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Dear CEDAR Community,</div>
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As many of you are aware, NASA’s GOLD mission is slated for termination under the current President’s Budget Request. This would result in the loss of NASA's only satellite asset measuring the VLEO region from geostationary orbit. </div>
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As Chair of the CEDAR Science Steering Committee (CSSC), I have drafted a CEDAR community letter of support to NASA Heliophysics Division Director Dr. Joe Westlake. The letter emphasizes that GOLD remains fully functional and continues to provide foundational
observations that support transformational research in the thermosphere and ionosphere and as well as space weather science. </div>
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Your support is vital to show the breadth and strength of our community’s voice in advocating for GOLD.
<b>If you agree with the content of the letter and would like to add your name as a signatory, please do so
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here</a>:</b></div>
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<b>Or go here: <a class="OWAAutoLink" id="OWAef3cba97-6ec1-a66c-0968-6c2b68506851" href="https://docs.google.com/document/d/1wn_4jqKvLCMzehRftnRUZxdFtcVmTXcH/edit">https://docs.google.com/document/d/1wn_4jqKvLCMzehRftnRUZxdFtcVmTXcH/edit</a></b></div>
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<b>The deadline to sign is midnight ET Saturday December 20.</b> I will then send this letter to Director Westlake on December 21.</div>
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Thank you for considering this urgent request, and for your continued dedication to advancing CEDAR science.</div>
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With appreciation,</div>
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V. Lynn Harvey</div>
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Chair, CEDAR Science Steering Committee</div>
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