WASHINGTON, April 25 /PRNewswire/ -- NASA has chartered the Exploration
Systems Advisory Committee (ESAC). Committee members include leading experts
from government, academia and industry who will provide advice and
recommendations to NASA's Associate Administrator for Exploration Systems.
The committee's input will relate to plans, policies, programs and other
matters pertinent to the Exploration Systems Mission Directorate's
responsibilities. The committee will meet quarterly to discuss such topics as
technology, requirements, systems integration, and capability development.
Retired U.S. Air Force Gen. Lester L. Lyles will chair the committee.
Lyles served as commander of the Air Force Materiel Command. He has extensive
experience managing large, high-technology organizations involving
aeronautical and astronautical research, development, acquisition and
logistics.
Other committee members include:
-- Dr. Kenneth M. Baldwin, Professor, Department of Physiology and
Biophysics, University of California, Irvine, Calif.
-- Jeff "Skunk" Baxter, Missile Defense Analyst, Beverly Hills, Calif.
-- Retired U.S. Navy Rear Adm. Tom Betterton, Aerospace Engineering
Consultant, Warrenton, Va.
-- Retired Air Force Col. Larry Graviss, Vice-President of Sverdrup
Technology, Inc., Tullahoma, Tenn.
-- Dr. Amy Kronenberg, Program Leader for Radiation Biology at the
Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory, Berkeley, Calif.
-- Retired U.S. Army Lt. Gen. Vince Russo, Executive Advisor, Office of
the President, University of Dayton, Ohio.
-- Barry Zilin, President and Chief Executive Officer of Practical
Innovations, Inc., Woodbridge, Va.
As part of the NASA Advisory Council, the committee operates under the
jurisdiction of the Federal Advisory Committee Act (FACA). The public is
invited to meetings, which are announced 15 days in advance in the Federal
Register. The first meeting is May 19-20 at NASA Headquarters, Washington.
The committee's charter authorizes establishment of subcommittees in areas
requiring standing advisory groups and task forces to conduct special studies.
For more information about the Exploration Systems Mission Directorate on
the Web, visit:
http://exploration.nasa.gov
For information about NASA and agency programs on the Internet, visit:
http://www.nasa.gov
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