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<p class="x_MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:11pt; font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif,serif,"EmojiFont"">As I have previously announced, I will be retiring from NASA/JPL on January 4, 2021.
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<p class="x_MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:11pt; font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif,serif,"EmojiFont"">I am pleased to announce that NASA has appointed Mr.
</span><span style="font-size:11pt; color:black; font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif,serif,"EmojiFont"">Sami Asmar of NASA/JPL to replace me as the NASA CMC representative.</span><span style="font-size:11pt; font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif,serif,"EmojiFont""></span></p>
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<p class="x_MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:11pt; color:black; font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif,serif,"EmojiFont"">Sami Asmar is the Manager of Strategic Partnerships and Customer Formulation in </span><span style="font-size:11pt; color:rgb(51,51,51); background:white none repeat scroll 0% 0%; font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif,serif,"EmojiFont"">the
Interplanetary Network Directorate at NASA's Jet Propulsion Laboratory (JPL), California Institute of Technology, and </span><span style="font-size:11pt; color:black; background:white none repeat scroll 0% 0%; font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif,serif,"EmojiFont"">has
extensive experience with NASA’s international and commercial partners.</span><span style="font-size:11pt; color:black; font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif,serif,"EmojiFont""> During his distinguished career as a Radio Scientist, he was the manager of JPL’s Radio
Science Systems Group,</span><span style="font-size:11pt; color:red; font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif,serif,"EmojiFont""> </span><span style="font-size:11pt; color:rgb(51,51,51); background:white none repeat scroll 0% 0%; font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif,serif,"EmojiFont"">Project
Scientist for the GRAIL lunar gravity mission, and a co-investigator or instrument manager on several US and European deep space missions - - currently the Radio Science Co-PI for the BepiColombo mission. He has a BS in physics from Occidental College and
MS in Geophysics and Space Physics from UCLA. He is the recipient of 3 NASA Exceptional Achievement Medals for technological and scientific breakthroughs and a </span><span style="font-size:11pt; color:black; font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif,serif,"EmojiFont"">SpaceOps
Exceptional Achievement Medal for innovative deep space communications techniques. </span><span style="font-size:11pt; color:rgb(51,51,51); background:white none repeat scroll 0% 0%; font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif,serif,"EmojiFont"">He has been leading JPL
research initiatives in radio and laser link utilization for planetary exploration and </span><span style="font-size:11pt; color:black; font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif,serif,"EmojiFont"">invented the “carry your own relay” concept and the Mars Cube One (MarCO),
the first solar system CubeSat mission <span style="background:white">(</span>NASA Inventions Board NPO-49544), and was its formulation Principal Investigator.</span></p>
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<p class="x_MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:11pt; color:black; font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif,serif,"EmojiFont"">I will continue to participate as Sami transitions into the job.</span></p>
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<p class="x_MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:11pt; color:black; font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif,serif,"EmojiFont"">Welcome Sami!!</span></p>
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