to $5 billion, The White House announced a fiscal year begins in October. Congress, employees on Feb. 23. “We recognize which is what the president originally Fiscal Year 2012 budget request for however, has yet to approve a final bud- that the increases we asked for in the asked for in FY11 but never got through NASA on Feb. 14 that would flatten get for FY11 currently underway, leaving FY11 budget were not able to be sus- the system.” the space agency’s spending on sci- the federal government operating under tained in the FY12 budget request; we JPL was also directed to receive $93 ence—fully funding JPL missions a continuing resolution that will expire know tough choices had to be made … million in the Space Technology category currently preparing for launch, but March 18. Due to tighter budget projec- We’re doing reasonably well, but there of the budget, which will go to strategical- leaving questions for flight projects tions, JPL recently announced layoffs of are some challenges.” ly guided projects aligned with the Lab’s and programs later in the decade. up to 250 employees to bring costs in All of the Lab’s scheduled launches expertise in communications, navigation, The proposed budget now goes to line with available funding for the year. through FY12—Aquarius, Juno, Grail, and entry, descent and landing. Congress for consideration before the Continued on page 2 Stardust-NExT achieves all objectives, provides surprises By Mark Whalen JPL’s Stardust spacecraft’s Feb. 14 scar resulting from that impact and also flyby of comet Tempel 1 achieved all showed the comet has a fragile and weak of its objectives in comparing new nucleus. images of the comet today to how it A key feature noted is the rate of looked following a controlled colli- change of the surface of the nucleus as sion by JPL’s Deep Impact spacecraft it passes close to the sun, said JPL’s Ken in 2005. Klaasen, the imaging team leader. “Our Joe Veverka of Cornell University, images will allow us to quantify that and principal investigator for Stardust- to identify what kinds of surface struc- The left-hand image of comet Tempel 1 is a composite made from images obtained by Deep Impact in July 2005. The NExT, the extended investigation of tures and materials erode away fastest,” right-hand image shows the same region as viewed by Stardust Feb. 14. Tempel 1 initiated by Deep Impact, he said. “We may also learn more about declared the mission “1,000 percent the nature of the outer layers of the “But that was certainly not the case. I quite different than the side seen by Deep successful.” nucleus from the results of the crater- am also surprised that the evidence of Impact, with some geologic structures In addition to observing surface ing experiment, but that will take a lot of the Deep Impact crater is as subtle as it such as protrusions and multi-level layer- features that changed in areas previ- analysis and modeling work.” has turned out to be. The changes seen ing showing up.” ously seen by Deep Impact, Stardust- Klaasen was surprised that the changes in the impact location are very muted— Klaasen also noted the success of the NExT also met its goals to image new on the surface of Tempel 1 were so like the ejecta all fell back on top of the onboard camera, which was designed terrain and look at the crater gen- minimal. “I was somewhat afraid go- impact site and blanketed it. We don’t as a navigation tool for Stardust but for erated when the mission propelled ing in that things might have changed see the traditional bowl-shaped crater NExT became the primary science instru- an impactor at the comet about six so much we couldn’t recognize anything like we see on the moon. Finally, the ment. “While the camera was not built to years ago. The new images showed a that we saw with Deep Impact,” he said. previously unseen side of Tempel 1 looks Continued on page 2 Universe 2 Vacation becomes miss anything.” lent withvirtuallynosmear. We didn’t by theJPLautonavsoftware wasexcel - tings were ideal,andthepointingcontrol objectives,” hesaid.“Theexposure set - will allowustomeetallofour science tured excellentimagesofthecomet that cameras,itreallyother planetary cap- perform atthehighlevelofsomeour STARDUST-NEXT tor CharlesBoldencameonboard. area andNASAAdministra- sinceGarver noted theincreased emphasisinthat inaddressingGarver employees.Elachi JPL Director CharlesElachi,whojoined the agency, tojustover$1billion, said development doubleslastyear’s levelfor BUDGET the Sphnix. Paulett (left)andKurtLiewerMicheleJuddat By Mark Whalen funding thatwecancompetefor, andwe be asignificantamountoftechnology last year,” saidElachi.