Outer Planet Flagship Missions

The purpose of the workshop is to prepare the scientific community for an upcoming opportunity to propose instruments for the international Outer Planet Flagship mission that is planned for a new start in fiscal 2009. NASA and ESA are planning to issue a joint Announcement of Opportunity for scientific experiments to fly on the mission. A decision is expected in November on whether the mission is a Europa Jupiter System Mission (EJSM) or a Titan Saturn System Mission (TSSM). The AO is expected to be issued in the late winter or early spring of 2009.