Skip to main content

On the NASA/SDIO Clementine Moon/Asteroid Mission Letter Report (1992) / Chapter Skim
Currently Skimming:

Letter Report
Pages 1-3

The Chapter Skim interface presents what we've algorithmically identified as the most significant single chunk of text within every page in the chapter.
Select key terms on the right to highlight them within pages of the chapter.


From page 1...
... has engaged NASA's participation in mission planning in a consultative role regarding potential science content of the mission. The Space Studies Board is the National Research Council's principal advisory body for civil space research.
Read the entire page →
From page 2...
... The Board notes that it would recommend a peer-reviewed approach to science team formation for flight programs in any of the other space research disciplines within its purview. In connection with the duties of a science team, the Board and committee recommend further that the Clementine mission incorporate plans and procedures for data archiving to provide data access by the scientific community at large.
Read the entire page →
From page 3...
... 1 National Academy of Sciences President detlev Bronk, June 26, 1958. 2 Assessment of Solar System Exploration Programs: 1991, Committee on Planetary and Lunar Exploration, Space Studies Board, National Academy Press, Washington, D.C., 1991, page 3.
Read the entire page →

Key Terms

  • science team
  • clementine mission
  • lunar exploration
  • space research
  • defense initiative

  • space science
  • hoc science
  • achievable science
  • science returns
  • potential science

  • expected science
  • science content
  • civil space
  • science return
  • deserving space

  • science teams
  • science strategies
  • perform space
  • scientific assessment
  • archiving scientific

  • scientific aspects
  • primary data
  • data archiving
  • defense mission
  • board recognize

  • ancillary data
  • principal advisory
  • past nasa
  • consultative role
  • flight programs


    • This material may be derived from roughly machine-read images, and so is provided only to facilitate research.
    More information on Chapter Skim is available.