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<p style="margin-bottom:12.0pt;" class="yiv6104006186elementtoproof">Dear
CEDAR Community<br>
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<p class="yiv6104006186elementtoproof">We are writing as the
Principal Investigators of the Cluster solar-terrestrial physics
mission to inform you that a positive decision by ESA to support a
final extension of the Cluster mission during 2023-2025 is in
doubt. We would like to ask for your help in our efforts to
persuade ESA to support a final extension, the goals of which
include topics that may be of interest to the CEDAR community such
as auroral acceleration region processes, and studies of
magnetosphere-ionosphere coupling during geomagnetic storms as
solar maximum approaches.<br>
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<p class="yiv6104006186elementtoproof">Apologies, if you have seen
this message more than once. Thank you, if you have already
indicated your support as proposed below.<br>
</p>
<p>If you would like to show your support, please simply visit the
following link, and add your name/institute/nation at the end of
the google document that you find there, at your earliest
convenience.
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<p class="yiv6104006186elementtoproof"><a rel="nofollow noopener
noreferrer" target="_blank" href="https://eur01.safelinks.protection.outlook.com/?url=https%3A%2F%2Fdocs.google.com%2Fdocument%2Fd%2F13sEBJh4A_TkiRO6i_LUJ6F_nfJkKnFqFFAU5smoM99g%2Fedit&data=05%7C01%7Ca.fazakerley%40ucl.ac.uk%7C9689afbd16d0456ae4c708daef60b219%7C1faf88fea9984c5b93c9210a11d9a5c2%7C0%7C0%7C638085495825453595%7CUnknown%7CTWFpbGZsb3d8eyJWIjoiMC4wLjAwMDAiLCJQIjoiV2luMzIiLCJBTiI6Ik1haWwiLCJXVCI6Mn0%3D%7C3000%7C%7C%7C&sdata=ov4PGkEnChedM2VxLvYDKYrabDMtYS5ODrrQYL0oFHI%3D&reserved=0">https://docs.google.com/document/d/13sEBJh4A_TkiRO6i_LUJ6F_nfJkKnFqFFAU5smoM99g/edit</a></p>
<p class="yiv6104006186elementtoproof">The document that you will
find there consists of a letter that the Cluster PIs have drafted
to send to ESA's Director of Science and the members of its
Science Programme Committee (SPC). We aim to send the completed
letter in mid-January, ahead of a key SPC Workshop in early
February (which itself precedes the SPC meeting in March at which
the extension decision is expected to be formalised).
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<p>Please feel free to share this email with colleagues that may be
interested; our mailing list is not comprehensive!<br>
<br>
Thank you in advance, if you choose to indicate your support. <br>
<br>
best wishes<br>
<br>
The Cluster Principal Investigators<br>
<br>
Mats Andre, Michael Balikhin, Patrick Canu, Chris Carr, Patrick
Daly, <br>
Iannis Dandouras, Andrew Fazakerley, Jolene Pickett, Jean-Louis
Rauch, <br>
Roy Torbert, Klaus Torkar, Rob Fear</p>
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respond until your normal working hours.</i><br>
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<br>
Andrew Fazakerley<br>
Professor of Space Plasma Physics <br>
Head of Department, Department of Space and Climate Physics<br>
Director, Mullard Space Science Laboratory<br>
<br>
<i>Postal address:</i><br>
Department of Space and Climate Physics<br>
University College London, <br>
Holmbury St. Mary, Dorking, <br>
Surrey, RH5 6NT, UK. <br>
<br>
Tel: +44 (0)1483 204175<br>
Fax: +44 (0)1483 278312<br>
e-mail: <a class="moz-txt-link-abbreviated" href="mailto:a.fazakerley@ucl.ac.uk">a.fazakerley@ucl.ac.uk</a><br>
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<a class="moz-txt-link-freetext" href="https://www.ucl.ac.uk/mssl/">https://www.ucl.ac.uk/mssl/</a></div>
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