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Space Studies Board: Annual Report 2007
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Board and Standing Committees: Activities and Membership
During 2007, the Space Studies Board (SSB) had five standing committees representing various disciplines: the Committee on Astronomy and Astrophysics (jointly with the Board on Physics and Astronomy), the Committee on Earth Studies, the Committee on the Origins and Evolution of Life (jointly with the Board on Life Sciences), the Committee on Planetary and Lunar Exploration, and the Committee on Solar and Space Physics. The Board and its standing committees provide strategic direction and oversee activities of ad hoc study committees (see Chapter 3), interact with sponsors, and serve as a communications conduit between the government and the scientific community. They do not provide formal advice and recommendations, and therefore are not subject to the Federal Advisory Committee Act (FACA), Sec. 15.
SPACE STUDIES BOARD
HIGHLIGHTS OF SPACE STUDIES BOARD ACTIVITIES
First Quarter
The Space Studies Board held its 152nd meeting at the National Academies’ Main Building in Washington, D.C., on March 5-7, 2007. The meeting time was devoted to reviewing the status of selected ongoing SSB studies, planning near-term consultations with government officials regarding potential future studies and planning the next SSB meeting. One major topic for discussion was the administration’s FY2008 budget proposal. Guest speakers included Colleen Hartman, NASA Science Mission Directorate; Carl Walz, NASA Exploration Systems Mission Directorate; Mary Kicza, NOAA-NESDIS; Wayne van Citters and Robert Robinson, National Science Foundation; Robie Samanta Roy, Office of Science and Technology Policy; Paul Shawcross and Amy Kaminski, Office of Management and Budget; and three congressional staff—Jeff Bingham, Senate Commerce Committee; Dick Obermann, House Science and Technology Subcommittee on Space and Aeronautics; and Ed Feddeman, House Science and Technology Subcommittee on Space and Aeronautics.
Special guest, S. Alan Stern, Executive Director, Space Science and Engineering Division, Southwest Research Institute, joined us via teleconference and provided his views as the incoming NASA Associate Administrator for Science.
Finally, NRC staff officer Tim Meyer, Board on Physics and Astronomy, provided an illuminating, and very enjoyable presentation on his experience teaching science policy to high school students.
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Second Quarter
The Space Studies Board held its 153rd meeting at the Jet Propulsion Laboratory (JPL) in Pasadena, CA, on June 27-28, 2007. The first day of the meeting was devoted to an overview of JPL and its projects, including a tour of the ATHLETE lunar robot laboratory and the Mars Science Laboratory projects among others. The second day focused on sounding rockets, launch vehicle options, small satellites, and independent cost estimating. The Board was also given updates from ad hoc committee chairs and staff on completed, ongoing, and new projects, and the SSB seminar series Forging the Future of Space Science. Guest speakers included JPL Director Charles Elachi and a number of JPL experts. The Board also heard from Phil Eberspeaker, Chief, NASA Sounding Rockets Program Office; Bill Wrobel, Assistant Associate Administrator for Launch Services at NASA Headquarters; Pete Worden, Director of NASA’s Ames Research Center; Joe Hamaker, Senior Cost Analyst at SAIC; and David Bearden, Principal Director for NASA programs at the Aerospace Corporation.
Third Quarter
The Space Studies Board did not meet during this quarter; however, the SSB executive committee (XCOM) did meet on August 20-22, 2007, at the J. Erik Jonsson Woods Hole Center in Woods Hole, MA, for its annual strategic planning session. The XCOM received a visit from Dr. Alan Stern, Associate Administrator for Science at NASA. Dr. Stern shared his thoughts and received input from the XCOM members on several topics, including PI Mission modes, the Mars program, Earth science missions, a restructured Navigator Program, and the Lunar Science program and community.
In addition to the discussion with Dr. Stern, the XCOM spoke with congressional staff from the Senate Commerce, Science and Transportation Committee and the House Committee on Science and Technology on the outlook from Capitol Hill.
The committee continued general discussion on the roles and operations of the Board and its standing committees, ad hoc committees, the financial status of the Board, the NRC efforts to streamline internal processes, and planning for the November SSB meeting and Space Policy Workshop.
Fourth Quarter
The Space Studies Board held a half-day meeting at the Arnold and Mabel Beckman Center in Irvine, California, on November 29, 2007. The Board meeting was followed by a one and a half day Board-sponsored workshop on U.S. civil space policy, discussed in Chapter 4.
