The planetary community perceives that a significant proportion of Planetary Science Directorate (PSD) PI-led laboratories may be underfunded to the point at which the science they support is put at risk. Laboratory instruments and facilities are critical for analyzing extraterrestrial materials, terrestrial materials that inform planetary exploration and data analysis, constraining the interpretations of planetary remote sensing data, and developing future flight instrumentation.

The Planetary Science Subcommittee (PSS) is conducting a survey of laboratories that will be used to inform discussions with PSD about the planetary community’s capabilities and challenges, and to help formulate potential solutions.

Please take the online survey at: http://tinyurl.com/psslabs