RHESSI was given an excellent rating by the Heliophysics Senior Review panel for both "overall scientific merit of the proposed extended mission" and for "Value to the Heliophysics System Observatory." The Panel recommends "the continued operation of the RHESSI extended mission," and states in its report that "RHESSI plays a unique role within the HSO, enabling system-wide studies of energy release and particle acceleration in flares/CMEs and their effects on the interplanetary medium, magnetosphere, and ITM." The full report will be put on line at http://hesperia.gsfc.nasa.gov/rhessi2/home/mission/documents/ as soon as we receive a corrected version from NASA HQ.
Säm Krucker has been officially appointed by NASA as the RHESSI PI.
Brian
Brian R. Dennis Solar Physics Laboratory, Code 671 Goddard Space Flight Center Greenbelt, MD 20771 301-286-7983 brian.r.dennis@nasa.gov