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Suggested Citation:"Appendix G Previous Studies on Lessons Learned from PI-Led Missions." National Research Council. 2006. Principal-Investigator-Led Missions in the Space Sciences. Washington, DC: The National Academies Press. doi: 10.17226/11530.
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Previous Studies on Lessons Learned from PI-Led Missions

LESSONS LEARNED—GENERAL

Final Report on the Discovery Management Workshop, held April 13-15, 1993, <centauri.larc.nasa.gov/discovery/Doc14a.doc>.


Recommendations for Discovery Policy and Implementation Guidelines, Executive Committee of the Discovery Management Workshop, May 27, 1993, <centauri.larc.nasa.gov/discovery/Doc14b.doc>.


Discovery Missions Program: Lessons Learned Workshop, Minutes, January 30, 1998, <discovery.larc.nasa.gov/discovery/Lessons_Learned_Minutes.pdf>.


Discovery Program Lessons Learned Workshop, Minutes, July 24, 2002, <discovery.larc.nasa.gov/discovery/DiscoMinutes3.pdf>.


Discovery Lessons Learned for Explorer Retreat, Steve Brody, Discovery Program executive, <spacescience.nasa.gov/codesr/midex/retreat03/Brody_Discovery.pdf>.


Discovery Program Retreat, 2003, Agenda and Lessons, <discovery.larc.nasa.gov/discovery/DiscoveryRetreat2003.pdf>.


Explorers Retreat, presentation by Tony Comberiate, Explorers Program manager, September 30, 2003, <spacescience.nasa.gov/codesr/midex/retreat03/Comberiate_roles.pdf>.


Explorers Program History (from official Web site), <explorers.gsfc.nasa.gov/history.html>.


Explorer Retreat Minutes, September 30, 2003, <spacescience.nasa.gov/codesr/midex/retreat03/Notes.pdf>.


Independent Review Perspective, Beth Wahl, SAIC, presented at Explorers Program Retreat, September 30, 2003, <spacescience.nasa.gov/codesr/midex/retreat03/Wahl_reviews.pdf>.


TMC Review and Evaluation Process, Carlos Liceaga, Explorer acquisition manager, 2003 Explorer Retreat, <spacescience.nasa.gov/codesr/midex/retreat03/Liceaga_TMC.pdf>.

Suggested Citation:"Appendix G Previous Studies on Lessons Learned from PI-Led Missions." National Research Council. 2006. Principal-Investigator-Led Missions in the Space Sciences. Washington, DC: The National Academies Press. doi: 10.17226/11530.
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Explorer Options for the Future, Presentation to the SEUS and OS, Paul Hertz, Explorer Program scientist, July 2, 2003, <spacescience.nasa.gov/admin/divisions/sz/SEUS0307/Explorer_Hertz.pdf>.


Discovery Lessons Learned for Explorer Retreat, Steve Brody, Discovery Program executive, <spacescience.nasa.gov/codesr/midex/retreat03/Brody_Discovery.pdf>.


NASA’s Not Shining Moments, James Oberg, Scientific American, February 2000, <www.jamesoberg.com/022000nasanotshining.html>.


NASA F[aster] B[etter] C[heaper] Task Final Report, March 2000, <www.spaceref.com/mars/reports/03.13.00.fbc.report.pdf>.


GAO Survey of NASA’s Lessons Learned Process, <www.gao.gov/new.items/d011015r.pdf>.


NASA: Better Mechanisms Needed for Sharing Lessons Learned, GAO Report to Subcommittee on Space and Aeronautics, Committee on Science, House of Representatives, <www.gao.gov/new.items/d02195.pdf>.


Report on Project Management in NASA by the Mars Climate Orbiter Mishap Investigation Board, March 13, 2000, <www.hq.nasa.gov/office/codeq/risk/mco_mib_report.pdf>.


Mission Impediments: Early Findings from a Study of 2 SMEX, 2 MIDEX, and 3 Discovery Missions, Dave Gilman and Joe Shockcor (NASA Langley) and Jerry Rauwolf (SAIC), September 27, 2003, <spacescience.nasa.gov/codesr/midex/retreat03/Gilman_impediments.pdf>.


NASA Plans Knowledge Database, William Matthews, FCW.COM, April 17, 2000, <www.fcw.com/fcw/articles/2000/0417/news-nasaside-04-17-00.asp>.


