Solar and space physics and its role in space exploration / Committee on the Assessment of the Role of Solar and Space Physics in NASA's Space Exploration Iniative.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Committee on Assessment of the Role of Solar and Space Physics in NASA's Space Exploration Initiative, Corporate Author.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Astrophysics.

Outer space--Exploration.

Outer space.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (74 p.)

Edition:

1st ed.

Place of Publication:

Washington, DC : National Academies Press, c2004.

Language Note:

English

Summary:

In February 2004, the President announced a new goal for NASA; to use humans and robots together to explore the Moon, Mars, and beyond. In response to this initiative, NASA has adopted new exploration goals that depend, in part, on solar physics research. These actions raised questions about how the research agenda recommended by the NRC in its 2002 report, The Sun to the Earth and Beyond , which did not reflect the new exploration goals, would be affected. As a result, NASA requested the NRC to review the role solar and space physics should play in support of the new goals. This report presents the results of that review. It considers solar and space physics both as aspects of scientific exploration and in support of enabling future exploration of the solar system. The report provides a series of recommendations about NASA's Sun-Earth Connections program to enable it to meet both of those goals.

Contents:

COVER

FrontMatter

Foreword

Preface

Contents

Executive Summary

1 Introduction

2 Enabling Exploration of the Sun-Heliosphere- Planetary System

3 Implementation Strategy and Recommendations

Appendixes

A Statement of Task

B Sun-Earth Connection Missions and Exploration

C A Notional Science Research Agenda

D Biographies of Committee Members and Staff

E Acronyms.

Notes:

Bibliographic Level Mode of Issuance: Monograph

ISBN:

9786610175826

9780309165648

0309165644

9781280175824

1280175826

9780309546072

0309546079

OCLC:

57734960