“There willalso work wewillhave$84millionmore than its people,proceeded inlateJanuary. the ancientdesertland,itsculture and a visittoEgypt.Theirtripexperience Michele Judd,haddiscussedplansfor Kurt Liewer, alongwiththeirgoodfriend the Pyramids…revolution? than theybargained for. Caltech thinktank. Institute forSpaceStudies,ajointJPL/ Judd, managingdirector oftheKeck of Egypt,webecameapartit,”said was whilewewenttostudythehistory “peaceful demonstration”wasunderway. the bridgetotheirhotel,claiminga the Pyramids,policehelduptrafficat upon returning toCairo from avisitto The budgetrequest fortechnology “Here atJPL,indirected technology For severalyears,JPLersPaulettand So muchtosee:theSphinx,Nile, Clearly, thetriogotquiteabitmore “What wedidn’t knowatthetime On Jan.25,thefourthdayoftrip, Continued frompage1 history inthemaking Continued frompage1 competition process.” have alwaysdoneextremely wellinthe something weneedtokeepdoing.” driven ourtechnologydevelopmentandit’s outer planets?Thatkindofinnovationhas we getspacecraftandinstrumentstothe more innovativethanfiguringouthow NASA,” addedGarver. “Whatcouldbe aligned withwhere weare headedwith that willbelostwhenthecurrent leasefor garage onLabtoreplace parkingcapacity the constructionofamulti-levelparking the firsttimefundingwasproposed for in 2007. The spacecraftwasretargeted forTempel 1 deposited byparachutetothe Utahdesert. samples ofcometWild 2thatwere later in 1999.Stardust in2004collectedpristine have flownthespacecraftsinceitslaunch flight teammembers,severalofwhom Larson notedthekeycontributionsof during therecent uprising. meeting pointfordemonstratorsinCairo The hoteloverlookedTahrir Square, akey that night,”saidJudd. have beenabletogetbackourhotel immediately getoffthebuswewouldn’t the hotel.“Hetoldusthatifwecouldn’t the passengersoutsotheycouldwalkto successfully negotiatedwithpolicetolet said Judd. through thecrowd. “Lateritwasteargas,” was tocome,whichitsoondid,barreling high intotheair, asawarningthatmore responded byfiringfrom awatercannon rounding streets toward thesquare. Police swarms ofpeoplestreaming from sur First itwasloudchanting,followedby began towitnesstheescalatinguproar. sary. planned fortheir42ndweddinganniver they thoughttheturmoilwasover. on theirscheduledtriptosouthernEgypt, midnight. Thenextmorning,continuing lice triedtoclearthesquare shortlyafter and SpaceSciencesSection,saidthepo- were happy,” very saidJudd. unaware ofwhatwasgoingon,andwe “We were blissfullyignorant,absolutely with noaccesstotelevisionorInternet. ancient templesandcruisingLakeNasr— “I really feelthatJPLprograms are Also intheFY12budgetrequest, for Stardust-NExT Project ManagerTim Luckily theirexperiencedtourguide Shortly arrivingintheirrooms they Not exactlytheeveningLiewershad Paulett, manageroftheAstrophysics The triothenspentthree daysvisiting - - ship inouter-planet explorationcapability. importance ishowtokeepU.S.leader and scientificallyexciting.”Alsoofcritical program thatis“implementable,affordable 2016 andchallengedJPLerstocreate a the structure oftheMarsprogram beyond sciencewouldbe the decadeforplanetary that willbeabigplus.” chi. “Finally, wehaveitinthebudget, so don’t thinkwe’llevergetthere,” said Ela- and Ialwaystellthemthat’s adream andI people alwaysaskaboutparkingonLab, timeIgotoanall-handsmeeting “Every the eastlotexpires inacoupleofyears. of newscienceforsmalladditional cost. missions setthebarabithigher interms dust andDeepImpactontheir retargeted at JPL,madeitsuccessful,”saidLarson. navigation andmissiondesignteamhere highlycompetent combined withavery derstands thespacecraft,insideandout, Martin spacecraftteamthatreally un- their safety, there were plentyofharrow- arranged bytheirtourcompany. evacuated toJordan viaacharterflight to aboutsevenhours.Thegroup wasthen the Valley oftheKings,wascompressed Paulett. Theirthree-day tour, including tourist siteswere openingafterall,”said surprise. Luxor. allowed offtheboatuntiltheyreached were beingclosedandthattheyweren’t where theywere soontoldalltouristsites that brought thembacktothecruiseship, mediately, thetourlaunchedrescue boats us thetripwasover,” saidPaulett.Im- posite direction. “Onthesailboattheytold away from theirsailboatheadedintheop- escape thegasandheadeddownstream, two fires. Thecruiseshipunmoored to cloud filledtheair, alongwithsmokefrom ship. Then,suddenlyalarge teargas of theriver, gettingclosertotheirmoored group ofdemonstratorsalongthebanks sailboat. Soon,however, theysawalarge the nextmorning,andjumpedonboard a the sunrise set thatnightratherthantry on theNilesotheycouldcatchsun- Judd. Thegroup quicklyrescheduled asail BBC andCNN—wewere shocked,”said cess, sowewere watchingAlJazeera, them ontoLuxor. “ThisboathadTVac- to adifferent cruiseshipthatwouldtake force inLuxorandAlexandria. this time,demonstrationswere alsoin attack andhadbeenrecalled. Indeed,by learned thatthepolicehadbeenunder days intothedemonstrations,group Elachi notedthatakeyissuethrough Larson saidthesuccessofboth Star “The combinationoftheLockheed Although thetrioneverfeltinfearfor “When wegottoLuxortheysaidthe But thentheywere metwithanother As scheduled,thetourgroup transferred However, uponarrivalinAswan,four - - nasa.gov. Stardust-NExT, visithttp://stardustnext.jpl. are huge.” vestment tokeepthemgoing.Thepayoffs do isuseful,it’s definitelyworththein- operation isviableandthescienceitcan that aslongaspacecraftishealthy, its news/budget. budget request, visithttp://www.nasa.gov/ tion,” saidElachi. munity andthegoalsofadministra- the recommendations ofthesciencecom- factor thatNASAhastolookatbetween report dueoutinMarch; thatwillbeone option. international partnershipsare aproven ity takesalongtimetodevelopandthat