Lunar and Planetary Science Conference

In a speech delivered at the Manned Spacecraft Center (MSC) in Houston, Texas in March 1968, President Lyndon B. Johnson announced the formation of the Lunar Science Institute (LSI).

[2] A program of visiting university-based scientists was established, the first symposium was organized, and the first lecture of the LSI seminar series was presented.

Contributed abstracts are peer-reviewed, and selections for presentation are based on the overall relevance of the subject matter to the conference and the quality of the science.

The conference features five full days of oral and poster sessions covering a variety of topics in planetary science research.

This decadal survey "shall broadly canvas the field of space- and ground-based planetary science to determine the current state of knowledge and then identify the most important scientific questions expected to face the community...In addition, the survey and report shall address relevant programmatic and implementation issues of interest to NASA and the National Science Foundation (NSF).