The Board chair and vice-chair reported on discussions held at the Board’s Executive Committee meeting in August 2007. Board members were presented with the status of several SSB activities, including a study entitled “Critical Issues in U.S. Space Policy” which is being funded by the National Academies; the ongoing seminar series “Forging the Future of Space Science—The Next 50 Years” (discussed in Chapter 4); and the James A. Van Allen Lectureship, which will be presented on June 26, 2008. The annual balance and composition discussion was also held.
The Board ended the meeting with a brief discussion of the objectives for the Workshop on U.S. Civil Space Policy.
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SPACE STUDIES BOARD MEMBERSHIP
July 1, 2006–June 30, 2007
Lennard A. Fisk (chair), University of Michigan
A. Thomas Young (vice chair), Lockheed Martin Corporation (retired)
Spiro K. Antiochos, Naval Research Laboratory
Daniel N. Baker, University of Colorado, Boulder
Steven J. Battel, Battel Engineering
Charles L. Bennett, Johns Hopkins University
Judith A. Curry, Georgia Institute of Technology
Jack D. Farmer, Arizona State University
Jack D. Fellows, University Corporation for Atmospheric Research
Jacqueline N. Hewitt, Massachusetts Institute of Technology
Tamara E. Jernigan, Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory
Klaus Keil, University of Hawaii, Manoa
Berrien Moore III, University of New Hampshire
Kenneth H. Nealson, University of Southern California
Norman P. Neureiter, American Association for the Advancement of Science
Suzanne Oparil, University of Alabama, Birmingham
James A. Pawelczyk, Pennsylvania State University
Ronald F. Probstein, Massachusetts Institute of Technology
Harvey D. Tananbaum, Smithsonian Astrophysical Observatory
Richard H. Truly, National Renewable Energy Laboratory
Joseph F. Veverka, Cornell University
Warren M. Washington, National Center for Atmospheric Research
Gary P. Zank, University of California, Riverside
July 1, 2007–June 30, 2008
Lennard A. Fisk, (chair) University of Michigan
A. Thomas Young, (vice chair) Lockheed Martin Corporation (retired)
Spiro K. Antiochos,* Naval Research Laboratory
Daniel N. Baker, University of Colorado at Boulder
Steven J. Battel, Battel Engineering
Charles L. Bennett, Johns Hopkins University
Elizabeth R. Cantwell, Los Alamos National Laboratory
Alan Dressler, Observatories of the Carnegie Institution
Jack D. Fellows, University Corporation for Atmospheric Research
Fiona A. Harrison, California Institute of Technology
Tamara E. Jernigan, Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory
Klaus Keil, University of Hawaii at Manoa
Molly K. Macauley, Resources for the Future, Inc.
Berrien Moore III, University of New Hampshire
Kenneth H. Nealson, University of Southern California
James A. Pawelczyk, Pennsylvania State University
Soroosh Sorooshian, University of California, Irvine
Richard H. Truly, National Renewable Energy Laboratory
Joan Vernikos, Thirdage LLC
Joseph F. Veverka, Cornell University
Warren M. Washington, National Center for Atmospheric Research
Charles E. Woodward, University of Minnesota, Minneapolis
Gary P. Zank, University of California, Riverside
Ex Officio and Liaison Members
Raymond S. Colladay, Lockheed Martin Astronautics (retired) (ex-officio, Chair, NRC Aeronautics and Space Engineering Board)
Jean-Pierre Swings, Institute d’Astrophysique (liaison, Chair of the European Space Science Committee)
Frank E. Muller-Karger, University of South Florida (ex-officio, member of the NRC Ocean Studies Board)
Edward C. Stone, California Institute of Technology (liaison, U.S. representative to COSPAR)
*
Term ended December 31, 2007.
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Membership of the 2006 SSB Executive Committee
July 1, 2006–June 30, 2007
Lennard A. Fisk (chair), University of Michigan
A. Thomas Young (vice chair), Lockheed Martin Corporation (retired)
Daniel N. Baker, University of Colorado, Boulder
Charles L. Bennett, Johns Hopkins University
Berrien Moore III, University of New Hampshire
Kenneth H. Nealson, University of Southern California
Suzanne Oparil, University of Alabama, Birmingham
Joseph F. Veverka, Cornell University
July 1, 2007–June 30, 2008
Lennard A. Fisk (chair), University of Michigan
A. Thomas Young (vice chair), Lockheed Martin Corporation (retired)
Daniel N. Baker, University of Colorado, Boulder
Charles L. Bennett, Johns Hopkins University
Molly K. Macauley, Resources for the Future, Inc.
