New EOS Chemistry Study In response to NASA initiatives to infuse new technology into its programs, reduce the size, cost, and development time for its missions, and increase its flight rate, the Mission to Planet Earth Office (MTPEO) at Goddard Space Flight Center (GSFC) has undertaken a study to assess the feasibility of using new technologies and a new approach to implementing the EOS Chemistry mission. A white paper describing this study is now available at http://spso.gsfc.nasa.gov/spso_homepage.html. This white paper provides an overview of the initial results of the Chemistry Study, in particular, the changes proposed for the instruments. The GSFC Chemistry and Special Flights Project is currently performing an assessment of the proposed instrument modifications and spacecraft implementation options, addressing cost, schedule, programmatic changes, risk, etc. I encourage any who are interested to access this white paper, which forms the basis of the upcoming Payload Panel meeting on May 15 (agenda also on WWW at the same location). Both the IWG information and the Chemistry White Paper are available under "What's New," as well as under "Documents," in the case of the Chemistry study. Michael King ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ .Dr. Michael D. King...........#.king@climate.gsfc.nasa.gov .EOS Senior Project Scientist..#.voice: (301) 286-8228 .Code 900......................#.FAX: (301) 286-1738 .Goddard Space Flight Center...#.*** Eudora mail accepted *** .Greenbelt, MD 20771...........#.http://spso.gsfc.nasa.gov/spso_homepage.html ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~