From our Team telecon Wednesday, August 2: * Project items for IMPACT - The Phase A Technical Report was delivered to GSFC on July 31. - The Phase A Cost Report is due August 31. Budgets for the Phase A Cost Report should have all the contents of a formal budget but do not need to be signed off by your institution (yet) until after Project review of the Report. Dave Curtis will be sending templates and other instructions to all who are requesting NASA funds. For Travel assume Project meetings every 6 mos w/ alternating location at GSFC and Team insts. Dave Curtis will supply schedule of assumed Project meetings, Team meetings, and Reviews at SSL or GSFC. Please respond to his requests, and try to get your detailed information in by August 23 so it can be merged. - Meetings to note: An Internal Assessment Team review of the Phase A Technical Study is now planned at GSFC Aug 9. Dave Curtis will summarize our Phase A Techical Report there and also attend the Stored Command Meeting at APL August 10. - Project is having IMPACT telecons every week on Tuesday at 2:30PM eastern (GSFC) time. Dave Curtis will alert you if you should participate - STEREO Project will have a new GSFC Manager in Sept. (Abby Harper will manage the entire STP Program) There may be schedule slips due to budget, all the extra peer reviews, and general competition for DSN according to Project. * Instruments - SEP needs to resolve remaining FOV issues and bracket design issues with APL on the redesigned spacecraft (Tycho) - Boom/Astromast redesign to be worked at UCB (Dave) - Remember to think about needed covers * Other - Tycho will support Contamination Committee activities for IMPACT - Dave Curtis needs information on what is spent during Phase A and Bridge by GSFC team members (533s type information) for the record ******************************************* IMPORTANT DATES Aug 31 Full Cost Report due Oct 31 End of Phase A + Bridge ******************************************* Websites to Check periodically for updates http://sprg.ssl.berkeley.edu/impact http://sprg.ssl.berkeley.edu/impact/dwc http://sprg.ssl.berkeley.edu/~jgluhman/stereo https://sd-forum.jhuapl.edu/stereo/