One Hundred Rules for NASA Project Managers, Jerry Madden, <www.altisinc.com/Links/100_Rules.html>.


100 Lessons Learned for Project Managers, Jerry Madden, <appl.nasa.gov/ask/issues/14/practices/ask14_lessons_madden.html>.

MISSIONS

Discovery

NEAR Mission Fact Sheet, <discovery.nasa.gov/near.html>.


Applied Physics Laboratory Honors NEAR Team for Underbudget Development and Launch, JHUAPL Press Release, April 9, 1996, <www.jhuapl.edu/newscenter/pressreleases/1998/under.htm>.


NEAR Overview, <www.msss.com/small_bodies/near_new/>.


Mars Pathfinder Mission Fact Sheet, <discovery.nasa.gov/pathfinder.html>.


Fact Sheet for Mars Pathfinder from NSSDC Master Catalog, <nssdc.gsfc.nasa.gov/database/MasterCatalog?sc=1996-068A>.


Mars Pathfinder Fact Sheet, <mars.jpl.nasa.gov/MPF/mpf/fact_sheet.html>.


Mars Pathfinder Winds Down After Phenomenal Mission, JPL Press Release, November 4, 1997, <mpfwww.jpl.nasa.gov/MPF/mpf-pressrel.html>.


Lunar Prospector Mission Fact Sheet, <discovery.nasa.gov/prospector.html>.

Suggested Citation:"Appendix G Previous Studies on Lessons Learned from PI-Led Missions." National Research Council. 2006. Principal-Investigator-Led Missions in the Space Sciences. Washington, DC: The National Academies Press. doi: 10.17226/11530.
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Fact Sheet for Lunar Prospector from NSSDC Master Catalog, <nssdc.gsfc.nasa.gov/database/MasterCatalog?sc=1998-001A>.


Lunar Prospector, <lunar.arc.nasa.gov/project/prospector.htm>.


Testimony of Alan Binder at U.S. House of Representatives, Committee on Science, hearing on NASA’s Mars Program after the Young Report: Part II, May 11, 2000, <www.house.gov/science/binder_062000.htm>.


Stardust Mission Fact Sheet, <discovery.nasa.gov/stardust.html>. Fact Sheet for Stardust from NSSDC Master Catalog, <nssdc.gsfc.nasa.gov/database/MasterCatalog?sc=1999003A>.


Stardust: Implementing a New Manage-to-Budget Paradigm, Kenneth Atkins, project manager, and others, <appl.nasa.gov/pdf/47148main_stardust.pdf>.


Genesis Mission Fact Sheet, <discovery.nasa.gov/genesis.html>.


Fact Sheet for Genesis from NSSDC Master Catalog, <nssdc.gsfc.nasa.gov/database/MasterCatalog?sc=2001034A>.


Risk Management for the NASA/JPL Genesis Mission: A Case Study, Barney Roberts, Futron, and Richard Bennett, Caltech, <www.futron.com/pdf/INCOSE2000.pdf>.


CONTOUR Mission Fact Sheet, <discovery.nasa.gov/contour.html>.


Fact Sheet for CONTOUR from NSSDC Master Catalog, <nssdc.gsfc.nasa.gov/database/MasterCatalog?sc=2002-034A>.


CONTOUR Mishap Investigation Board Report, May 31, 2003, <www.nasa.gov/pdf/52352main_contour.pdf>.


MESSENGER Mission Fact Sheet, <discovery.nasa.gov/messenger.html>.


Fact Sheet for MESSENGER from NSSDC Master Catalog, <nssdc.gsfc.nasa.gov/database/MasterCatalog?sc=MESSNGR>.


Deep Impact Mission Fact Sheet, <discovery.nasa.gov/deepimpact.html>.


Fact Sheet for Deep Impact from NSSDC Master Catalog, <nssdc.gsfc.nasa.gov/database/MasterCatalog?sc=DEEPIMP>.


Over Budget and Behind Schedule: Deep Impact Is Still a Go, Jeremy Hsieh, April 23, 2003, <www.inform.umd.edu/News/Diamondback/archives/2003/04/23/news6.html>.


Deep Impact PI Update, April 2004, <deepimpact.jpl.nasa.gov/mission/update.html>.


ASPERA-3 Mission Fact Sheet, <discovery.nasa.gov/aspera.html>.


