Finally, please continue to do us the favor of continuing to share information about these issues. We intend to remain in close touch with each other and the community as the process unfolds. The AGU applied for and received funds from the NSF to support travel for US citizens to attend the IAGA 8th Scientific Assembly in Uppsala, Sweden, August 4-15, 1997. The deadline for travel assistance applications has been extended from 31 March to 25 April, 1997. Please contact Wynetta Singhateh to obtain an application.
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Background The United Nations, in cooperation with the European Space Agency, initiated in 1990 the organization of annual Workshops on Basic Space Science. These Workshops lead to follow-up projects in planetary exploration and astronomy pursued under the umbrella of the United Nations. From Small Telescopes to Space Missions was held at the Arthur C. Clarke Centre for Modern Technologies, Colombo, Sri Lanka. At the occasion of this Workshop a 45 cm astronomical telescope facility, as recommended at the 1991 Workshop, was inaugurated. The Workshop for 1997 is the seventh in the series of Workshops on Basic Space Science and will focus on education and research for basic space science development.