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      Thriving on Our Changing Planet

      National Academies of Sciences, Engineering, and Medicine, Division on Engineering and Physical Sciences, Space Studies Board, Commitee on the Review of Progress Toward Implementing the Decadal Survey-Thriving on Our Changing Planet: A Decadal Strategy for Earth Observation from Space

      In 2018, the National Academies released Thriving on Our Changing Planet: A Decadal Strategy for Earth Observation from Space. The decadal survey identified key science questions and prioritized observational needs…

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      Assessment of the NASA Astrobiology Institute

      Committee on the Review of the NASA Astrobiology Institute,National Research Council

      In 1997, NASA established an Astrobiology program (the NASA Astrobiology Institute - NAI) as a result of a series of results from solar system exploration. This book presents an evaluation…

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      Review of Goals and Plans for NASA’s Space and Earth Sciences

      National Research Council,Division on Engineering and Physical Sciences,Space Studies Board,Panel on Review of NASA Science Strategy Roadmaps

      Provides a review of six science strategy roadmaps: robotic and human exploration of Mars; solar system exploration; universe exploration; search for earth-like planets; earth science and applications from space; and…

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      Review of NASA Plans for the International Space Station

      National Research Council,Division on Engineering and Physical Sciences,Space Studies Board,Review of NASA Strategic Roadmaps: Space Station Panel,National Academy of Sciences

      Focuses on NASA’s plan for the ISS. This report provides advice on programmatic issues that NASA is likely to face as it attempts to develop an ISS utilization plan. It…

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      Assessment of NASA’s Mars Architecture 2007-2016

      National Research Council,Division on Engineering and Physical Sciences,Space Studies Board,Committee to Review the Next Decade Mars Architecture,National Academy of Sciences

      Is the Mars architecture reflective of the strategies, priorities, and guidelines put forward by the National Research Council’s solar system exploration decadal survey and related science strategies and NASA plans…

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      Near-Earth Object Surveys and Hazard Mitigation Strategies: Interim Report

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

      This study is based on work supported by the contract NNH06CE15B between the National Academy of Sciences and the National Aeronautics and Space Administration –T.p. verso.

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      Assessment of Planetary Protection Requirements for Mars Sample Return Missions

      Committee on the Review of Planetary Protection Requirements for Mars Sample Return Missions,National Research Council

      NASA maintains a planetary protection policy to avoid the forward biological contamination of other worlds by terrestrial organisms, and back biological contamination of Earth from the return of extraterrestrial materials…

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      The Atacama Large Millimeter Array: Implications of a Potential Descope

      National Research Council,Division on Engineering and Physical Sciences,Space Studies Board,Board on Physics and Astronomy,Committee on Astronomy and Astrophysics

      Presents an assessment of the effect of downsizing on technical performance specifications, performance degradation, and the ability to perform transformational science, and of the minimum number of antennas needed.

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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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      Thriving in Space

      National Academies of Sciences, Engineering, and Medicine, Division on Engineering and Physical Sciences, Aeronautics and Space Engineering Board, Space Studies Board, Committee on Biological and Physical Sciences Research in Space 2023-2032

      Research in biological and physical sciences in space provides the critical scientific and technological foundations that make space exploration possible. As humanity looks towards the Moon and Mars for future…

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      Recapturing a Future for Space Exploration: Life and Physical Sciences Research for a New Era

      Committee for the Decadal Survey on Biological and Physical Sciences in Space,National Research Council

      More than four decades have passed since a human first set foot on the Moon. Great strides have been made in our understanding of what is required to support an…

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      Life and Physical Sciences Research for a New Era of Space Exploration: An Interim Report

      Committee for the Decadal Survey on Biological and Physical Sciences in Space,Space Studies Board,National Research Council

      In response to requests from Congress, NASA asked the National Research Council to undertake a decadal survey of life and physical sciences in microgravity. Developed in consultation with members of…

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      Twenty-Third Symposium on Naval Hydrodynamics

      Division on Engineering and Physical Sciences,National Research Council,Naval Studies Board

      Vive la Revolution! was the theme of the Twenty-Third Symposium on Naval Hydrodynamics held in Val de Reuil, France, from September 17-22, 2000 as more than 140 experts in ship…

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      Assessment of Mars Science and Mission Priorities

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

      Within the Office of Space Science of the National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA) special importance is attached to exploration of the planet Mars, because it is the most like…

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      A Performance Assessment of NASA’s Heliophysics Program

      Committee on Heliophysics Performance Assessment,National Research Council

      Since the 1990s, the pace of discovery in the field of solar and space physics has accelerated, largely owing to NASA investments in its Heliophysics Great Observatory fleet of spacecraft…

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      Assessment of Directions in Microgravity and Physical Sciences Research at NASA