missions, henotedthatsuchacapabil- Citing JPL’s Voyager, GalileoandCassini as well.” and itmadeusproud tobeapartofthat proud ofwhattheysawastheirfuture, way. Theywere proud very oftheirculture, going oninEgyptandwhytheyfeltthat wantedtotalkabout whatwas “Everybody Iwastouring,” said Judd. felt toacountry the greatest reward. the memoriesofpeoplemayremain sures willnodoubtlingerforthetrio.But leave thecountry. assistance incasethegroup couldn’t Congressman AdamSchiff,whichoffered their whereabouts, aswastheofficeof Human Resources officeswere aware of care of.Also,JPL’s LegislativeAffairsand was taken ter flightandthateverything which toldthemthethree were onachar were contactedbythetourcompany, they soonlearnedthetriowassafe. and co-workersbecameconcerned.But world turnedtoEgypt,familymembers Tracking SystemsGroup. instrument builderintheDeepSpace stress,” saidKurt,asystemengineerand we cameoutwellwithrelatively little of PetraandancientJerash.“Intheend world-class sites,includingtherock city the unexpectedbenefitofseeingsome all overEgypt,inJordan andNewYork. available theywere abletocontactstaff For example,whentheInternetwasun- all theinfrastructure inplace,”saidJudd. fortune. ing moments—andquiteabitofgood For imagesandotherinformation on “I thinkitreinforces ineverybody’s mind For more informationontheNASA “Both dependonthedecadalsurvey “This wasthemostconnectedI’veever The experiencesofEgyptanditstrea- Judd’s parents andtheLiewers’son As eventsescalatedandtheeyesof The evacuationtoJordan gavethegroup “We hadagreat travelagencythathad - Weiler: Science strong despite austere budget 3 About $5 billion requested for planetary, Earth science in FY 2012 niverse NASA Science Mission Director, at JPL for the Feb. 14 Stardust-NExT flyby of comet Tempel 1, discusses U the agency’s challenges and opportunities for the coming year. By Franklin O’Donnell

Q: This must be an exciting period for published in a few weeks, you. It’s a great year ahead for nasa and the timing couldn’t be science, not only with the two comet better. This review will set encounters that were just accomplished the priorities for the plan- but also new launches and major mission activities. etary program. We at NASA will not Yes, it’s going to probably be the biggest arbitrarily decide on our year in planetary science in history. You’ve own what’s more important Richard Hasegawa / JPL Photo Lab got the comet encounter today with Tem- among Europa, Mars, Dis- pel 1, Mercury orbit insertion in March, covery and so on. We’ll leave that up to A full transcript of Weiler’s interview is available at http://jplspace. the Dawn insertion into Vesta orbit in July, the scientific community, and eventually Juno launch in August, GRAIL launch in the Congress. So we intend, when that ESA on one Mars mission. We also agreed effect all of this year? And does it make September and Mars Science Laboratory decadal report comes out, to work with that we would alternate leading the mis- a difference, given the FY12 budget re- launch in November. I’m not sure we’ve the National Academy, with the planetary sions, because we can’t think of ESA as a quest just announced? ever done that many in one year before. subcommittee of the NASA Advisory Com- secondary partner anymore. You may have a continuing resolution at mittee. We’ve got to recognize we can’t I see that as a model for astronomy, Earth various possible levels. Things are changing Q: At the same time, the NASA budget afford everything. science, whatever, because the economic rapidly in Washington right now because request for fiscal year 2012 announced situation is not unique to America. Ulti- this week includes less funding for there’s a deadline coming. In March, the Q: We have significant international science than hoped. What are your mately if our research programs are going government stops funding federal work- collaborations going, both with Europa thoughts on that? to be in the forefront, we’re going to have to ers and we all go on furlough if we don’t and with Mars in the latter part of the do it with colleagues across the Atlantic and decade. Do you see that as being a fac- get a budget. I’m sure nobody in Congress We have a trillion-and-a-half-dollar eventually colleagues across the Pacific. tor in making decisions about missions? wants to see that happen. So not only can’t deficit, which both parties in Congress are I predict what’s going to happen to the committed to reducing. Some would like to I think the importance of our excellent Q: Moving on to Earth science, there had FY12 budget, I can’t tell you what’s going reduce it faster than others, but everybody working relationship with the European been expectations of a fairly significant to happen to the FY11 budget. And anybody agrees we can’t maintain this kind of debt Space Agency, ESA, is critical. positive bump there, but with the new budget request is the outlook more re- who tells you they can I would not use as a forever. A couple of years ago, David Southwood, strained? source. In the federal government, civil service my counterpart at ESA, was bemoaning wages have been frozen probably for one Last year when the