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... The Board notes that a broadly based selection process that includes peer review has served the science community very well in the past; it has helped NASA accomplish its goals, while assuring fair competition and the best possible science. As a result, although the Board and committee appreciate your efforts to act expeditiously and streamline the procurement process, it is recommended that future OEXP review and selection processes promote and actively facilitate the widest possible community participation.
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... 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. 3 Reference 2, page 3.
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... In particular, Orbiter Mission 1 would address COMPLEX's highest-priority goal for lunar exploration, to "determine the chemistry of the lunar surface on both a global and regional scale." 5 The committee has some concerns, however, about instrumentation proposed to perform these observations. The LPI report states that the instrument of choice is a "gamma-ray/neutron spectrometer with a germanium detector." COMPLEX concurs with this preference but disagrees with the report's subsequent advice that "if development concerns arise regarding this detector, we recommend use of a NaI detector with subsequent flight of a germanium system." 6 Because the spectral resolution of the germanium detector is far superior to that of the NaI detector, COMPLEX recommends that OEXP fly a germanium detector, even at the expense of a modest launch delay.
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... 1 Strategy for Exploration of the Inner Planets: 1977-1987, Committee on Planetary and Lunar Exploration, Space Science Board, National Academy of Sciences, Washington, D.C., 1978. 2 1990 Update to Strategy for Exploration of the Inner Planets, Committee on Planetary and Lunar Exploration, Space Studies Board, National Academy Press, Washington, D.C., 1990 3 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.
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