May 8, 2008
August 20-22 Constellation-X Facility Science Team Meeting (REGISTER
NOW)
It is now time to register and make your travel plans for the August 20-22, 2008 Constellation-X Facility Science Team meeting. This meeting will be at NASA Goddard Space Flight Center (on NASA property). BADGES ARE REQUIRED FOR ENTRY (so you must register). We anticipate starting at about 10AM on August 20th and ending by about 4PM on Friday, August 22nd.
This meeting will feature presentations by our 14 science panel chairs (or their designates) plus updates from the Project office, the technology teams (mirror, calorimeter, gratings, hard X-ray telescope), and updates on our studies of the background, angular resolution and Target of Opportunity capabilities for the mission.
It is VERY important that you send an email to Sandy Barnes (Sandra.L.Barnes (at) nasa.gov) to register for this meeting so that we can ensure that a badge will be ready for you. Foreign nationals must register a MINIMUM of 30 days ahead of time (by ~July 18th).
There will be a barbecue party at the Goddard recreational center on Thursday evening with grilled steak, chicken, vegetarian pasta, dessert and beer/wine. We will also have a short musical performance by The Chromatics, an a cappella group based out of Goddard. Tickets are $20 and can be reserved by emailing Sandy Barnes (Sandra.L.Barnes (at) nasa.gov).
Hotel information is included below:
Room block at:Holiday Inn Greenbelt*Group Name: Con-X/USRA * (must refer to this name)
7200 Hanover Drive
Greenbelt, MD 20770.
phone: 301.982.7000 or 800.280.4188
Rate is $149.00 plus full breakfast buffet.
Reservations must be made by August 5, 2008, after that date reservations will be taken on a space-available basis only.
