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Suggested Citation:"Contents." National Research Council. 2001. Space Studies Board Annual Report 2000. Washington, DC: The National Academies Press. doi: 10.17226/10177.
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Contents

 

 

From the Chair

 

iii

 1

 

Charter and Organization of the Board

 

1

 2

 

Activities and Membership

 

6

 3

 

Summaries of Major Reports

 

34

   

3.1  Future Biotechnology Research on the International Space Station,

 

34

   

3.2  Assessment of Mission Size Trade-offs for NASA's Earth and Space Science Missions,

 

42

   

3.3  The Role of Small Satellites in NASA and NOAA Earth Observation Programs,

 

46

   

3.4  Microgravity Research in Support of Technologies for the Human Exploration and Development of Space and Planetary Bodies,

 

52

   

3.5  Preventing the Forward Contamination of Europa,

 

58

   

3.6  Astronomy and Astrophysics in the New Millennium,

 

60

   

3.7  Ensuring the Climate Record from the NPP and NPOESS Meteorological Satellites,

 

68

   

3.8  Review of NASA's Earth Science Enterprise Research Strategy for 2000-2010,

 

73

   

3.9  Federal Funding of Astronomical Research,

 

75

   

3.10  Review of NASA's Biomedical Research Program,

 

77

   

3.11  Issues in the Integration of Research and Operational Satellite Systems for Climate Research: I. Science and Design,

 

82

   

3.12  Issues in the Integration of Research and Operational Satellite Systems for Climate Research: II. Implementation,

 

87

 4

 

Short Reports

 

93

   

4.1  Review of Scientific Aspects of the NASA Triana Mission,

 

93

   

4.2  Continuing Assessment of Technology Development in NASA's Office of Space Science,

 

109

   

4.3  Scientific Assessment of Exploration of the Solar System—Science and Mission Strategy,

 

118

   

4.4  Review of NASA's Office of Space Science Strategic Plan 2000,

 

128

   

4.5  On Scientific Assessment of Options for the Disposition of the Galileo Spacecraft,

 

135

   

4.6  Interim Assessment of Research and Data Analysis in NASA's Office of Space Science,

 

142

 5

 

Congressional Testimony

 

146

   

5.1  Challenges and Opportunities in Life and Microgravity Sciences,

 

146

   

5.2  Issues and Opportunities in Space Science,

 

150

 6

 

Cumulative Bibliography

 

162

Suggested Citation:"Contents." National Research Council. 2001. Space Studies Board Annual Report 2000. Washington, DC: The National Academies Press. doi: 10.17226/10177.
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Space Studies Board Chairs

Lloyd V. Berkner, Graduate Research Center, Dallas, Texas, 1958–1962

Harry H. Hess, Princeton University, 1962–1969

Charles H. Townes, University of California at Berkeley, 1970–1973

Richard M. Goody, Harvard University, 1974–1976

A.G.W. Cameron, Harvard College Observatory, 1977–1981

Thomas M. Donahue, University of Michigan, 1982–1988

Louis J. Lanzerotti, American Telephone & Telegraph Co. Bell Laboratories, 1989–1994

Claude R. Canizares, Massachusetts Institute of Technology, 1994–2000

John H. McElroy, University of Texas at Arlington (retired), 2000 –

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