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A -- EARTH SYSTEM SCIENCE PATHFINDER (ESSP) MISSION SOL AO-98-OES-01 DUE 09298 POC Prasad Gogineni, Polar Research Program Manager, Phone (202) 358-0746, Fax (202) 358-2770, Email sgoginen@ mail.hq.nasa.gov WEB: Click here for the latest information about this notice, http://nais.nasa.gov/EPS/HQ/date.html#AO-98-OES-01. E-MAIL: Prasad Gogineni, sgoginen@mail.hq.nasa.gov. ANNOUNCEMENT OF OPPORTUNITY FOR SECOND ROUND OF ESSP MISSIONS; AO Point of Contact (POC) Dr. Prasad Gogineni, Telephone (202) 358-0746 The National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA) intends to release the Announcement of Opportunity (AO) for the next set of Earth System Science Pathfinder (ESSP) missions on or about April 13, 1998. The ESSP Program is intended to provide a flexible opportunity to stimulate new scientific observations of the global Earth system by encouraging innovation in instrumentation and strategies for acquiring and distributing new datasets. This AO solicits proposals for complete investigations of significant Earth System Science questions that meet the objectives of the ESSP Program. The AO will be available electronically via the Internet at the Earth Science Enterprise "Home Page": HYPERLINK http://www.hq.nasa.gov/office/mtpe/ under the "ESE Research Announcements" section or via anonymous ftp at: HYPERLINK ftp://ftp.hq.nasa.gov/office/mtpe/ or at the ESSP Project "Home Page": HYPERLINK http://essp.gsfc.nasa.gov . A paper copy of the ESSP AO can be made available to those who do not have access to the internet by calling (202) 358-3552 and leaving a voice mail message. Please leave your full name and address, including zip code, and your telephone number, including area code. This solicitation is open to all categories of organizations including educational institutions, industry, nonprofit institutions, NASA Field Centers, and other governmental agencies, as well as foreign research institutions. A preproposal conference will be held on April 28, 1998. The conference will be held at the Crystal City Sheraton in Crystal City, Virginia from 8:30 am to 5:00 p.m. Additional information concerning the conference is available on the Internet at: http://www.hq.nasa.gov/office/mtpe/nra.html. Pre-proposal conference POC is Christina Freedman @ (202) 554-2775 or by email at: cfreedma@hq.nasa.gov (0086)

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