03-3509. NASA Advisory Council, Space Science Advisory Committee, Astronomical Search for Origins and Planetary Systems Subcommittee

AGENCY:

National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA).

ACTION:

Notice of meeting.

SUMMARY:

In accordance with the Federal Advisory Committee Act, Pub. L. 92-463, as amended, the National Aeronautics and Space Administration announces a forthcoming meeting of the NASA Advisory Council (NAC), Space Science Advisory Committee (SScAC), Astronomical Search for Origins and Planetary Systems Subcommittee (OS).

DATES:

Thursday, February 27, 2003, 8 a.m. to 5:30 p.m., and Friday, February 28, 2003, 8 a.m. to 1 p.m.

ADDRESSES:

Jet Propulsion Laboratory, Building 180, Room 703C, 4800 Oak Grove Drive, Pasadena, California 91109.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT:

Ms. Marian Norris, Code SB, National Aeronautics and Space Administration, Washington, DC 20546, [phone].

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:

The meeting will be open to the public up to the capacity of the room. The agenda for the meeting includes the following topics:

—OSS Strategic Plan.

—Astrobiology Roadmap.

—National Astrobiology Institute.

—Origins Technology.

—Theme Scientist Update.

Due to increased security measures at the NASA Jet Propulsion Laboratory (JPL), interested members of the public including the news media must contact Helen Paley [phone], Cecil Brower [phone], or Joe Aguirre [phone] no later than Friday, February 21, 2003, by 12 noon p.d.t. to make arrangements for badging, parking, and being escorted while at JPL. Access to JPL will be limited to those who show proper photo identification and who have made prior arrangements to attend.

It is imperative that the meeting be held on these dates to accommodate the scheduling priorities of the key participants. Visitors will be requested to sign a visitor's register.

June W. Edwards,

Advisory Committee Management Officer, National Aeronautics and Space Administration.