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A -- OUTER PLANETS PROGRAM INCLUDING EUROPA ORBITER, PLUTO-KUIPER EXPRESS, AND SOLAR PROBE SOL 10-0000006 DUE 030599 POC Dr. David Gilman, Science Acquisition Manager, Phone (757)864-4428, Fax (757)864-8894, Email d.a.gilman@larc.nasa.gov -- Jay T. Bergstralh, Disc. Scientist, Planet Data Sys, Phone (202) 358-0313, Fax (202) 358-3097, Email jbergstr@mail.hq.nasa.gov WEB: Click here for the latest information about this notice, http://nais.nasa.gov/EPS/HQ/date.html#10-0000006. E-MAIL: Dr. David Gilman, d.a.gilman@larc.nasa.gov. The National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA) is releasing a Draft Announcement of Opportunity (AO) for community comment (on or about February 16, 1999) entitled Outer Planets Program Including Europa Orbiter, Pluto-Kuiper Express, and Solar Probe. Comments will be due three weeks after the release of the Draft AO and will solicit proposals for investigations that require the development of space flight instruments on the three different missions. In addition, the AO will solicit scientific participation as a member of facility science teams for the Europa Orbiter mission. Proposal due dates will be staggered through 1999 and early 2000. Participation is open to all categories of organizations, foreign and domestic, including industry, educational institutions, nonprofit organizations, NASA centers, and other Government agencies. NASA welcomes comments on the Draft AO, which will be available on or about February 16, 1999, via the World Wide Web site: http://spacescience.nasa.gov/research.htm. Further information about the program may be obtained from the Outer Planets Program Scientist, Dr. Jay Bergstralh, Research Program Management Division, Code SR, Office of Space Science, NASA Headquarters, Washington, DC 20546-0001; E-mail: (jay.bergstralh@hq.nasa.gov); TEL: (202) 358-0313. Comments should be sent in writing to Dr. David Gilman, Mail Stop 160, Langley Research Center, National Aeronautics and Space Administration, Hampton, VA 23681-2199. Comments may also be sent via E-mail: (d.a.gilman@larc.nasa.gov). This notice constitutes a broad agency announcement as contemplated in FAR 6.102 (d) (2). Posted 02/18/99 (D-SN299643). (0049)

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