Berrien Moore III, University of New Hampshire
Kenneth H. Nealson, University of Southern California
James A. Pawelczyk, Pennsylvania State University
Joseph F. Veverka, Cornell University
Staff
Marcia S. Smith, Director
Joseph K. Alexander, Senior Program Officer
Arthur A. Charo, Senior Program Officer
Sandra J. Graham, Senior Program Officer and Interim Associate Director (from October)
Robert L. Riemer, † Senior Program Officer
David H. Smith, Senior Program Officer
Brian D. Dewhurst,† Program Officer
Dwayne A. Day, Program Officer
Victoria Swisher, Research Associate
Barbara S. Akinwole, Information Management Associate
Tanja Pilzak, Administrative Coordinator
Christina O. Shipman, Financial Associate
Catherine A. Gruber, Assistant Editor
Carmela J. Chamberlain, Program Associate
Theresa M. Fisher, Program Associate
Claudette K. Baylor-Fleming, Administrative Assistant (through July)
Rodney N. Howard, Senior Program Assistant
Celeste A. Naylor, Senior Program Assistant
Consultants
Diana Alexander (from March)
Johannes Loschnigg (from October)
Harvey Meyerson (February through July)
Ian Pryke (from July)
Space Policy Interns
Stephanie Bednarek, Summer
Abigail Fraeman, Summer
Amanda Purcell, Autumn
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Staff from other NRC Boards who are shared with the SSB.
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U.S. NATIONAL COMMITTEE FOR COSPAR
The Committee on Space Research (COSPAR) held several business meetings at its headquarters in Paris during the first quarter. These included the COSPAR Publication Committee (March 18-19), the Scientific Program Committee (March 19-20), the COSPAR Scientific Advisory Committee (March 21), and the COSPAR Bureau (March 22).
The Committee on Space Research (COSPAR) did not meet for the remainder of the 2007. The next COSPAR business meetings will take place in Paris, France on March 25-28, 2008, and the next COSPAR Scientific Assembly will take place in Montreal, Canada, on July 13-20, 2008.
Edward C. Stone, California Institute of Technology (U.S. Representative to COSPAR)
David H. Smith, Senior Program Officer, Space Studies Board (Executive Secretary for COSPAR)
Carmela J. Chamberlain, Program Associate, Space Studies Board
STANDING COMMITTEES
COMMITTEE ON ASTRONOMY AND ASTROPHYSICS
The Committee on Astronomy and Astrophysics (CAA), which operates under the joint auspices of the SSB and the Board on Physics and Astronomy (BPA), did not meet during the first quarter.
At CAA’s meeting in Washington, D.C., at the Keck Center on May 22-23, 2007, the committee heard presentations from Jon Morse and Yvonne Pendleton of NASA’s Science Mission Directorate on the status of NASA’s Astrophysics Program and the associated Individual Investigator grants. The committee also heard from the Department of Energy’s (DOE’s) High Energy Physics program and the National Science Foundation’s (NSF’s) Astronomy program. Finally, the committee discussed the SOFIA mission with the program’s project manager.
CAA, on a hiatus until the completion of the next astronomy and astrophysics decadal survey, did not meet for the remainder of 2007. BPA held a planning meeting for the decadal survey on April 28, 2007, and has submitted proposals for supporting the study to NASA, NSF, and DOE. The BPA and SSB have also held several joint town hall meetings at meetings of the AAS and APS.
A historical summary of reports from CAA and related committees is presented in Figure 2.1.
Membership
July 1, 2006–June 30, 2007
Charles L. Bennett (co-chair), Johns Hopkins University
C. Megan Urry (co-chair), Yale University
Donald Backer, University of California, Berkeley
Michell C. Begelman, University of Colorado, Boulder
Thomas J. Bogdan, University Corporation for Atmospheric Research
Adam S. Burrows, University of Arizona
Alexei Filippenko, University of California, Berkeley
Timothy M. Heckman, Johns Hopkins University
Lynne Hillenbrand, California Institute of Technology
Charles McGruder III, Western Kentucky University
Stephan S. Meyer, University of Chicago
Scott D. Tremaine, Princeton University
Jean L. Turner, University of California, Los Angeles
July 1, 2007–June 30, 2008
Charles L. Bennett (co-chair), Johns Hopkins University
C. Megan Urry (co-chair),† Yale University
Michell C. Begelman, University of Colorado, Boulder
Adam S. Burrows, University of Arizona
Lynne Hillenbrand, California Institute of Technology
Charles McGruder III, Western Kentucky University
†
Term ended December 31, 2007
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FIGURE 2.1 SSB-NRC advice on astronomy and astrophysics (1979-2007).
