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		Next Frontiers in the Investigation of Extraterrestrial Organics
		Monday, December 1, 2025
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		One Shot to Glory: Designing Adaptive Missions to the Outer Solar System and Beyond
		Monday, November 3, 2025
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		Interplanetary Laser Trilateration Network
		Monday, September 22, 2025
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		Interferometry Lands on the Moon
		Monday, November 18, 2024
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		Digital Twins for Solar System Exploration
		Monday, November 4, 2024
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		Quantifying Emissions through Greenhouse Gases and Transport
		Monday, October 7, 2024
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		Nano Engineering for Exo Discoveries: Advancing Metasurfaces for Exoplanet Exploration
		Monday, September 23, 2024
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		Sample Return from all across the Solar System
		Monday, September 9, 2024
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		Extrasolar Space Weather: The Hidden Hand in Exoplanet Evolution
		Monday, November 6, 2023
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		What Do We Know About Uranus's Interior? Preparing for a Mission to Uranus
		Monday, September 11, 2023
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		Understanding and Empowering Soil Management as a Climate Mitigation Option
		Monday, August 28, 2023
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		Parameters of Biological Validation
		Monday, July 17, 2023
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		Exoplanet Science Meets Interferometry
		Monday, November 28, 2022
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		Enabling Fast Response Missions to NEOs, ISOs, and LPCs
		Monday, October 24, 2022
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		Ocean World Microhabitats: Targeting and Life Detection Techniques
		Monday, September 19, 2022
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		Planetary Science of Venus and the Promise of In Situ Sampling Techniques
		Monday, June 14, 2021
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		Planetary Geodesy – Past Discoveries and Future Possibilities
		Wednesday, June 2, 2021
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		Revolutionizing Access to the Martian Surface
		Thursday, March 25, 2021
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		Forest Water Dynamics and the Earth System Responses to Droughts
		Monday, October 14, 2019
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		Approaching the Event Horizon - Black Holes and Their Effect on the Universe
		Monday, September 16, 2019
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		A World of Data – The Scale of Space Science Data Processing
		Monday, August 26, 2019
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		Data Driven Approaches to Searches for Technosignatures
		Monday, May 20, 2019
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		Exploring Once-in-a-Lifetime Targets
		Monday, October 29, 2018
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		Tidal Heating on Solar System Worlds
		Monday, October 15, 2018
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		Biodiversity Science and Remote Sensing Fundamentals
		Monday, October 1, 2018
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		The Whys and Hows of Future Cosmic Microwave Background (CMB) Exploration
		Monday, March 19, 2018
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		Mars Subsurface Exploration - Life and Resources in the Martian Subsurface
		Monday, February 12, 2018
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		Science, Source Modeling, and Data Analysis for the Space-Based Gravitational-Wave Observatory LISA
		Tuesday, January 16, 2018
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		Accessing the Subsurface Oceans of Icy Worlds
		Monday, October 9, 2017
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		Next-Generation Approach for Detecting Climate-Carbon Feedbacks
		Monday, September 18, 2017
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		The Polar Ice Caps and Climate of Mars
		Tuesday, August 8, 2017
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		Comets - Connecting the Origins of Solar Systems to the Origins of Life
		Monday, June 5, 2017
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		What is Exploration Telepresence - and How Can it Help Us Explore Planetary Surfaces of the Solar System?
		Monday, October 3, 2016
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		Mastering the Wave - The Whys and Hows of Exoplanet Imaging
		Monday, August 22, 2016
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		Satellite Communication with Laser Beams – The Next Wave
		Monday, July 11, 2016
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		In-Situ Resource Utilization (ISRU) on Mars
		June 28th, 2016
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		Methane on Mars
		December 7, 2015
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		Fundamentals of Optical Frequency Comb Technology and Applications
		November 2, 2015
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		Observing Terrestrial Ecosystems and the Carbon Cycle from Space
		October 5, 2015
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		Using In-Situ Resources for 3D Additive Construction in Space
		August 24, 2015
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		The Search for Non-Aqueous Life
		July 6, 2015
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		Star Formation (top to bottom)
		November 3, 2014
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		Exploring in the Interstellar Medium
		September 8, 2014
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		Near-Earth Asteroids: The Next Critical Stepping Stones For Humanity In Space
		August 11, 2014
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		Probing the Interior of Venus with Innovative Seismological Techniques
		June 2, 2014
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		Multifunctional Energy Projecting Systems for Planetary Exploration
		May 19, 2014
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		Satellites, Ocean Robots and the Marine Carbon Cycle
		October 7, 2013
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		The Sleeping Giant: Measuring Ocean Ice Interactions in Antarctica
		September 9, 2013
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		Magnetic Fields: A Window to a Planet's Interior and Habitability
		August 12, 2013
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		Lunar Volatiles
		July 22, 2013
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		Airships: A New Horizon for Science
		April 30, 2013
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		Measuring Photosynthesis From Space
		August 26, 2012
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		Engineering Resilient Space Systems: Leveraging Novel System Engineering Techniques and Software Architectures
		July 30, 2012
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		Small Satellites: A Revolution in Space Science
		July 16, 2012
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		Quantum Communication, Sensing and Measurement in Space
		June 25, 2012
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		Primitive Bodies: Unlocking the Secrets of Solar System Origins
		April 30, 2012
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		Asteroid Retrieval Mission Study
		September 27, 2011
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		Next Generation UV Instrument Technologies: Overview of Science, Technology Key Points, New Horizons
		August 29, 2011
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		Measurements and Models at the Surface of Mars
		June 20, 2011
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		Looking for Nuggets in Massive Data Streams
		June 7, 2011
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		Climate Physics and Geoengineering
		May 23, 2011
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		Cosmic Microwave Background Spectral Distortions from the Early Universe
		August 16, 2010
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		Planetery Science of Titan
		May 25, 2010
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