NATIONAL AERONAUTICS AND SPACE ADMINISTRATION WASHINGTON, D.C. 20546 IN REPLY REFERTO: S{U,(MAM:nbe 9- MAR 1969 Dr. Joshua Lederberg Department of Genetics Stanford University School of Medicine Stanford, California 94305 Dear Dr. Lederberg: I am pleased to inform you that you have been selected to participate in the planning phase of the 1973 Viking lander as a member of the Active Biology Team. The members of the Team are listed in Enclosure 1, and the role of the scientist and functions of the Active Biology Team are given in Enclosure 2, It is understood that you are prepared to participate on the average of two days a month in meetings related to the Viking Project. Membership of this Team will not be delegated or transferred to any other individual. Costs related to your participation in this planning phase, which may extend for a period of up to one year, will be covered by a grant which will be negotiated by NASA Headquarters with your University. It is expected that the planning phase will be essentially completed at the time of the selection of the investigators for the 1973 Viking Mars mission. Selection of the investigators for the flight will be based on an open solicitation to which you would be expected to respond. The Langley Research Center (LaRC) has Project management responsibility for the Viking mission. The Viking Program will be managed by the following persons: Walter Jakobowski, Program Manager, Code SL, NASA Headquarters M. A. Mitz, Program Scientist, Code SL, NASA Headquarters James S. Martin, Project Manager, Viking Office, LaRC Gerald A. Soffen, Project Scientist, Viking Office, LaRC You will be contacted in the near future by some of these persons to arrange fiscal matters. If you have any questions, please contact the Program Scientist, Dr. M. A. Mitz, phone 202--962-1384. ere Eh Eh > f file E. Naugle ssociate Administrator for Space Science and Applications Encls 2 Ref: Proposal from J. Lederberg, Stanford University School of Medicine dated 20 November 1968, NASA No. SL-11 Enclosure 1 February 17, 1969 Viking Science Active Biology Team The Viking Science Active Biology Team is responsible for the search for life using an integrated instrument capable of providing data interpreteble as evidence of active biota on Mars. The members of the Team are: Wolf Vishniac Department of Biology University of Rochester Rochester, New York 14627 Phone: 716--275-3855 Norman H. Horowitz Bioscience Section Jet Propulsion Laboratory 4800 Oak Grove Drive Pasadena, Calif. 91103 Phone: 213--354-2300 Joshua Lederberg _~ Department of Genetics Stanford University School of Medicine Stanford, Calif. 94305 Phone: 415--321-1200, Ext. 5801 Gilbert V. Levin Biospherics Research, Inc. 12h6 Taylor Street, N.W. Washington, D.C. 20011 Phone: 202--726-6677 Vance 1. Oyama Life Detection Systems Branch Ames Research Center NASA Moffett Field, Calif. 94035 Phone: 415--961-1111, Ext. 2561 Alexander Rich Professor of Biophysics Massachusetts Institute of Technology Cambridge, Mass. 02139 Phone: 617--864-6900, Ext. 4715 February 17, 1969 Enclosure 2 Function and Role of the Scientist The scientist will participate in this planning effort as a member or leader of a Science Instrument Team. Six of these teams - Imagery, Active Biology, Sampler-Pyrolyzer-Gas Analysis, Meteorological Sensors, Entry Science, Radio - have been identified by NASA as NASA-formed teams, i.e., NASA will select individual scientists to be members of these teams. A Team Leader will be selected by NASA after discussion with the team members. In other areas of investigation, the teams have been formed by the scientists themselves. The functions of the Science Instrument Teams are: 1. To develop a science plan and determine the science to be done by the instrument(s) in the specific area of team responsibility. 2, To formulate the functional specifications and, through the project office, direct the instrument development. 3. To participate in spacecraft and mission tradeoff studies. Yang ley Research Center (LaRC) has been designated as the Project Management Center for the Viking Project. Ames Research Center and the Jet Propulsion Laboratory are assisting in this mission. The LaRC Project Office has been designated as the primary channel of interaction between NASA and the Science Instrument Team for the Viking lander. The Science Instrument Teams will interact with the NASA through their Team Leaders. The Team Leaders will be organized into a Science Steering Group which will be co-chaired by the NASA Project and Program Scientists. The Science Steering Group will integrate the output of the various Science Instrument Teams, develop an overall science plan for the lander, and participate in appropriate mission planning and space- craft planning activities and reviews.