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      The Role of Small Satellites in NASA and NOAA Earth Observation Programs

      National Research Council,Commission on Physical Sciences, Mathematics, and Applications,Space Studies Board,Committee on Earth Studies,Committee on Earth Studies

      Operational needs, such as weather forecasting, add a distinct set of requirements for continual and highly reliable monitoring of global conditions. This book confronts these diverse requirements and assesses how…

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      Microgravity Research in Support of Technologies for the Human Exploration and Development of Space and Planetary Bodies

      Committee on Microgravity Research, Space Studies Board, National Research Council

      "Support for this project was provided by Contract NASW 96013 between the National Academy of Sciences and the National Aeronautics and Space Administration"--T.p. verso.

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      The Human Exploration of Space

      National Research Council,Division on Engineering and Physical Sciences,Space Studies Board,Commission on Physical Sciences, Mathematics, and Applications,Committee on Human Exploration

      During 1988, the National Research Council’s Space Science Board reorganized itself to more effectively address NASA’s advisory needs. The Board’s scope was broadened: it was renamed the Space Studies Board…

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      Science Management in the Human Exploration of Space

      National Research Council,Division on Engineering and Physical Sciences,Space Studies Board,Commission on Physical Sciences, Mathematics, and Applications,Committee on Human Exploration

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      Issues in the Integration of Research and Operational Satellite Systems for Climate Research

      Committee on Earth Studies,Space Studies Board,Commission on Physical Sciences, Mathematics, and Applications,Division on Engineering and Physical Sciences,National Research Council

      NASA’s Earth Observing System (EOS), and potentially other NASA programs, were included in the converged program to provide new remote sensing and spacecraft technologies that could improve the operational capabilities…

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      Issues in the Integration of Research and Operational Satellite Systems for Climate Research: Science and Design Part I

      Commission on Physical Sciences, Mathematics, and Applications, Space Studies Board, Committee on Earth Studies, National Research Council, Division on Engineering and Physical Sciences

      Currently, the Departments of Defense (DOD) and Commerce (DOC) acquire and operate separate polarorbiting environmental satellite systems that collect data needed for military and civil weather forecasting. The National Performance…

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      Exploration of Near Earth Objects

      National Research Council,Division on Engineering and Physical Sciences,Space Studies Board,Commission on Physical Sciences, Mathematics, and Applications,Committee on Planetary and Lunar Exploration

      Comets and asteroids are in some sense the fossils of the solar system. They have avoided most of the drastic physical processing that shaped the planets and thus represent more…

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      A Science Strategy for the Exploration of Europa

      Committee on Planetary and Lunar Exploration,Commission on Physical Sciences, Mathematics, and Applications,Space Studies Board,Division on Engineering and Physical Sciences,National Research Council

      Since its discovery in 1610, Europa - one of Jupiter’s four large moons - has been an object of interest to astronomers and planetary scientists. Much of this interest stems…

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      Exploring the Trans-Neptunian Solar System

      Committee on Planetary and Lunar Exploration,Commission on Physical Sciences, Mathematics, and Applications,Space Studies Board,Division on Engineering and Physical Sciences,National Research Council

      In the last decade, our knowledge of the outer solar system has been transformed as a result of the Voyager 2 encounter with Neptune and its satellite Triton and from…

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      A Scientific Rationale for Mobility in Planetary Environments

      Committee on Planetary and Lunar Exploration,Commission on Physical Sciences, Mathematics, and Applications,Space Studies Board,Division on Engineering and Physical Sciences,National Research Council

      For the last several decades, the Committee on Planetary and Lunar Exploration (COMPLEX) has advocated a systematic approach to exploration of the solar system; that is, the information and understanding…

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      A New Science Strategy for Space Astronomy and Astrophysics

      National Research Council,Division on Engineering and Physical Sciences,Commission on Physical Sciences, Mathematics, and Applications,Board on Physics and Astronomy,Space Studies Board

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      Astronomy and Astrophysics in the New Millennium: Panel Reports

      Astronomy and Astrophysics Survey Committee,Board on Physics and Astronomy,Space Studies Board,National Research Council

      Humanity has always looked at the heavens in fascination, but we now have the tools to make precise observations. We have begun to seek answers to profound questions about the…

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      Federal Funding of Astronomical Research

      Committee on Astronomy and Astrophysics,Board on Physics and Astronomy,Space Studies Board,Commission on Physical Sciences, Mathematics, and Applications,Division on Engineering and Physical Sciences

      The Committee on Astronomy and Astrophysics (CAA), at its meeting on September 8, 1997, was briefed on the legislative report accompanying the bill to authorize appropriations for fiscal years 1998…

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      Astronomy and Astrophysics in the New Millennium

      Astronomy and Astrophysics Survey Committee,Board on Physics and Astronomy,Space Studies Board,National Research Council,National Academy of Sciences

      Offers recommendations for the programs in astronomy and astrophysics, including initiatives for observing the universe. With the goal of optimum value, in this book, a distinguished panel addresses the role…

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      Astronomy and Astrophysics in the New Millennium

      Astronomy and Astrophysics Survey Committee,Board on Physics and Astronomy,Space Studies Board,National Research Council,National Academy of Sciences

      Makes recommendations for the nation’s programs in astronomy and astrophysics. This work, including a number of initiatives for observing the universe, summarizes the science goals and recommended initiatives in a…

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      U.S.-Europe Collaboration in Space Science

      Committee on International Space Programs,National Research Council,European Space Science Committee,European Science Foundation,National Academy of Sciences

      Examines the space-based research across the Atlantic. This book, prepared jointly with the European Space Science Committee focuses on a set of 13 US-Europe missions that illustrate lessons learned on…

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