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The State of PSI

The State of PSI. PSI Retreat August 20-21, 2007. August 2006. 55 Employees 34 Tucson 21 Off-site. 40 Principal Investigators. 27 Funded as PIs 8 Funded as Co-Is/ Proposals submitted 5 New / Developing projects. August 2007. 59 Employees 32 Tucson 27 Off-site.

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The State of PSI

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  1. The State of PSI PSI Retreat August 20-21, 2007

  2. August 2006 55 Employees 34 Tucson 21 Off-site 40 Principal Investigators 27 Funded as PIs 8 Funded as Co-Is/ Proposals submitted 5 New / Developing projects

  3. August 2007 59 Employees 32 Tucson 27 Off-site 46 Principal Investigators 34 Funded as PIs 6 Funded as Co-Is/ Proposals submitted 6 New / Developing projects

  4. Departures Brad Fobar (Research Assistant) David Lien (Associate Research Scientist) Richard Link (Senior Scientist) Mary Lolos (Administrative Assistant) David Tarico (Programmer) New Arrivals Mark Bishop (Associate Research Scientist) Jack Drummond (Senior Scientist) Keith Holsapple (Senior Scientist) Anton Ivanov (Research Scientist) Any Knudson (Associate Research Scientist) Scott Mest (Associate Research Scientist) Jason Rose (Programmer) Ed Tedesco (Senior Scientist) Greg Vaughan (Associate Research Scientist)

  5. Really New Arrivals! Meghan Aubrie Williams Alexandra Lianne Chuang Zane Chamberlain

  6. PSI Honors Since Last Retreat Bill Hartmann - Elected to International Academy of Astronautics in recognition of his astronomical paintings and his books about space exploration, both fiction and non-fiction. Bill was featured in Science Magazine as “Renaissance Man of the Solar System” Bob Gaskell - NASA Exceptional Achievement Medal for his "achievements in modeling the shape and surface of asteroid Itokawa in support of the Japanese Hayabusa mission, providing the highest resolution description of an asteroid."

  7. Some PSI Activities PSI sponsors MetSoc 07 - Pierazzo on organizing committee PSI joins the TCC Speakers Bureau, providing more speakers than any other business. PSI hosts the first newsletter meant to span the entire planetary community (Eds. Sykes, Richmond, Balme)

  8. Major Advancements in IT Infrastructure Progressing (thanks to Tamara Kenmitz-Michotte) • We have learned so much more about how much power computers use, what two-phase means, how to calculate A/C tonnage. • Firewall, breaking up Apollo, making life faster, much much more. • Ever closer to flying cars.

  9. Pima County now classifies PSI as doing the work of an observatory • Property tax break enables us to start planning East-West wing Gigabit fiber connection. • Fiber connection will give us more flexibility in soliciting bids from ISPs to get the most bandwidth for the buck.

  10. On the financial side, PSI is doing well Current # Active Grants: 82 + 16 awarded (last year 75)

  11. Sources of PSI Funding 2/1/07-7/31/07 Research & Analysis Programs

  12. Sources of PSI Funding 2/1/07-7/31/07 Missions

  13. Sources of PSI Funding 2/1/07-7/31/07 Other

  14. Proposals submitted 2/1/2006 - 1/31/2007 [PREV 25%] [PREV 28%; HIST 43%]

  15. Overall, PSI scientists are competitive and successful. However… • The 25% cut to R&A programs since federal FY06 has not been restored and there is no evidence of an effort at HQ to do this. • SMD focus seems to be on a new outer planets flagship mission, leaving NASA science infrastructure to continue decaying (some good people are in place, but constrained). • House FY08 NASA budget restores most of the R&A cuts - we must contact our Senators and ask them to support this AND put NASA Science in the budget statutory language again (this is our firewall). • We must be generous with our time in helping to internally review each others proposals (and to plan accordingly).

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