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      Satellite Observations of the Earth’s Environment: Accelerating the Transition of Research to Operations

      Committee on NASA-NOAA Transition from Research to Operations,National Research Council

      This report examines the NASA-NOAA research-to-operations transition process and provides recommendations for improvements that will lead to more rapid and efficient interagency transitions.

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      An Assessment of Space Shuttle Flight Software Development Processes

      Committee for Review of Oversight Mechanisms for Space Shuttle Flight Software Processes,Aeronautics and Space Engineering Board,National Research Council,National Academy of Sciences

      Evaluates the safety, oversight, and management functions that are implemented in the Space Shuttle program to ensure that the software is of the highest quality possible. This work makes numerous…

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      Safe on Mars: Precursor Measurements Necessary to Support Human Operations on the Martian Surface

      Committee on Precursor Measurements Necessary to Support Human Operations on the Surface of Mars,National Research Council,Division on Engineering and Physical Sciences,Space Studies Board,Aeronautics and Space Engineering Board

      This study, commissioned by the National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA), examines the role of robotic exploration missions in assessing the risks to the first human missions to Mars. Only…

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      Government/Industry/Academic Relationships for Technology Development: A Workshop Report

      National Research Council,Division on Engineering and Physical Sciences,Aeronautics and Space Engineering Board,Steering Committee for Workshops on Issues of Technology Development for Human and Robotic Exploration and Development of Space,National Academy of Sciences

      To assist in the development of a framework for future space flight capabilities, NASA asked the National Research Council to convene workshops on technology policy issues concerning the relationship of…

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      Utilization of Operational Environmental Satellite Data: Ensuring Readiness for 2010 and Beyond

      National Research Council,Division on Earth and Life Studies,Board on Atmospheric Sciences and Climate,Division on Engineering and Physical Sciences,Aeronautics and Space Engineering Board

      The system of satellites in place to provide environmental data-data to monitor events such as forest fires and floods; to make weather predictions; and to assess crops, transportation impacts, fisheries…

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      Uninhabited Air Vehicles: Enabling Science for Military Systems

      Committee on Materials, Structures, and Aeronautics for Advanced Uninhabited Air Vehicles,Commission on Engineering and Technical Systems,National Research Council,National Academy of Sciences

      States that US Air Force (USAF) planners have envisioned that uninhabited air vehicles (UAVs), working in concert with inhabited vehicles, will become an integral part of the future force structure…

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      Technology Pathways: Assessing the Integrated Plan for a Next Generation Air Transportation System

      National Research Council,Division on Engineering and Physical Sciences,Aeronautics and Space Engineering Board,Committee on Technology Pathways: Assessing the Integrated Plan for a Next Generation Air Transportation System,National Academy of Sciences

      Provides a review of the vision and goals, the operational concepts, and the R&D roadmap developed by the NGATS Integrated Plan. This report presents an analysis of the Joint Planning…

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      Defending Planet Earth: Near-Earth Object Surveys and Hazard Mitigation Strategies

      Committee to Review Near-Earth Object Surveys and Hazard Mitigation Strategies,Space Studies Board,National Research Council

      The United States spends approximately $4 million each year searching for near-Earth objects (NEOs). The objective is to detect those that may collide with Earth. The majority of this funding…

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      A Risk Reduction Strategy for Human Exploration of Space: A Review of NASA’s Bioastronautics Roadmap

      Board on Health Sciences Policy,Committee on Review of NASA's Bioastronautics Roadmap,National Research Council,Aeronautics and Space Engineering Board,Space Studies Board

      A Risk Reduction Strategy for Human Exploration of Space: A Review of NASA’s Bioastronautics Roadmap (2006)

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      Review of NASA’s Aerospace Technology Enterprise: An Assessment of NASA’s Pioneering Revolutionary Technology Program

      Committee for the Review of NASA's Pioneering Revolutionary Technology(PRT)Program,Aeronautics and Space Engineering Board,Division on Engineering and Physical Sciences,National Research Council,National Academy of Sciences

      The Committee for the Review of NASA’s Pioneering Revolutionary Technology (PRT) Program and its three supporting panels were charged by the National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA) with assessing the…

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      Low-altitude Wind Shear and Its Hazard to Aviation: Report of the Committee on Low-Altitude Wind Shear and Its Hazard to Aviation : a Joint Study [by] Commission on Engineering and Technical Systems …[et Al.]

      Committee on Low-Altitude Wind Shear and Its Hazard to Aviation,Aeronautics and Space Engineering Board,Atmospheric Sciences and Climate Board,National Research Council,Bruce R. Guile

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      Advanced Power Sources for Space Missions

      Committee on Advanced Space Based High Power Technologies,Energy Engineering Board,National Research Council,National Academy of Sciences

      Star Wars - as the Strategic Defense Initiative (SDI) is dubbed - will require reliable sources of immense amounts of energy to power such advanced weapons as lasers and particle…

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      Opportunities for High-Power, High-Frequency Transmitters to Advance Ionospheric/Thermospheric Research: Report of a Workshop

      National Research Council,Division on Engineering and Physical Sciences,Space Studies Board,Committee on the Role of High-Power, High-Frequency-Band Transmitters in Advancing Ionospheric/Thermospheric Research: A Workshop

      Presents the summary of a workshop convened by the Space Studies Board of the National Research Council in May 2013.

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