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Appendix B Previous Space Studies Board Report Findings and Recommendations on Principal-Investigator-Led Missions
Pages 81-87

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... 22) Roles and Steps to Facilitate Responsibilities "Recommendation: NASA's Earth Science Enterprise should explicitly recognize that Principal-Investigator mission success is a combined responsibility of the PI team and NASA and should Led Earth Science establish project management plans, organizations, and processes that reflect an Missions, 2003 appropriate split, not a sharing, of authority, with the PI taking the lead in defining and maintaining overall mission integrity." (p.
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From page 82...
... In particular, the transition to smaller cost-constrained projects during the Led Earth Science 1990s and the contraction and aging of the space industry workforce have affected Missions, 2003 project success.These problems should not be attributed to flaws in the PI-mode process, but rather applied as general lessons for all small-mission projects. Recommendation: NASA's Earth Science Enterprise should establish management processes for PI-led missions that emphasize understanding all PI-led and non-PI-led mission issues and the inclusion of appropriate lessons learned from both types of missions." (p.
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From page 83...
... 3) "Finding 5: The current operation and management styles of the SMEX program -- Scientific Assessment including mutually beneficial cooperation between NASA and non-NASA participants, of NASA's SMEX-MIDEX reduction of documentation, and flexibility in that class -- are fostering opportunities Space Physics Mission for excellent, high-priority science." (pp.
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From page 84...
... Led Earth Science Recommendation: NASA's Earth Science Enterprise should explicitly nurture and Missions, 2003 coordinate technology feeder programs -- such as the Instrument Incubator Program and the Office of Aerospace Technology's Missions and Science Measurement Technology Program -- that develop technologies with potential application to PI-led missions. A quantitative assessment of the anticipated flow of technology through the technology readiness level chain would help guide this effort." (p.
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From page 85...
... 5) Relating to Mission Selection and "Recommendation: NASA's Earth Science Enterprise should clearly specify within the Execution, continued solicitation for a PI-led mission the extent to which scientific investigation and data analysis are expected to be included in the initial mission project budget, as well as the anticipated plans and budget for additional postlaunch science investigations.
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From page 86...
... Led Earth Science Recommendation: NASA's Earth Science Enterprise should consider enlarging the pool Missions, 2003 of possible reviewers of PI-led missions by adding qualified international scientists (if feasible given current International Traffic in Arms Regulations constraints) and scientists from the space science community.
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From page 87...
... 2) International "Recommendation: NASA's Earth Science Enterprise should recognize not only the Steps to Facilitate Collaboration benefits but also the risks of having domestic and international partners in a PI-led Principal-Investigator mission program.The mission solicitation should identify the need for processes by Led Earth Science which both the PI team and the NASA office ensure that partnering agreements are Missions, 2003 completed early in the formulation phase, that definition of an interface is given high priority, and that the management decision chain is clear and is understood by all parties." (p.
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Key Terms

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  • explorer program
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  • science community
  • led earth

  • mission selection
  • science objectives
  • space physics
  • selection official
  • complete mission

  • physics mission
  • scientific assessment
  • mission sizes
  • scientific investigation
  • explorer missions

  • meeting science
  • management processes
  • flight rate
  • explorer mission
  • mission program

  • space mission
  • mission project
  • facilitate collaboration
  • science performed
  • anticipated plans

  • led missions
  • remedial review
  • formulation phase
  • measurement technology
  • termination review


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