I seem to recall a whole thing about the legal distinction between the assessment groups, which are community organizations that NASA chooses to listen to, and the advisory committees that are formally chartered. So why would an AG go along with this? - ThreadSky

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michael-w-busch.bsky.social • 27 days ago

I seem to recall a whole thing about the legal distinction between the assessment groups, which are community organizations that NASA chooses to listen to, and the advisory committees that are formally chartered.

So why would an AG go along with this?

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sondy.com•27 days ago

I did get an email about SBAG being on pause, as well. Gah!

emexastris.bsky.social•27 days ago

That is an excellent question, especially AGs that aren't chaired by civil servants.

astronomay.bsky.social•27 days ago

This email came from our division's program scientist at NASA headquarters. We didn't decide this ourselves. I believe it's because there is support from NASA: they have reps at our meetings. We get funding from an office at JPL for our travel and that office's admin staff supports us.

michael-w-busch.bsky.social•27 days ago

So funding is being withheld somewhere?

There keep being new parts to this mess...

astronomay.bsky.social•27 days ago

I'm unsure if there is a hold on funding anywhere. I'm just assuming that because ExoPAG isn't completely independent of NASA funding that's why we're being told to pause. I'm not sure how it works for other AGs within the Planetary Division.

emexastris.bsky.social•27 days ago

Asking clarifying questions and determining the actual legal lines of authority is a thing that can be done.

astronomay.bsky.social•27 days ago

I shared this for community awareness of what is happening at headquarters. I have no answers to the questions because I literally saw this email an hour ago and am recovering from a medical procedure today, not because I don't care to find out answers and find out what's going on.

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