VSOP International Science Council

Last modified: August 1999

The VSOP International Science Council (VISC) was established in 1990 to oversee the management of the VSOP mission. The VISC consists of representatives of the participating organizations and several `at large' representatives. The current members are:

• Roy BOOTH (Onsala Space Observatory)
• Bernard BURKE (Massachusetts Institute of Technology)
• Peter DEWDNEY (Dominion Radio Astrophysical Observatory)
• Philip EDWARDS (Institute of Space and Astronautical Science)
• Leonid GURVITS (JIVE and NFRA)
• Hisashi HIRABAYASHI, co-chair (Institute of Space and Astronautical Science)
• Haruto HIROSAWA (Institute of Space and Astronautical Science)
• Makoto INOUE, secretary (National Astronomical Observatory)
• David JAUNCEY, co-chair (Australia Telescope National Facility)
• Hideyuki KOBAYASHI (National Astronomical Observatory)
• Masaki MORIMOTO
• Robert PRESTON (Jet Propulsion Laboratory)
• Jon ROMNEY (National Radio Astronomy Observatory)
• Richard SCHILIZZI (JIVE)
• Vyacheslav SLYSH (Astro Space Center)
• Joel SMITH (Jet Propulsion Laboratory)