      Committee on Microgravity Research,Space Studies Board,Division on Engineering and Physical Sciences,National Research Council,National Academy of Sciences

      For many years, the NASA microgravity program has used space as a tool to study fundamental flow phenomena that are important to fields ranging from combustion science to biotechnology. This…

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      Stepping-Stones to the Future of Space Exploration: A Workshop Report

      National Research Council,Division on Engineering and Physical Sciences,Aeronautics and Space Engineering Board,National Research Council,National Academy of Sciences

      NASAaEURO ™s Human Exploration and Development of Space (HEDS) program within the Office of Space Flight has proposed a new framework for space technology and systems developmentaEURO Advanced Systems, Technology…

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      Science in NASA’s Vision for Space Exploration

      National Research Council,Division on Engineering and Physical Sciences,Space Studies Board,Committee on the Scientific Context for Space Exploration

      In June 2004, the President’s Commission issued a report recommending that NASA ask the National Research Council (NRC) to reevaluate space science priorities. The Congress also directed the NRC to…

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      Plasma Physics of the Local Cosmos

      Committee on Solar and Space Physics,National Research Council,National Academy of Sciences

      To help define and systematize the universal aspects of the field of space physics, the National Research Council was asked by NASA’s Office of Space Science to provide a scientific…

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      Steps to Facilitate Principal-Investigator-Led Earth Science Missions

      Committee on Earth Studies,Space Studies Board,Division on Engineering and Physical Sciences,National Research Council,National Academy of Sciences

      Principal-investigator (PI) Earth science missions are projects involving relatively small spacecraft. To help NASA’s Office of Earth Science determine how best to address the challenges related to such missions, the…

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      Vision and Voyages for Planetary Science in the Decade 2013-2022

      Committee on the Planetary Science Decadal Survey,National Research Council

      ‘In recent years, planetary science has seen a tremendous growth in new knowledge. Deposits of water ice exist at the Moon’s poles. Discoveries on the surface of Mars point to…

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      FORCEnet Implementation Strategy

      National Research Council,Division on Engineering and Physical Sciences,Naval Studies Board,Committee on the FORCEnet Implementation Strategy

      FORCEnet is currently defined as the operational construct and architectural framework for naval warfare in the information age that integrates warriors, sensors, networks, command and control, platforms, and weapons into…

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      Sharing the Adventure with the Public: The Value and Excitement of ‘Grand Questions’ of Space Science and Exploration: Summary of a Workshop

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      On November 8-10, 2010, the National Research Council’s Space Studies Board (SSB) held a public workshop on how NASA and its associated science and exploration communities communicate with the public…

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      A Strategy for Research in Space Biology and Medicine into the Next Century

      Committee on Space Biology and Medicine,National Research Council,National Academy of Sciences

      Provides a review of ground-based and space research in eleven disciplines, ranging from bone physiology to plant biology. This book offers recommendations for research. It is useful as a reference…

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      Strategy for the Detection and Study of Other Planetary Systems and Extrasolar Planetary Materials: 1990-2000

      Committee on Planetary and Lunar Exploration,Space Studies Board,National Research Council

      Addresses a different opportunity in the planetary sciences - to extend our exploration outward to discover and study planetary systems that may have formed or are forming around other stars.

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      The Global Positioning System: A Shared National Asset

      Aeronautics and Space Engineering Board,National Research Council

      The Global Positioning System (GPS) is a satellite-based navigation system that was originally designed for the US military. This book identifies technical improvements that would enhance military, civilian, and commercial…

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      Revitalizing NASA’s Suborbital Program: Advancing Science, Driving Innovation, and Developing a Workforce

      Committee on NASA's Suborbital Research Capabilities,National Research Council

      Suborbital flight activities, including the use of sounding rockets, aircraft, high-altitude balloons, and suborbital reusable launch vehicles, offer valuable opportunities to advance science, train the next generation of scientists and…

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      The Quarantine and Certification of Martian Samples

      National Research Council,Division on Engineering and Physical Sciences,Space Studies Board,Committee on Planetary and Lunar Exploration,National Academy of Sciences

      Samples of Martian soil, rocks, and atmosphere are expected to be returned to Earth as early as 2015, so in 1999 the Committee of Planetary and Lunar Exploration of the…

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      Gravitational Physics: Exploring the Structure of Space and Time

      National Research Council

      Identifies the opportunities for research in Gravitational Physics and describes the resources necessary to realize those opportunities. This book examines topics such as gravitational waves and their detection, classical and…

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      Grading NASA’s Solar System Exploration Program: A Midterm Review

      Committee on Assessing the Solar System Exploration Program,National Research Council

      NASA had requested the NRC to review the progress the Planetary Exploration Division has made in implementing recommendations from previous, relevant NRC studies. This book provides an assessment of NASA’s…

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      The Sun to the Earth, and Beyond: A Decadal Research Strategy in Solar and Space Physics