president’s budget the fact that his Mars mission kept grow- Q: Let’s move on to astronomy missions. or more years, as is true in the private ing, scientists kept putting in more and came out, we were looking at an increase That’s been a difficult area for JPL in the sector too. As for the NASA budget, in more mass and instruments, and he just of a couple billion dollars over five, six past year. Is the focus there right now 2012 it’s basically frozen, and then it stays couldn’t afford this mission anymore. I years for Earth science. That was a fan- basically a matter of keeping the James frozen for the next five years in the presi- was in a similar situation. The commu- tastic budget. This year we didn’t get as Webb Space Telescope on track? dent’s proposal. nity had defined this 2016 Mars science much. We got increases, so it’s still a darn Right now it’s in a state of flux. Rick In space science, it’s exactly the same orbiter that was way over the budget that good budget, especially considering that Howard is the new Webb program director, thing. It’s at about $5 billion in ’12 and we had available for it. Earth science for the previous decade had reporting directly to the ninth floor at NASA then stays at $5 billion for the next four or So David and I kind of reached the same gone down each year. We’re still going to Headquarters. One of the tasks they have five years. The large increases planned in conclusion at the same time. It was like a do the Orbiting Carbon Observatory 2 here is basically doing a budget at an 80 percent planetary and in Earth science are either cathartic moment, because we both enjoy at JPL, the soil moisture mission (SMAP) confidence level, which has never been done not as large or are flat now. That’s sad, competing with each other all these years. here at JPL, and ICESat 2 at Goddard. We before on a NASA project; they’ve always obviously. But $5 billion is still the largest That’s always fun, wave the flag. Trouble still intend to do those on schedule, and we been at 70 percent confidence level. But Earth and space science budget on Earth, is, we can’t afford to compete anymore still intend to get the Global Precipitation one of the recommendations of the inde- bar none, and by large factors. We ought because we can’t afford the program our Mission off on schedule, Landsat Continuity pendent committee was that, for projects of to be able to do a really good program, if community wants. Mission and Venture Class 2, which is for this complexity, you should put even more not a really outstanding program, for that However, the science community on the small missions. The one thing the budget reserve into a program. kind of money. The fact is, this president east side of the Atlantic tends oftentimes does impact is future missions like DESDynI That bottom-up estimate and budget has shown support for science, and we to think very similarly to those on the and CLARREO. They are not canceled, but re-plan is going to be out sometime this have a stable budget. Many agencies’ bud- west side. Since we have fairly similar will slip several years into the future. summer. At that point we’ll be discussing gets are actually being reduced. goals, wouldn’t it be a great idea to put One thing I always remind people about: options with the Congress and with the all that money together and try to do one The president proposes a budget and Con- OMB [Office of Management and Budget] as Q: Let’s talk about each of the thematic really good program? And that’s what we gress appropriates each year. What Con- to how to move forward, because to avoid areas within science, starting with so- agreed to try in August of ’08. We both gress does each year, we’ll know when they lar system exploration. At JPL a lot of too much of a launch slip to Webb I’m sure said it may never happen because there do it. But that’s the plan. our focus for future missions has been is going to require more money. But the on looking at a potential Europa mis- are so many political reasons why it won’t. countering force to that is if you need more Q: NASA is currently operating under a sion. How are things looking for that in But surprisingly, within a year or so, we money and you don’t have it, which missions terms of the budget situation? went from that concept to signing a letter continuing resolution that keeps spending to last year’s level. Do you expect are less important, if there are such mis- of agreement to formulate a joint Mars Luckily, we have a National Academy of Congress to pass a final FY11 budget, or sions? And I can’t tell you how that’s going program—something never done before in Sciences once-every-10-years review being will the continuing resolution remain in to come out. space science. We didn’t just agree with Universe 4 Pasadena, CA91109. 4800 OakGroveDrive, of theJetPropulsionLaboratory, of CommunicationsandEducation Universe ispublishedbytheOffice READ ANDSUBMITCLASSIFIEDADS AT JPL’s online newsource [email protected] David Hinkle Audrey Steffan JPL PhotoLab Photography Production Design Mark Whalen Editor B N http://jplspace E-mail usat

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