Heliophyiscs Community Input Form

NASA's Heliophysics Division has begun the process of developing a Strategic Plan to chart the division's course over the coming decades. The input to this plan will in part derive from a strategic scientific research plan that will be assembled by the Mission Planning Working Group (MiPWG). The MiPWG requires feedback from the scientific community to develop this plan and welcomes your input on planning the Heliophyiscs strategy for the future. Specifically, the following questions will be discussed in splinter sessions:

Splinter 1:
In your view, what is the most compelling and enabling science that will advance Heliophysics in the next 5-10 years? In the next 10-20 years?

Splinter 2:
Does the science that you envision fit into the current roadmap Research Focus Areas? If so, which one(s)? If not, could you suggest a new Research Focus Area that would include your new science? Are there any revisions to the Research Focus Areas that you would suggest? [RFAs are listed on page 24 of the 2005 Roadmap - http://sec.gsfc.nasa.gov/sec_roadmap.htm]

Splinter 3:
Acknowledging that new discoveries in Heliophysics are often driven by the utilization of emerging and enabling technologies, what is needed in the areas of mission implementation (e.g. launch vehicles, spacecraft locations, etc.), data acquisition/instrumentation (e.g. remote sensing detectors in-situ measurements, etc.), transmission (e.g. telemetry, recording, etc.) and analysis (e.g. data environments, virtual observatories, modeling, etc.)?