On the Utilization of the Space Station Letter Report (1994) / Chapter Skim
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Over the past decade or so, the Space Studies Board has issued a series of statements concerning scientific utilization of a space station .1 Two consistent themes appear throughout the Board's positions on the subject. First, there are national considerations for building a space station other than scientific research: to enhance international leadership and prestige, to stimulate the nation's educational achievement and the U.S.
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The committees recommend that, in order to promote scientific progress over the decade of ISSA construction, NASA should consider additional shuttle flights dedicated to scientific payloads. q ISSA Scientific Research Capability: Substantial progress has been made in defining an international space station that can, the committees believe, provide an effective laboratory for research in microgravity and life sciences in space if a number of remaining concerns are addressed.
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The present plans of OLMSA to maintain research during this period, while commendable, should be strengthened; a more ambitious plan for science over the interim decade leading to full ISSA utilization should be developed and matched with appropriate budgetary resources. Therefore, to continue the advance of microgravity and life sciences, the committees recommend that additional Shuttle flights be dedicated to scientific payloads in order to promote scientific progress over the decade prior to full ISSA capability.
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These may be addressed in studies by the National Research Council's Committee on Space Station of the Aeronautics and Space Engineering Board. The CMGR and CSBM believe, however, that in designing the space station to be suitable for life sciences and microgravity research, NASA has recognized and potentially overcome many significant environment, resource, and scientific problems.
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Senate Subcommittee on Science, Technology, and Space, Commerce Committee, April 16, 1991; Letter to NASA Associate Administrator for Space Systems Development Arnold Aldrich, March 30, 1992; Letter to NASA Administrator Daniel Goldin, February 25, 1994. 2 The National Research Council's Aeronautics and Space Engineering Board has issued a series of advisory letters and reports on engineering-related aspects of the space station program, viz: National Research Council, Space Station Engineering and Technology Development, National Academy Press, Washington, D.C., 1985; National Research Council, Space Station Engineering Design Issues, National Academy Press, Washington, D.C., 1989; and Committee on Space Station, Letter to NASA Administrator Daniel Goldin, May 6, 1993.
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Gibbons conveyed his personal observations of that review. Last update 8/29/00 at 11:28 am Site managed by Anne Simmons, Space Studies Board Site managed by the SSB Web Group.
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