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Space Studies Board Annual Report 2007 (2008)
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Space Studies Board: Annual Report 2007

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Summaries of Major Reports

This chapter reprints the summaries of reports that were released in 2007 (note that the official publication date may be 2008).

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Front Matter (R1-R8)
1 Charter and Organization of the Board (1-8)
2 Board and Standing Committees: Activities and Membership (9-24)
3 Ad Hoc Study Committees: Activities and Membership (25-35)
4 Workshops, Symposia, Meetings of Experts, and Other Special Projects (36-40)
5 Summaries of Major Reports (41-41)
5.1 A Performance Assessment of NASA's Astrophysics Program (42-43)
5.2 An Astrobiology Strategy for the Exploration of Mars (44-50)
5.3 Assessment of the NASA Astrobiology Institute (51-54)
5.4 Building a Better NASA Workforce: Meeting the Workforce Needs for the National Vision for Space Exploration (55-62)
5.5 Decadal Science Strategy Surveys: Report of a Workshop (63-65)
5.6 Earth Science and Applications from Space: National Imperatives for the Next Decade and Beyond (66-78)
5.7 Exploring Organic Environments in the Solar System (79-85)
5.8 Grading NASA's Solar System Exploration Program: A Midterm Review (86-93)
5.9 The Limits of Organic Life in Planetary Systems (94-96)
5.10 NASA's Beyond Einstein Program: An Architecture for Implementation (97-103)
5.11 Options to Ensure the Climate Record from the NPOESS and GOES-R Spacecraft: A Workshop Report (104-105)
5.12 Portals to the Universe: The NASA Astronomy Science Centers (106-109)
5.13 The Scientific Context for Exploration of the Moon: Final Report (110-115)
6 Congressional Testimony (116-117)
6.1 National Imperatives for Earth and Climate Sciences (118-124)
6.2 National Imperatives for Earth Science Research (125-129)
6.3 Overview Hearing: Balance of Funding at NASA (130-133)
6.4 NASA's Space Science Programs: Review of Fiscal Year 2008 Budget Request and Issues (134-147)
6.5 NASA's Earth Science and Applications Programs: Fiscal Year 2008 Budget Request and Issues (148-156)
6.6 U.S. Weather and Environmental Satellites: Ready for the 21st Century? (157-161)
7 Cumulative Bibliography of SSB Reports: 1958–2007 (162-174)

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