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... R&A and DA programs are the subject of this report and are grouped for convenience under the heading of research and data analysis (R&DA) .~ Although there has been relatively widespread agreement about the importance of R&DA within the scientific community, senior agency managers and key decision makers outside NASA often have found the roles filled by these programs difficult to articulate and to prioritize.
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... The statement of task for the study identified a number of areas that would be appropriate topics for review. These included evolution of the character of R&DA projects; evolution of the relative roles of universities and NASA centers in R&DA programs; the relationship between R&DA, advanced technology development, and MO&DA programs; characteristics of R&DA projects judged to be successful in supporting a smaller, faster, cheaper approach to flight missions; assessment of the expectations for R&DA in different NASA science offices; management issues for R&DA; and options for strengthening the program in the current NASA environment.
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... In Chapter 6, the task group's conclusions are framed in terms of a set of strategic principles, an overarching finding that emerges from the study, and a set of six recommendations to NASA regarding the management of R&DA programs in the three science offices. These six recommendations cover the following areas: 1.
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... 2National Research Council (NRC) , Space Studies Board, "On NASA Field Center Science and Scientists," letter to NASA Chief Scientist France Cordova, March 29, 1995; NRC, Space Studies Board and the Committee on Space Biology and Medicine, "On Peer Review in NASA Life Sciences Programs," letter to Dr.
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... Participation in the Research and Data Analysis Programs Finding: The task group recognizes that university-based instrument development projects led by principal investigators (PIs) can provide important training and versatility for graduate students in NASA-funded sciences.
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... These data should be gathered and reported annually and used to inform regular evaluations of R&DA activities (Recommendations 1 and 2~. One approach would be to itemize the following elements in the budget: theoretical investigations; new instrument development; exploratory or supporting groundbased and suborbital research; interpretation of data from individual or multiple space missions; management of data; support of U.S.
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