Steering Committee, Cosmic Frontiers 2025: Planets
Lisa Danielson, Los Alamos National Laboratory, Director of the Center for Space & Earth Science
Galen Gisler, J. Robert Oppenheimer Memorial Committee, PEEC
Nina Lanza, Los Alamos National Laboratory
Colin Nicholls, University of New Mexico – Taos
Paulo Oemig, New Mexico State University; Director, NM Space Grant Consortium & NM NASA EPSCoR
Ann Ollila, Los Alamos National Laboratory, Deputy Director of the Center for Space & Earth Science
Chip Shearer, University of New Mexico
John Engen, New Mexico Consortium
PRELIMINARY AGENDA
Saturday, May 3
9:00am Welcome, John Engen, CEO of NMC
9:10am-2:40pm Scientific Symposium – OUR SOLAR SYSTEM
(Session Chair: Lisa Danielson, Steering Committee)
| Bryan Butler, National Radio Astronomy Observatory “Observations of solar system objects at millimeter and centimeter wavelengths” |
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| Matt Heavner, Los Alamos National Laboratory “Earth: The planet we share” |
BREAK
| Charles "Karl" Hibbitts, Johns Hopkins Applied Physics Laboratory “Moon 2.0. Achieving a sustained human presence on the moon with an eye towards mars” |
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| Charles "Chip" Shearer, University of New Mexico “A new view of the moon: Building on Apollo and looking forward to the next great human adventure on the moon” |
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| Round table Q&A with all speakers from the morning |
LUNCH BREAK
CONTINUED, 9:10am-2:40pm Scientific Symposium – OUR SOLAR SYSTEM
(Session Chair: Colin Nicholls, Steering Committee)
| Nina Lanza, Los Alamos National Laboratory ”Mars” |
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| Eileen Ryan, Magdelena Ridge Observatory, New Mexico Institute of Mining & Technology “Planetary defense: Protecting the Earth from potentially hazardous asteroids and comets” |
BREAK
3:00pm-4:30pm Scientific Symposium – EXOPLANETS
(Session Chair: Galen Gisler, Steering Committee)
| Natalie Hinkel, Louisiana State University “The chemistry between stars and their planets” |
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| Wladimir Lyra, New Mexico State University “The modern view of planet formation” |
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| Round table Q&A with all speakers from the day |
BREAK FOR DINNER
6:30pm - 8:00pm Evening Session
| Welcome & Introduction by LANL Senior Management | |
| John Grunsfeld, Endless Frontier Associates LLC “Exploits with the Hubble Telescope” |
Simultaneous evening events:
| 8:15pm | Space-related film at SALA: “The Hunt for Planet B |
| 8:30pm | Stargazing event with local Astronomers (PEEC, Pajarito Astronomers) (in the event of bad weather, there will be planetarium show instead) |
Sunday, May 4
9:30am Intro and Welcome, John Engen, CEO of NMC
9:35am-12:00pm Scientific Symposium – TOOLS AND TECHNOLOGY FOR PLANETARY STUDY
(Session Chair: Paulo Oemig, Steering Committee)
| Bethany Chidester, Los Alamos National Laboratory “A field guide to the deep earth” |
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| Raúl Morales-Juberías, New Mexico Institute of Mining & Technology “Dancing Vortices: Unraveling the Turbulent Ballet of the Gas Giants Atmospheres” |
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| David Clark, Los Alamos National Laboratory “Plutonium power for planetary science” |
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| Round table Q&A with speakers from the session |
LUNCH BREAK
May 4 AFTERNOON events
Starting at 1:30
| PEEC planetarium shows | |
| Space-related film at SALA: Good Night Oppy | |
| SALA lobby: Booksale, T-shirt store | |
| Special tours of Los Alamos historic area: by invitation only | |
| Special Los Alamos History Museum visits: by invitation only | |
| Los Alamos Library: local school children planets art | |
| Bradbury Science Museum will be open |