      Solar and Space Physics Survey Committee,Space Studies Board,Division on Engineering and Physical Sciences,National Research Council

      While various accomplishments have answered important questions about the physics of the Sun, the interplanetary medium, and the space environments of Earth and other solar system bodies, they have also…

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      Launching Science: Science Opportunities Provided by NASA’s Constellation System

      Committee on Science Opportunities Enabled by NASA's Constellation System,National Research Board

      The National Research Council (NRC) committee evaluated a total of 17 mission concepts for space science missions. Of those, the committee determined that 12 would benefit from the Constellation System…

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      Review of the Space Communications Program of NASA’s Space Operations Mission Directorate

      Committee to Review NASA's Space Communications Program,National Research Council,National Academy of Sciences

      The Space Communications Office (SCO) at NASA has two primary roles. The first is to manage two of the communications networks that enable spaceflight operations and research, and the second…

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      Reusable Booster System: Review and Assessment

      National Research Council,Division on Engineering and Physical Sciences,Aeronautics and Space Engineering Board,Committee for the Reusable Booster System: Review and Assessment

      On June 15, 2011, the Air Force Space Command established a new vision, mission, and set of goals to ensure continued U.S. dominance in space and cyberspace mission areas. Subsequently…

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      Approaches to Future Space Cooperation and Competition in a Globalizing World: Summary of a Workshop

      National Research Council

      Numerous countries and regions now have very active space programs, and the number is increasing. These maturing capabilities around the world create a plethora of potential partners for cooperative space…

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      Twenty-First Symposium on Naval Hydrodynamics

      Naval Studies Board,National Research Council,National Academy of Sciences

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      Controlling Cost Growth of NASA Earth and Space Science Missions

      Committee on Cost Growth in NASA Earth and Space Science Missions,National Research Council

      Cost and schedule growth is a problem experienced by many types of projects in many fields of endeavor. Based on prior studies of cost growth in NASA and Department of…

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      Exploration of the Outer Heliosphere and the Local Interstellar Medium: A Workshop Report

      Committee on Solar and Space Physics,National Research Council,National Academy of Sciences

      A report that presents the summary of a workshop held in May 2003 by the Space Studies Board’s Committee on Solar and Space Physics to synthesize understanding of the physics…

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      The Astrophysical Context of Life

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

      The Space Studies Board requested the Committee on the Origins and Evolution of Life, to examine ways to augment and integrate astronomy and astrophysics into the Astrobiology program. This report…

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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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      Post-Cold War Conflict Deterrence

      Naval Studies Board,National Research Council,National Academy of Sciences

      Examines the meaning of deterrence and identifies key elements of a post-Cold War deterrence strategy and the critical issues in devising such a strategy. This book identifies the quantitative and…

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      Assessing the Research and Development Plan for the Next Generation Air Transportation System: Summary of a Workshop

      Deborah A. Boehm-Davis,National Research Council

      On April 1-2, 2008, a workshop was held at the National Academies to gather reactions to the research and development aspects of the Joint Planning and Development Office’s baseline Integrated…

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      Preventing the Forward Contamination of Mars

      National Research Council,Division on Engineering and Physical Sciences,Space Studies Board,Committee on Preventing the Forward Contamination of Mars,National Academy of Sciences

      Discusses policies, requirements, and techniques to protect Mars from organisms originating on Earth that could interfere with scientific investigations. This report provides recommendations on cleanliness and biological burden levels of…

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      Space Science and the International Traffic in Arms Regulations: Summary of a Workshop

      National Research Council

      Presents a summary of the workshop discussions including those on perspectives on developments and implementation of ITAR; overarching issues; problems arising from ITAR’s implementation; and, opportunities for near-term actions and…

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      Portals to the Universe: The NASA Astronomy Science Centers

      Committee on NASA Astronomy Science Centers,National Research Council,National Academy of Sciences

      The astronomy science centers established by the National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA) to serve as the interfaces between astronomy missions and the community of scientists who utilize the data…

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      3D Printing in Space

      National Research Council,Division on Engineering and Physical Sciences,National Materials and Manufacturing Board,Aeronautics and Space Engineering Board,Committee on Space-Based Additive Manufacturing

      Additive manufacturing has the potential to positively affect human spaceflight operations by enabling the in-orbit manufacture of replacement parts and tools, which could reduce existing logistics requirements for the International…

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      Future Materials Science Research on the International Space Station

      Commission on Engineering and Technical Systems,National Materials Advisory Board,Division on Engineering and Physical Sciences,National Research Council,National Academy of Sciences

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      Toward New Partnerships in Rem

      Steering Committee On Space Ap

      The technical, scientific, policy, and institutional environment for conducting Earth science research has been changing rapidly over the past few decades. Changes in the technical environment are due both to…

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