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Space and Earth Science Issues from the November 29-30, 2007, Workshop on U.S. Civil Space Policy
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... Some of the sessions focused more than others on issues of interest to NASA's Science Mission Directorate and hence receive more attention in this report, because, as noted 2 National Research Council, Issues and Opportunities Regarding the U.S. Space Program: A Summary Report of a Workshop on National Space Policy, The National Academies Press, Washington, D.C., 2004.
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... One comment was that future decadal surveys need to include program managers and cost analysts in addition to scientists, as was done with the recent NRC study on the Beyond Einstein missions,6 to ensure more realistic predictions of what future missions might cost.7 Another comment 4 National Research Council, An Assessment of Balance in NASA's Science Programs, The National Academies Press, Washington, D.C., 2006, p.
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... The panel moderator emphasized that there is an imbalance between the size of the program and the resources that have been allocated and stated, "This train wreck has a probability of 100 percent." 8 This viewpoint was also noted the 2006 SSB Balance report. See National Research Council, An Assessment of Balance in NASA's Science Programs, The National Academies Press, Washington, D.C., 2006.
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... cut the instruments intended 12 See also National Research Council, Earth Science and Applications from Space: National Imperatives for the Next Decade and Beyond, The National Academies Press, Washington, D.C., 2007, and National Research Council, Satellite Observations of the Earth's Environment: Accelerating the Transition of Research to Operations, The National Academies Press, Washington, D.C., 2003.
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... Another participant expressed the viewpoint that, given the decline in Earth science funding in NASA over the past decade, the Earth science community is somewhat dysfunctional and may not be able to respond effectively to a major initiative in the new federal administration. In addition to discussions of Earth observation programs and the space program's potential geopolitical role, Day Two involved considerable discussion of how to maintain interest in the goals enunciated in the Vision.
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Key Terms

  • civil space
  • space policy
  • human spaceflight
  • earth science
  • national space

  • space science
  • chinese space
  • space exploration
  • spaceflight program
  • president george

  • commercial space
  • science issues
  • science programs
  • robotic exploration
  • recent nrc

  • decadal surveys
  • considerable discussion
  • base policies
  • beyond einstein
  • geopolitical role

  • opportunities regarding
  • human space
  • space studies
  • space shuttle
  • international space

  • space activities
  • space society
  • space infrastructure
  • space services
  • space programs


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