Space Studies Board Annual Report 1996 (1997) / Chapter Skim
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2. Activities and Membership
2. Activities and Membership
Pages 7-30
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They addressed optimum phasing of SIRTF with respect to other Great Observatories, Internet access to astronaut biomedical data, NASA's solar system exploration roadmap, plans for the National Space Biomedical Research Institute, and mission options for NASA's sample return from Mars. These short reports are reprinted in full in Section 4.
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Alfonso Diaz, former head of the NASA Science Institute Planning Integration Team, on the final plan for establishing new science institutes at Johnson Space Center and several other NASA field centers. The second day of the meeting began with a NASA management panel consisting of Associate Administrators Wesley Huntress and Harry Holloway and Deputy Associate Administrator William Townsend.
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, Johnson Space Center (JSC) , Marshall Space Flight Center, and Goddard Space Flight Center.
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Appropriation report language specifically provided for "general transfer authority of up to $177 million" across the firewall that was to have shielded these resources from diversion to development costs. Although space station development managers argued that without adequate resources to build the station there would be nothing to utilize, the proposed transfer of these funds left the laboratory science programs with multiyear gaps in flight opportunities and potentially very late delivery of crucial outfitting such as the centrifuge and related equipment.
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Divided into major "guideline" sections for Civil, National Security, Commercial, and Intersector issues, the space researcher's attention is naturally drawn to the first. Here the policy provides for focusing R&D on "space science to enhance knowledge of the solar system, the universe, and fundamental natural and physical sciences; Earth observation to better understand global change and the effect of natural and human influences on the environment; human space flight to conduct scientific, commercial, and exploration activities; and space technologies and applications ...." The Civil section goes on to elaborate, endorsing the International Space Station, project demonstrations for next-generation launchers, space and Earth science, and technology.
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, a much smaller but exciting mission designed to vastly improve information about the location of cosmic gamma-ray bursters, fell prey to launch failure on the Pegasus-XL. Ominous signals continued to be heard about Russia's ability to meet agreed-on launch schedules for some of its key elements of the international space station.
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commissioned report of the Hubble Space Telescope and Beyond Committee. The following day, CAA co-chairs and members joined the TGSAA for its inaugural meeting and heard from NASA science theme directors Alan Bunner and Edward Weller about their need for a scientific strategy for space astronomy and astrophysics.
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Charles Kennel, associate administrator for MTPE, and Dr. Robert Price, from the MTPE division at Goddard Space Flight Center.
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Dr. Arnauld Nicogossian, deputy associate administrator for life and microgravity sciences and applications, provided an overview of international cooperation in these sciences, including discussions of the Spacelab and Space Station arrangements.
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Following the workshop, committee Chair Berrien Moore III and Study Director Pamela Whitney met with the NASA European Representative James Zimmerman at his office in Paris to discuss the joint study and the Strasbourg workshop. In addition, Mr.
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On the first day of the meeting the committee heard talks from representatives of Lewis Research Center, Marshall Space Flight Center, and the Jet Propulsion Laboratory on technology needs and potential technology contributions from the Microgravity research managed by each center. The committee received a status update from Microgravity Sciences and Applications Division Director Robert Rhome on the rephasing of space station science facilities development and of associated experiment flight opportunities, including a lengthy hiatus projected for all space flight of Microgravity experiments.
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Chair Ronald Greeley reviewed NASA's planetary exploration "roadmap" activity; two new Space Studies Board task groups- Issues in Mars Sample Return and Opportunities in Space Astronomy and Astrophysics; and the two COMPLEX reports currently in review—Lessons Learned from the Clementine Mission and Review of NASA's Planned Mars Program. This was followed by a general discussion about improving the committee's effectiveness.
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Chair Ronald Greeley welcomed the members and reported that the committee' s letter report, Scientific Assessment of NASA 's Solar System Exploration Roadmap, had been released on August 23. He also announced that the main purpose of the meeting was a comparison of NASA's planning for Mars sample return missions with recommendations in past Board reports.
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This was followed by a discussion with Dr. Harry Holloway, associate administrator of NASA's Office of Life and Microgravity Sciences and Applications, regarding the impact that the changing plans for space station utilization and facilities would have on the life sciences program.
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teen ended during 1996 COMMITTEE ON SOLAR AND SPACE PHYSICS The Committee on Solar and Space Physics and the Committee on Solar-Terrestrial Research held their spring meeting on March 12-15 at the Beckman Centerin Irvine, California. The committees spent the first day discussing how well solar physics goals during the next decade would be met by anticipated available ground-based instrumentation and associated human resources.
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He reported that the reorganization of NASA Headquarters was proceeding and that program implementation would be moving to Goddard Space Flight Center. The fate of the internal advisory committee structure at NASA, and in particular of the Mission Operation Working Groups (MOWGs)
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Dunng the last quarter, the committees also completed the space weather pnmer, which will be published on the World Wide Web; continued preparation for a potential study on the future of ground-based solar research; and conferred with NASA scientists on issues related to space weather hazards to the International Space Station. The committee's report An Assessment of the Solar and Space Physics Aspects of NASA's Space Science Enterprise Strategic Plan was approved by the NRC and moved to the editing and publication phase.
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One outside speaker, Dr. Harry Holloway, NASA associate administrator for life and microgravity sciences and applications, was invited to discuss NASA planning for a potential piloted Mars mission in 2018.
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The final report was presented to Space Studies Board for approval at its November meeting. TGISR Membership Kenneth H
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The task group also heard from Dr. Louis Walter, assistant director of Goddard Space Flight Center (GSFC)
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Swank, NASA Goddard Space Flight Center Paula Szkody, University of Washington
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Megan Urry, Space Telescope Science Institute Cosmology and Fundamental Physics Panel Membership Michael Hauser, Space Telescope Science Institute (panel chair) Elihu Boldt, NASA Goddard Space Flight Center Kenneth I
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Kahn, Columbia University Richard Kron, University of Chicago Yerkes Observatory John Mather, NASA Goddard Space Flight Center Marcia J Rieke, University of Arizona Steward Observatory David N
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Nealson, University of Wisconsin Mary Jane Osborn, University of Connecticut Health Center Norman R Pace, University of California at Berkeley Yvonne Pendleton, NASA Ames Research Center Beverly K
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