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Staff
Brian D. Dewhurst, Program Officer, Board on Physics and Astronomy
Celeste A. Naylor, Senior Program Assistant, Space Studies Board
COMMITTEE ON EARTH STUDIES
The Committee on Earth Studies (CES) continued to stand down as work continued on the decadal survey “Earth Science and Applications from Space: A Community Assessment and Strategy for the Future” and the follow-on decadal survey activity—the Panel on Options to Ensure the Climate Record from the NPOESS and GOES-R Spacecraft and the ad hoc Committee on A Strategy to Mitigate the Impact of Sensor Descopes and Demanifests on the NPOESS and GOES-R Spacecraft. Resumption of committee activities is anticipated in late 2007 or early 2008.
During the fourth quarter committee formation began for the appointment of a new chair, vice chair, and additional committee members. CES will meet late in the first quarter of 2008.
A historical summary of reports from CES and related committees is presented in Figure 2.2.
Staff
Arthur A. Charo, Senior Program Officer, Space Studies Board
Theresa M. Fisher, Program Associate, Space Studies Board
COMMITTEE ON THE ORIGINS AND EVOLUTION OF LIFE
The Committee on the Origins and Evolution of Life (COEL), which operates under the joint auspices of the SSB and the Board on Life Sciences, held its first meeting of 2007 at the National Academies’ Keck Center in Washington, D.C., on February 19-20. The majority of the meeting was devoted to presentations and discussions relating to the status of, and future prospects for, astrobiology in light of NASA’s budget for FY2007 and the President’s proposed budget for FY2008. Following the committee’s discussions, a short presentation was drafted for use at the March 5-7 SSB meeting.
During the second quarter, COEL met at the National Academies’ Keck Center in Washington, D.C., on May 14-15. The committee continued its discussion from the February meeting on the status of, and future prospects for, astrobiology in light of NASA’s budget for FY2007 and the President’s proposed budget for FY2008. The committee also discussed several potential study activities including an astrobiology strategy for the exploration of the outer solar system, an assessment of the status of current theories on the origin and early evolution of life, and a review of NASA’s astrobiology roadmap.
COEL did not meet during the third quarter. The committee is in the process of appointing seven new members to replace those whose terms have ended
The committee held its final meeting of 2007 at the Arnold and Mabel Beckman Center in Irvine, California, on November 7-9. In addition to briefings on various aspects of NASA’s astrobiology programs and science presentations, the committee devoted time to discussing future study activities. The future projects discussed included reviewing and updating the planetary protection requirements for Mars sample-return missions and the drafting of an astrobiology strategy for the exploration of the outer solar system.
A historical summary of reports from COEL and related committees is presented in Figure 2.3.
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FIGURE 2.2 SSB-NRC advice on Earth science and applications in space (1979-2007).
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FIGURE 2.3 SSB-NRC advice on astrobiology and planetary protection (1965-2007).
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Membership
July 1, 2006–June 30, 2007
Kenneth H. Nealson (co-chair), University of Southern California
Bruce M. Jakosky (co-chair), University of Colorado, Boulder
Jan P. Amend, Washington University
Michael H. Carr, U.S. Geological Survey (retired)
Harry Y. McSween, Jr., University of Tennessee, Knoxville
Barbara Sherwood Lollar, University of Toronto
Andrew Steele, Carnegie Institution of Washington
Meenakshi Wadhwa, Arizona State University
July 1, 2007–June 30, 2008
Kenneth H. Nealson (co-chair), University of Southern California
Bruce M. Jakosky (co-chair), University of Colorado, Boulder
Jan P. Amend, Washington University
Stanley M. Awramik, University of California, Santa Barbara
Michael H. Carr, U.S. Geological Survey (retired)
Paul G. Falkowski, Rutgers, The State University of New Jersey, New Brunswick
Antonio Lazcano, Universidad Nacional Autonoma de Mexico
Ralph D. Lorenz, Johns Hopkins University, Applied Physics Laboratory
Harry Y. McSween, Jr., University of Tennessee, Knoxville
John C. Priscu, Montana State University
Sara Seager, Massachusetts Institute of Technology
Barbara Sherwood Lollar, University of Toronto
Everett Shock, Arizona State University
Andrew Steele, Carnegie Institution of Washington
Meenakshi Wadhwa, Arizona State University
Staff
David H. Smith, Senior Program Officer, Space Studies Board
Robert L. Riemer, Senior Program Officer, Board on Physics and Astronomy
Rodney N. Howard, Senior Program Assistant, Space Studies Board
COMMITTEE ON PLANETARY AND LUNAR EXPLORATION
The Committee on Planetary and Lunar Exploration (COMPLEX) met at the National Academies’ Keck Center in Washington, D.C., on April 11-13. In addition to status reports on NASA’s solar system exploration and Mars exploration activities, the bulk of the meeting was devoted to presentations and discussions relating to two topics: (1) studies of primitive solar system bodies, including the results from the Stardust mission, the current status of near-Earth object search programs and future prospects for radar studies; and (2) New Frontiers missions, including a status report on the New Horizons mission to Pluto and the scientific results from the spacecraft’s recent flyby of Jupiter, and the managerial and programmatic lessons learned from the New Horizons and Juno missions and the applicability of these lessons to the third planned New Frontiers mission. The committee’s discussions were motivated by NASA’s recent request that the SSB undertake a study to address several issues relating to the drafting of the Announcement of Opportunity for the third New Frontiers mission.
