<span style=" font-size:10pt;font-family:sans-serif">Dear Steve,</span>
<br>
<br><span style=" font-size:10pt;font-family:sans-serif">thank you for
informing us about this new appointment. I wish on behalf of all the ESA
colleagues involved in CCSDS work to congratulate Mt. Sami Asmar for his
appointment as NASA representative to the CMC. We are looking forward to
meet him at our next CMC session, which hopefully sooner than later will
resume in our traditional face to face meetings.</span>
<br>
<br><span style=" font-size:10pt;font-family:sans-serif">I take also the
opportunity to thank you for all the work which you have successfully done
(and are still doing) in chairing our CMC sessions, </span>
<br>
<br><span style=" font-size:10pt;font-family:sans-serif">With best regards,</span>
<br><span style=" font-size:10pt;font-family:sans-serif"><br>
============================================<br>
Nicolas Bobrinsky<br>
Head of the Ground Systems Engineering and Innovation Department<br>
<br>
European Space Agency ESA/ESOC<br>
Robert-Bosch-Str. 5, D-64293 Darmstadt, Germany<br>
nicolas.bobrinsky@esa.int | </span><a href=www.esa.int/ssa><span style=" font-size:10pt;font-family:sans-serif">www.esa.int/ssa</span></a><span style=" font-size:10pt;font-family:sans-serif"><br>
T +49 6151 90 2543 <br>
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</span>
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<br><span style=" font-size:9pt;color:#5f5f5f;font-family:sans-serif">From:
       </span><span style=" font-size:9pt;font-family:sans-serif">"Townes,
Stephen A\(US 9000\) via CMC" <cmc@mailman.ccsds.org></span>
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       </span><span style=" font-size:9pt;font-family:sans-serif">"cmc@mailman.ccsds.org"
<cmc@mailman.ccsds.org></span>
<br><span style=" font-size:9pt;color:#5f5f5f;font-family:sans-serif">Date:
       </span><span style=" font-size:9pt;font-family:sans-serif">28/10/2020
23:27</span>
<br><span style=" font-size:9pt;color:#5f5f5f;font-family:sans-serif">Subject:
       </span><span style=" font-size:9pt;font-family:sans-serif">[CMC]
Announcement of New NASA CMC Rep--Mr. Sami Asmar</span>
<br><span style=" font-size:9pt;color:#5f5f5f;font-family:sans-serif">Sent
by:        </span><span style=" font-size:9pt;font-family:sans-serif">"CMC"
<cmc-bounces@mailman.ccsds.org></span>
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<br>
<br>
<p style="margin-top:0px;margin-Bottom:0px"><span style=" font-size:11pt;font-family:Calibri">CMC
Members,</span></p>
<p style="margin-top:0px;margin-Bottom:0px"><span style=" font-size:11pt;font-family:Calibri"> </span></p>
<p style="margin-top:0px;margin-Bottom:0px"><span style=" font-size:11pt;font-family:Calibri">As
I have previously announced, I will be retiring from NASA/JPL on January
4, 2021. </span></p>
<p style="margin-top:0px;margin-Bottom:0px"><span style=" font-size:11pt;font-family:Calibri"> </span></p>
<p style="margin-top:0px;margin-Bottom:0px"><span style=" font-size:11pt;font-family:Calibri">I
am pleased to announce that NASA has appointed Mr. Sami Asmar of NASA/JPL
to replace me as the NASA CMC representative.</span></p>
<p style="margin-top:0px;margin-Bottom:0px"><span style=" font-size:11pt;font-family:Calibri"> </span></p>
<p style="margin-top:0px;margin-Bottom:0px"><span style=" font-size:11pt;font-family:Calibri">Sami
Asmar is the Manager of Strategic Partnerships and Customer Formulation
in </span><span style=" font-size:11pt;color:#2f2f2f;font-family:Calibri">the
Interplanetary Network Directorate at NASA's Jet Propulsion Laboratory
(JPL), California Institute of Technology, and </span><span style=" font-size:11pt;font-family:Calibri">has
extensive experience with NASA’s international and commercial partners.
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">
</span><span style=" font-size:11pt;color:#2f2f2f;font-family:Calibri">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;font-family:Calibri">SpaceOps
Exceptional Achievement Medal for innovative deep space communications
techniques. </span><span style=" font-size:11pt;color:#2f2f2f;font-family:Calibri">He
has been leading JPL research initiatives in radio and laser link utilization
for planetary exploration and </span><span style=" font-size:11pt;font-family:Calibri">invented
the “carry your own relay” concept and the Mars Cube One (MarCO), the
first solar system CubeSat mission (NASA Inventions Board NPO-49544), and
was its formulation Principal Investigator.</span></p>
<p style="margin-top:0px;margin-Bottom:0px"><span style=" font-size:11pt;font-family:Calibri"> </span></p>
<p style="margin-top:0px;margin-Bottom:0px"><span style=" font-size:11pt;font-family:Calibri">I
will continue to participate as Sami transitions into the job.</span></p>
<p style="margin-top:0px;margin-Bottom:0px"><span style=" font-size:11pt;font-family:Calibri"> </span></p>
<p style="margin-top:0px;margin-Bottom:0px"><span style=" font-size:11pt;font-family:Calibri">Welcome
Sami!!</span></p>
<p style="margin-top:0px;margin-Bottom:0px"><span style=" font-size:11pt;font-family:Calibri"> </span></p>
<p style="margin-top:0px;margin-Bottom:0px"><span style=" font-size:11pt;font-family:Calibri">-steve-</span></p>
<p style="margin-top:0px;margin-Bottom:0px"><span style=" font-size:11pt;font-family:Calibri"> </span></p>
<p style="margin-top:0px;margin-Bottom:0px"><span style=" font-size:11pt;font-family:Calibri">Stephen
A. Townes, PhD</span></p>
<p style="margin-top:0px;margin-Bottom:0px"><span style=" font-size:11pt;font-family:Calibri">Chief
Technologist, Interplanetary Network Directorate</span></p>
<p style="margin-top:0px;margin-Bottom:0px"><span style=" font-size:11pt;font-family:Calibri">NASA/Jet
Propulsion Laboratory</span></p>
<p style="margin-top:0px;margin-Bottom:0px"><span style=" font-size:11pt;font-family:Calibri">California
Institute of Technology</span></p>
<p style="margin-top:0px;margin-Bottom:0px"><span style=" font-size:11pt;font-family:Calibri">mobile:
+1 818-731-4614</span></p>
<p style="margin-top:0px;margin-Bottom:0px"><span style=" font-size:11pt;font-family:Calibri">desk:
+1 818-354-7525</span></p>
<p style="margin-top:0px;margin-Bottom:0px"><span style=" font-size:12pt;font-family:Calibri"> </span></p>
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