Assessment of mission size trade-offs for NASA's earth and space science missions / Ad Hoc Committee on the Assessment of Mission Size Trade-offs for Earth and Space Science Missions, Space Studies Board, Commission on Physical Sciences, Mathematics, and Applications, National Research Council.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

National Research Council (U.S.). Ad Hoc Committee on the Assessment of Mission Size Trade-offs for Earth and Space Science Missions.

Contributor:

United States. National Aeronautics and Space Administration.

Series:

Compass series.

Compass series

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

United States. National Aeronautics and Space Administration--Decision making.

United States.

Space sciences--Research--United States--Decision making.

Space sciences.

Earth sciences--Research--United States--Decision making.

Earth sciences.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (103 p.)

Edition:

1st ed.

Place of Publication:

Washington, D.C. : National Academy Press, c2000.

Language Note:

English

Summary:

Assessment of Mission Size Trade-offs for NASA's Earth and Space Science Missions addresses fundamental issues of mission architecture in the nation's scientific space program and responds to the FY99 Senate conference report, which requested that NASA commission a study to assess the strengths and weaknesses of small, medium, and large missions. This report evaluates the general strengths and weaknesses of small, medium, and large missions in terms of their potential scientific productivity, responsiveness to evolving opportunities, ability to take advantage of technological progress, and other factors that may be identified during the study; identifies which elements of the SSB and NASA science strategies will require medium or large missions to accomplish high-priority science objectives; and recommends general principles or criteria for evaluating the mix of mission sizes in Earth and space science programs. Assessment of Mission Size Trade-offs for NASA's Earth and Space Science Missions considers not only scientific, technological, and cost trade-offs, but also institutional and structural issues pertaining to the vigor of the research community, government-industry university partnerships, graduate student training, and the like.

Contents:

""Front Matter""; ""Preface""; ""Acknowledgments""; ""Contents""; ""Executive Summary""; ""1 Issues and Considerations in the Assessment of Mission Size Trade-offs in the Earth and Space Sciences""; ""2 Science Priorities and NASA Mission Plans""; ""3 Summary and Recommendations""; ""A Letter of Request from NASA to the Space Studies Board""; ""B Statement of Task""; ""C Information Sought from Space Studies Board Discipline Committees""; ""D Meeting Agenda""; ""E Material Provided by Space Studies Board Discipline Committees""; ""F Acronyms and Abbreviations""

""G Biographies of Committee Members""

Notes:

"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.

Includes bibliographical references.

ISBN:

9780309183710

0309183715

9780309516099

0309516099

OCLC:

923256721