Astromaterials at JSC by Doug Blanchard NASA JSC

We are pleased to announce the addition of Dr. Carl Agee to the Johnson Space Center staff. Carl is a experimental petrologist who is bringing his high pressure, high temperature laboratory along with him from Harvard to JSC. In our search for a new curator (Jim Gooding resigned a year ago), it became evident that the whole area of "astromaterials" needed more emphasis at JSC. Our Center Director, George Abbey, asked the astromaterials community to find a Chief Scientist for Astromaterials for JSC. Carl Agee fills that bill exceedingly well. Carl is on Mr. Abbey's staff, and his office and lab are located in the Earth Science & Solar System Exploration Division. One of Carl's first tasks is to resume our search for the Astromaterials Curator who will lead the curatorial activities including our preparations for Genesis, Stardust, and Mars samples. We expect the search to be successful within the next few months and the transition will be completed.