Projects: S.O.S: Save Our Science!
Europa Focus Group
March 5, 2006
On February 26, The Planetary Society continued its campaign to save a mission to Europa by inviting the public to the NASA Ames Research Center to hear eminent scientists discuss the allure of this moon of Jupiter. Coordinated with the NASA Astrobiology Institute Europa Focus Group, the event enabled some 250 people to hear first-hand why we want to explore Europa now.
We were heartened to learn that Congressman John Culberson (R-TX), a member of the House of Representatives Appropriations Committee, strongly supports the Europa mission, which is one of several lost in the widespread cuts to science in NASA. We are closely coordinating with his staff to build support to overturn the Administration's decision to stop work on the Europa mission.
Letter from Congressman John Culberson (R-TX)
On March 9, 2006, Congressman Culberson released a new letter to scientists and engineers urging them to contact Congress to insist that Congress find more money for NASA's planetary exploration program and scientific research.
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Representative Culberson attended the Europa Focus Group meeting at Ames and wrote a strong letter to the attendees urging action to build support in the House Appropriations Committee. The Planetary Society will be targeting that Committee to overturn the decision to eliminate the Europa mission and to restore NASA's science funding. Planetary Society members should watch the mail for ways to join our grassroots campaign and regularly check this website for action. This campaign will last many months, until the fiscal year 2007 budget is approved by Congress, and until we have done everything we can to save NASA's science program.
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