Commission H
A NASA/JPL conference on Fundamental Physics in Space, held in Washington DC, brought together the chairman and three vice-chairmen of Commission H of the International Committee for Space Research (COSPAR). Left to right: vice-chairman Maurice Jacob (also chairman of ESA's Fundamental Physics Advisory Group and the author of this article), chairman Francis Everitt of Stanford, vice-chairman Guenter Alhers of Santa Barbara (also chairman of NASA's Fundamental Physics Discipline Working Group) and vice-chairman Stefano Vitale of Trento.