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A Review of NASA’s 2006 Draft Science Plan: Letter Report
Appendix A Letter of Request for Study
National Aeronautics and Space Administration
Headquarters
Washington, D.C. 20854-0001
Reply to Attn of:
SMD/Management and Policy Division
APR 12 2006
Dr. Lennard A. Fisk
Chair
Space Studies Board
National Research Council
500 5th Street, N.W.
Washington, DC 20001
Dear Dr. Fisk:
NASA’s Science Missions Directorate (SMD) has begun development of a Science Plan to guide the Directorate’s implementation of the 2006 NASA Strategic Plan. We also intend that this document fulfill the requirement of the Congress in the 2005 NASA Authorization Act for a plan that identifies science and mission priorities as well as addresses a number of related topics specified in the legislation.
This Science Plan will serve much the same function for SMD as the Enterprise Strategy documents did for its predecessor organizations. We will also employ an analogous process in its development using community roadmaps based on decadal surveys as a starting point, and engaging science advisory groups and the Space Studies Board in review of the draft document.
We plan to have a draft Science Plan available for review by June 15. I request that the Space Studies Board conduct a review of this draft and provide its assessment and recommendations for how the draft might be improved. Comments in the following areas will be particularly helpful:
Responsiveness to National Research Council’s (NRC’s) recommendations in recent reports;
Attention to interdisciplinary aspects and overall scientific balance;
Utility to stakeholders in the scientific community; and
General readability and clarity of presentation.
Given the target date of mid-December for delivery of the Science Plan to Congress, it would be most useful if the Board’s comments were available by September 15. I would like to request that the NRC submit a proposal for execution of the proposed performance review by the Space Studies Board. Once agreement on the scope, cost and schedule of the proposed study has been achieved, the Contracting Officer will issue a task order for implementation. The technical point of contact for this study within SMD will be Mr. Greg Williams, who can be reached at (202) 358-0241, and gregory.j.williams@nasa.gov.
We greatly value the Board’s advice, and look forward to its help in crafting our Science Plan.
Sincerely,
{signed}
Mary L. Cleave
Associate Administrator for Science Mission Directorate
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A Review of NASA’s 2006 Draft Science Plan: Letter Report
Appendix A
Letter of Request for Study
National Aeronautics and Space Administration
Headquarters
Washington, D.C. 20854-0001
Reply to Attn of:
SMD/Management and Policy Division
APR 12 2006
Dr. Lennard A. Fisk
Chair
Space Studies Board
National Research Council
500 5th Street, N.W.
Washington, DC 20001
Dear Dr. Fisk:
NASA’s Science Missions Directorate (SMD) has begun development of a Science Plan to guide the Directorate’s implementation of the 2006 NASA Strategic Plan. We also intend that this document fulfill the requirement of the Congress in the 2005 NASA Authorization Act for a plan that identifies science and mission priorities as well as addresses a number of related topics specified in the legislation.
This Science Plan will serve much the same function for SMD as the Enterprise Strategy documents did for its predecessor organizations. We will also employ an analogous process in its development using community roadmaps based on decadal surveys as a starting point, and engaging science advisory groups and the Space Studies Board in review of the draft document.
We plan to have a draft Science Plan available for review by June 15. I request that the Space Studies Board conduct a review of this draft and provide its assessment and recommendations for how the draft might be improved. Comments in the following areas will be particularly helpful:
Responsiveness to National Research Council’s (NRC’s) recommendations in recent reports;
Attention to interdisciplinary aspects and overall scientific balance;
Utility to stakeholders in the scientific community; and
General readability and clarity of presentation.
Given the target date of mid-December for delivery of the Science Plan to Congress, it would be most useful if the Board’s comments were available by September 15. I would like to request that the NRC submit a proposal for execution of the proposed performance review by the Space Studies Board. Once agreement on the scope, cost and schedule of the proposed study has been achieved, the Contracting Officer will issue a task order for implementation. The technical point of contact for this study within SMD will be Mr. Greg Williams, who can be reached at (202) 358-0241, and gregory.j.williams@nasa.gov.
We greatly value the Board’s advice, and look forward to its help in crafting our Science Plan.
Sincerely,
{signed}
Mary L. Cleave
Associate Administrator for Science Mission Directorate
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