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ExoPAG 3

Date:

January 7, 2011 - January 8, 2011

Location:

Washington State Convention Center, Seattle, WA
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Meeting Information

The third meeting of NASA's Exoplanet Exploration Program Analysis Group (ExoPAG-3) was held Saturday and Sunday, January 8-9, 2011 in Seattle, WA at the Washington State Convention Center .

The meeting was webcast via WEBEX©.

Presentation material may be accessed under the Agenda tab.

ExoPAG Meeting Final Agenda (Jan. 8-9, Seattle, WA)

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Saturday, Jan 8

Washington State Convention and Trade Center, 800 Convention Place
Room 608/609

8:30 AM

Introduction (J. Kasting)

8:45

Exoplanet Program update: Implications of the Decadal Survey for Exoplanet Exploration (D. Hudgins)

9:15

Astro2010 Overview (Alan Dressler)

9:45

Update on ESA’s Exoplanet Program (Malcolm Fridlund)

10:15

Break

10:30

Designing the New Worlds technology downselect process (D. Hudgins, W. Traub, M. Devirian, J. Kasting)

Discussion

12.30 PM

Lunch

1:30

The NASA Exoplanet Exploration Program Technology plan (P. Lawson)

2:00

Additional comments on technology funding (Web Cash)

Discussion

3:00

Break

3:15

SAG 7: State of internal coronagraph concepts and technology (T. Greene)

Status and Challenges: A Space Coronagraph Mission for Exoplanet Imaging and Spectroscopy (J. Trauger)

Discussion

5:15

Adjourn

Sunday,
Jan. 9

Washington State Convention and Trade Center, 800 Convention Place
Room 608/609

8:30 AM

SAG 5: State of External Occulter Concepts and Technology
Webster Cash
 New Worlds Technology Development for the New Worlds Observer
Jeremy Kasdin
 Occulters for Terrestrial Planet Imaging from Space
Marc Postman ATLAST: Advanced Technology Large-Aperture Space Telescope

Discussion
10:00 NASA Technology Roadmapping (M. Moore)

10:30

Break

10:45

Potential of Ground-Based RV Measurements for Detecting Earth-mass Planets (B. Macintosh, B. Hansen) Invited speaker: Andrew Howard

Discussion

11:45

Status of RV follow-up for Kepler (Nick Gautier)

Discussion

12:30 PM

Lunch

1:30

Dan Coulter

Mike Shao Combined astrometric imaging, coronagraphy and deep wide field imaging
Olivier Guyon Combined astrometric imaging, coronagraphy and deep wide field imaging

Discussion

3:00

Break

3:15

SAG 4: What Do We Need to Know to Characterize an Exoplanet? (L. Kaltenegger)

Discussion

4:30

James Kasting

Points of Scientific Agreement
Douglas Hudgins ExoPAG 3 Resolutions

6:00

Adjourn