Jan 31, 2013

J D Harrington Headquarters, Washington 202-358-5241 j d harrington@nasa gov

Janet L Anderson Marshall Space Flight Center 256 544 6162 janet l anderson@nasa gov

MEDIA ADVISORY: M13-024

NASA HOSTS WORKSHOP FOR STUDY ON APPLICATIONS FOR LARGE SPACE OPTICS

WASHINGTON -- NASA's Marshall Space Flight Center will host a national workshop for the Study on Applications for Large Space Optics (SALSO) Feb 5-6 The workshop will feature presentations on concepts for the use of two large space telescopes that were transferred to NASA last year

The SALSO workshop will help develop concepts aligned with five principal areas: space technology focused research, validation or demonstration; human exploration and operations; heliophysics; planetary science; and astrophysics

The workshop will include as many as 34 presentations from industry, academia and government on potential uses of these telescopes Based on workshop results, the SALSO team will chose as many as six concepts for additional detailed study by the mission design centers at NASA's Goddard Space Flight Center in Greenbelt, Md and NASA's Jet Propulsion Laboratory in Pasadena, Calif Final study results will be presented to the NASA administrator in May

The workshop will be carried on Ustream at:

http://www ustream tv/channel/nasa-msfc

For more information about SALSO, visit:

http://science nasa gov/salso/

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