Review of NASA's aerospace technology enterprise : an assessment of NASA's Aeronautics Technology Programs / Committee for the Review of NASA's Revolutionize Aviation Program, Aeronautics and Space Engineering Board, Division on Engineering and Physical Sciences, National Research Council of the National Academies.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

National Research Council (U.S.). Committee for the Review of NASA's Revolutionize Aviation Program.

Contributor:

National Research Council (U.S.). Aeronautics and Space Engineering Board.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

United States. National Aeronautics and Space Administration. Aeronautics Technology Programs.

United States.

Astronautics--Technological innovations--United States.

Astronautics.

Astronautics--Research--United States.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (144 p.)

Edition:

1st ed.

Other Title:

Aerospace technology enterprise

Assessment of NASA's Aeronautics Technology Programs

Place of Publication:

Washington, D.C. : National Academies Press, c2004.

Summary:

The National Research Council (NRC) of the National Academies was asked by NASA and the Office of Management and Budget to perform an assessment of NASA's Aerospace Technology Enterprise. The first such review, which began in early 2002, examined Pioneering Revolutionary Technology (now known as Mission and Science Measurement Technology). The assessment presented here, of the Aeronautics Technology Programs, began in early 2003 and is the second in the review series. The Aeronautics Technology Programs has three components: the Vehicle Systems Program, the Airspace Systems Program, and the Aviation Safety Program. To conduct this review, the NRC established three panels, one for each of the component programs. The NRC also established a parent committee, consisting of the chairman and a subset of members from each panel. The committee and panels comprised a cross-section of experts from industry, academia, and government and included senior-level managers and researchers in the aeronautics field. Biographical information on the committee and panel members is found in Appendix A. Review of NASA's Aerospace Technology Enterprise: An Assessment of NASA's Aeronautics Technology Programs contains the committee's assessment of the Aeronautics Technology Programs. Chapter 1 presents a top-level assessment, and Chapters 2 through 4 provide the assessments of the Vehicle Systems Program, the Airspace Systems Program, and the Aviation Safety Program, respectively.

Contents:

FrontMatter

Preface

Acknowledgment of Reviewers

Contents

Tables and Figures

Executive Summary

1 Top-Level Assessment

2 Assessment of the Vehicle Systems Program

3 Assessment of the Airspace Systems Program

4 Assessment of the Aviation Safety Program

Appendixes

A Committee and Panel Member Biographies

B Statement of Task

C Committee and Panel Activities

D National Research Council Questionnaire

E List of Tasks in NASA's Aeronautics Technology Research Portfolio

F Abbreviations and Acronyms.

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references.

ISBN:

9786610176571

9781280176579

1280176571

9780309594295

0309594294

OCLC:

57032244