A -- DRAFT" ANNOUNCEMENT OF OPPPORTUNITY FOR THE MEDIUM-CLASSEXPLORER (MIDEX) PROGRAM

Notice Date

February 7, 2001

Contracting Office

NASA/Goddard Space Flight Center, NASA Headquarters Acquisition Branch, Code 210.H, Greenbelt, MD 20771

ZIP Code

20771

Response Due

March 14, 2001

Point of Contact

Dr. Paul Hertz, Office of Space Science, Phone (202) 358-0986, Fax (202) 358-3097, Email paul.hertz@hq.nasa.gov

E-Mail Address

Dr. Paul Hertz (paul.hertz@hq.nasa.gov)

Description

The National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA) Office of Space Science is releasing a DRAFT Announcement of Opportunity (AO) for community review and comment for the next missions in the Medium-class Explorer (MIDEX) program. Selections of proposals through the final AO, once released, are intended to provide two mission launches by December 2007. A Mission of Opportunity, long duration balloon mission, or International Space Station payload, may also be selected. The science objectives covered by this AO include those in the currently defined Office of Space Science themes of the Astronomical Search for Origins, the Sun-Earth Connection, and the Structure and Evolution of the Universe. 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 critical review and comment of this DRAFT AO, which will be available from February 14, 2001, through March 14, 2001, via the World Wide Web site: http://spacescience.nasa.gov/ . For those not having access to the Internet, a printed copy may be obtained by written request to the address below. Send comments to Dr. Paul Hertz, Office of Space Science, Code SR, NASA Headquarters, Washington, DC 20546-0001. FAX: (202) 358-3097; or E-mail: paul.hertz@hq.nasa.gov. The identity of those submitting comments will be held in confidence.

Web Link

Click here for the latest information about this notice (http://nais.msfc.nasa.gov/cgi-bin/EPS/bizops.cgi?gr=D&pin=04#10-00018)

Record

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