Lessons Learned During Hardware Phase, John Scherrer, Southwest Research Institute Seminar, August 7, 2002, <www.swri.edu/swim/presentations/Day1Pt1/03B-SCHERRER_Swim%20seminar.ppt>.

Explorers

TERRIERS, <nssdc.gsfc.nasa.gov/database/MasterCatalog?sc=1999-026A>.


Terriers Rescue Attempt from McMurdo Ground Station, Greg Huffman, January 1, 2000, <www.bu.edu/satellite/mission/report.ps>.

Suggested Citation:"Appendix G Previous Studies on Lessons Learned from PI-Led Missions." National Research Council. 2006. Principal-Investigator-Led Missions in the Space Sciences. Washington, DC: The National Academies Press. doi: 10.17226/11530.
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FUSE Mission Overview (from official Web site), <fuse.pha.jhu.edu/overview/mission_ov.html>.


NASA Team Gives FUSE Spacecraft Triple Brain Transplant, NASA Press Release 03-243, July 21, 2003, <www.nasa.gov/home/hqnews/2003/jul/HQ_03243_fuse_transplant.html>.


IMAGE, <nssdc.gsfc.nasa.gov/database/MasterCatalog?sc=2000-017A>.


Imager for Magnetopause-to-Aurora Global Exploration (IMAGE): Lessons Learned, Jim Burch and Bill Gibson, Southwest Research Institute, IMAGE Explorer Retreat Presentation, <spacescience.nasa.gov/codesr/midex/retreat03/Burch_IMAGE.pdf>.


WMAP Mission (from official website), <map.gsfc.nasa.gov/m_mm/ms_status.html>.


Results from WMAP, Edward L. Wright representing the WMAP Science Team, SLAC Summer Institute, July 28-August 8, 2003, <www.slac.stanford.edu/econf/C0307282/papers/TW01.PDF>.


RHESSI, <hesperia.gsfc.nasa.gov/hessi/sheet.htm>.


NASA PLLS Database−Lesson 0903, High Energy Spectroscopic Imager Test Mishap, <llis.nasa.gov/llis/cgi-plls/plls_lesson?num=0903&kw=explorer>.


The CHIPS Mission (from official Web site), <chips.ssl.berkeley.edu/mission.html>.


CHIPS/UNEX Lessons Learned, Mark Hurwitz, Ellen Riddle-Taylor, Mike Sholl (all UCB) and David Pierce (GSFC), Explorers Retreat, September 30, 2003, <spacescience.nasa.gov/codesr/midex/retreat03/Pierce_CHIPS.pdf>.


About GALEX: Mission Concept (from official Web site), <www.galex.caltech.edu/ABOUT/concept.html>.


Galaxy Evolution Explorer Phase E Lessons Learned, James Fanson, JPL, presentation, September 2003, <spacescience.nasa.gov/codesr/midex/retreat03/Fanson_GALEX.pdf>.

Suggested Citation:"Appendix G Previous Studies on Lessons Learned from PI-Led Missions." National Research Council. 2006. Principal-Investigator-Led Missions in the Space Sciences. Washington, DC: The National Academies Press. doi: 10.17226/11530.
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Suggested Citation:"Appendix G Previous Studies on Lessons Learned from PI-Led Missions." National Research Council. 2006. Principal-Investigator-Led Missions in the Space Sciences. Washington, DC: The National Academies Press. doi: 10.17226/11530.
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Suggested Citation:"Appendix G Previous Studies on Lessons Learned from PI-Led Missions." National Research Council. 2006. Principal-Investigator-Led Missions in the Space Sciences. Washington, DC: The National Academies Press. doi: 10.17226/11530.
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Principal Investigator-Led (PI-led) missions are an important element of NASA's space science enterprise. While several NRC studies have considered aspects of PI-led missions in the course of other studies for NASA, issues facing the PI-led missions in general have not been subject to much analysis in those studies. Nevertheless, these issues are raising increasingly important questions for NASA, and it requested the NRC to explore them as they currently affect PI-led missions. Among the issues NASA asked to have examined were those concerning cost and scheduling, the selection process, relationships among PI-led team members, and opportunities for knowledge transfer to new PIs. This report provides a discussion of the evolution and current status of the PIled mission concept, the ways in which certain practices have affected its performance, and the steps that can carry it successfully into the future. The study was done in collaboration with the National Academy of Public Administration.

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