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Science opportunities enabled by NASA's constellation system : interim report / Committee on Science Opportunities Enabled by NASA's Constellation System, Space Studies Board, Aeronautics and Space Engineering Board, Division on Engineering and Physical Sciences, National Research Council.
- Format:
- Book
- Author/Creator:
- National Research Council (U.S.). Committee on Science Opportunities Enabled by NASA's Constellation System.
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Space sciences--Research--United States.
- Space sciences.
- Space vehicles--Research--United States.
- Space vehicles.
- United States. National Aeronautics and Space Administration--Research.
- United States.
- Physical Description:
- 1 online resource (70 p.)
- Edition:
- 1st ed.
- Place of Publication:
- Washington, D.C. : National Academies Press, c2008.
- Language Note:
- English
- Summary:
- To begin implementation of the Vision for Space Exploration (recently renamed United States Space Exploration Policy), NASA has begun development of new launch vehicles and a human-carrying spacecraft that are collectively called the Constellation System. In November 2007, NASA asked the NRC to evaluate the potential for the Constellation System to enable new space science opportunities. For this interim report, 11 existing Vision Mission studies of advanced space science mission concepts inspired by earlier NASA forward-looking studies were evaluated. The focus was to assess the concepts and group them into two categories: more-deserving or less deserving of future study.
- Contents:
- ""Title""; ""Preface""; ""Acknowledgment of Reviewers""; ""Contents""; ""Summary""; ""1 The Constellation System and Opportunities for Science""; ""2 Analysis of Vision Mission Studies""; ""3 Plans for the Final Report""; ""A Request for Information""; ""B Committee and Staff Biographical Information""
- Notes:
- Description based upon print version of record.
- Includes bibliographical references.
- ISBN:
- 0-309-17855-X
- 1-281-72682-6
- 9786611726829
- 0-309-12011-X
- OCLC:
- 923278797
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