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Space science in the twenty-first century : imperatives for the decades 1995 to 2015 : report of the study steering group / Space Science Board, Commission on Physical Sciences, Mathematics, and Resources, National Research Council.
- Format:
- Book
- Author/Creator:
- National Research Council Staff, Corporate Author.
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Space sciences.
- Astronomy.
- Cosmic physics.
- Space biology.
- Planets--Exploration.
- Planets.
- Relativity (Physics).
- Physical Description:
- 1 online resource (106 p.)
- Edition:
- 1st ed.
- Place of Publication:
- Washington, D.C. : National Academy Press, 1988.
- Language Note:
- English
- Contents:
- Space Science in the Twenty-First Century: Imperatives for the Decades 1995 to 2015
- Copyright
- Preface
- Contents
- 1 Introduction
- 2 Earth Sciences: A Mission to Planet Earth
- BACKGROUND
- EARTH AS A GLOBAL SYSTEM
- SCIENTIFIC THEMES
- RECOMMENDED PROGRAM: POST-1995
- THE ROLE OF NASA IN EARTH SCIENCES
- NATIONAL COORDINATION
- CONCLUSIONS
- 3 Planetary and Lunar Exploration
- GOALS OF PLANETARY EXPLORATION
- ACHIEVEMENTS OF PLANETARY EXPLORATION
- FUTURE PLANETARY EXPLORATION-A BALANCED PLANETARY PROGRAM
- Prospective Pre-1995 Missions
- Recommended Program: Post-1995
- Terrestrial Planets
- Recommended Missions
- Outer Planets and Satellites
- Primitive Bodies
- Other Planetary Systems
- A Mars Focus
- CONCLUSION
- 4 Solar System Space Physics
- THE SUN, SOLAR PROCESSES, AND VARIABILITY
- THE SUN-EARTH SYSTEM, THE MAGNETOSPHERE, AND THE AURORA
- THE UPPER ATMOSPHERE
- MAGNETOSPHERES OF OTHER PLANETS AND COMETS
- CONNECTIONS OF SOLAR SYSTEM SPACE PHYSICS TO LABORATORY AND ASTROPHYSICAL PLASMAS
- NATURE OF THE FIELD
- CURRENT FLIGHT PROJECTS
- PROSPECTIVE PRE-1995 MISSIONS
- 5 Astronomy and Astrophysics
- MAJOR SCIENTIFIC QUESTIONS
- THE EVOLUTION OF SPACE ASTRONOMY
- Imaging Interferometer (Optical and Infrared)
- The Large Deployable Reflector (LDR)
- An 8-to 16-m Telescope for Ultraviolet, Optical, and Infrared Wavelengths
- X-Ray Instruments of Large Area and Throughput
- Gamma-Ray Telescopes
- Cosmic-Ray Research
- CROSS-LINKS WITH OTHER DISCIPLINES
- 6 Fundamental Physics and Chemistry: Relativistic Gravitation and Microgravity Science
- OVERVIEW.
- A. RELATIVISTIC GRAVITATION
- Background
- Tests of General Relativity Theory in Weak Fields
- Deflection of Light
- Gravitational Red Shift
- Relativistic Frame Dragging
- Principle of Equivalence
- Secular Change in the Gravitational Constant
- Gravitational Waves
- Pre-1995 Program for Relativistic Gravitation
- Recommended Program for Relativistic Gravitation: Post-1995
- B. MICROGRAVITY SCIENCE
- Observation of States in Equilibrium
- Observation of States Destroyed by Gravity
- States Far From Equilibrium
- Conclusions and Recommendations for Microgravity Science
- 7 Life Sciences
- LIFE SCIENCE GOALS AND MAJOR QUESTIONS
- Exobiology Goals
- Major Questions for Exobiology: 1995 to 2015
- Global Biology Goals
- Major Questions for Global Biology: 1995 to 2015
- Space Biology Goals
- Major Questions for Space Biology: 1995 to 2015
- Space Medicine Goal
- Major Questions for Space Medicine: 1995 to 2015
- Recommendations for Exobiology
- Recommendations for Global Biology
- Recommendations for Space Biology and Space Medicine
- Significance of Recommendations
- 8 Interdisciplinary Studies
- 9 Human Presence in Space
- SPACE AGE SCIENCE
- THE SCOPE OF HUMAN PRESENCE IN SPACE
- 10 International Cooperation
- 11 Preconditions and Infrastructure.
- Notes:
- Support for this project was provided by Contract NASW-3482 between the National Academy of Sciences and the National Aeronautics and Space Administration.
- ISBN:
- 9786610214846
- 9781280214844
- 1280214848
- 9780309573689
- 0309573688
- 9780585168371
- 0585168377
- OCLC:
- 568172022
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