Assessment of Technology Development in NASA's Office of Space Science (1998) / Chapter Skim
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Advances in the use of lightweight structures, autonomous navigation, precision pointing, electronic component miniaturization, detector development, and data compression, for example, have application not only to space science missions but also to those pertaining to other NASA enterprises. It would be fiscally irresponsible to allow separate, overlapping technology development programs in such fields.
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In the past, NASA has relied on the "smart-buyer" argument for maintaining many of these technology development activities even when they may have been available externally. Neither the concept of core technology nor NASA's budget constraints should be invoked simply to support the continuation of past practice.
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The ~ 995 NRC report made it clear that management of the technology selection process, including make-vs.-buy decisions, should be retained at headquarters. The selection process for near-term technologies for particular missions can be delegated to the Centers when they are not competing for the technology development activities.
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Space Studies Board and Aeronautics and Space Engineering Board. Committee on the Future of Space Science.
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