As a result of the committee’s discussions, COMPLEX drafted a list of potential candidates who could serve on the New Frontiers study committee. COMPLEX also discussed the possibility of organizing a meeting of experts for NASA to assess the new results from recent missions to primitive solar system bodies and discuss prospects for future missions.
In addition, the committee heard a science presentation on the results from the high-resolution camera on the Mars Reconnaissance Orbiter and were briefed on the developing plans for the Colloquium on Astrobiology and Mars Exploration held on July 8 in Pasadena, California.
COMPLEX did not meet in the second quarter and during the third quarter met at the J. Erik Jonsson Woods Hole Center in Woods Hole, Massachusetts, on July 23-25, 2007.
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At their December 6-8, 2007, meeting at the Arnold and Mabel Beckman Center in Irvine, California, the committee heard updates regarding NASA’s Science Mission Directorate, including the Mars Exploration Program. Other presentations included updates on the status of the Arecibo Radar and Comet Surface Sample Return. The committee held a preliminary discussion on the planning needed for the next decadal study.
A historical summary of reports from COMPLEX and related committees is presented in Figure 2.4.
Membership
January–June 2007
Joseph F. Veverka (chair), Cornell University
W. Bruce Banerdt, Jet Propulsion Laboratory
Penelope J. Boston, New Mexico Institute of Mining and Technology
Donald E. Brownlee, University of Washington
Bonnie J. Buratti, Jet Propulsion Laboratory
Roger N. Clark, U.S. Geological Survey
Michael R. Combi, University of Michigan
John Grant, Smithsonian Institution, National Air and Space Museum
Timothy J. McCoy, Smithsonian Institution, National Museum of Natural History
Alfred S. McEwen, University of Arizona
Francis Nimmo, University of California, Santa Cruz
Louise M. Prockter, Johns Hopkins University, Applied Physics Laboratory
Darrell F. Strobel, Johns Hopkins University
July–December 2007
Joseph F. Veverka (chair), Cornell University
W. Bruce Banerdt, Jet Propulsion Laboratory
Penelope J. Boston, New Mexico Institute of Mining and Technology
Donald E. Brownlee, University of Washington
Bonnie J. Buratti, Jet Propulsion Laboratory
Roger N. Clark, U.S. Geological Survey
Michael R. Combi, University of Michigan
John Grant, Smithsonian Institution, National Air and Space Museum
Timothy J. McCoy, Smithsonian Institution, National Museum of Natural History
Alfred S. McEwen, University of Arizona
Francis Nimmo, University of California, Santa Cruz
Louise M. Prockter, Johns Hopkins University, Applied Physics Laboratory
Darrell F. Strobel, Johns Hopkins University
Dawn Y. Sumner,† University of California, Davis
Staff
Sandra J. Graham, Senior Program Officer (from October)
David H. Smith, Senior Program Officer, Space Studies Board (through September)
Rodney N. Howard, Senior Program Assistant, Space Studies Board (through September)
Celeste A. Naylor, Senior Program Assistant (from October)
COMMITTEE ON SOLAR AND SPACE PHYSICS
The Committee on Solar and Space Physics (CSSP) did not meet during the first quarter; however, members were active in preparation for an April 2-3, 2007, meeting. During this quarter, the committee also prepared a briefing to the SSB on the implications of NASA’s FY2008 budget for heliophysics.
Highlights of CSSP’s April 2-3, 2007, meeting in Washington, D.C., included briefings from Richard Fisher, NASA HQ, and Barbara Giles, NASA GSFC, on the NASA Heliophysics Program and a detailed look at the state of the NASA sounding rocket program courtesy of Phil Eberspeaker, Sounding Rocket Project Office, NASA WFF, Rob Pfaff, NASA GSFC, and Mary Mellot, NASA HQ. An update on the solar-terrestrial research sponsored by the NSF was provided by Richard Behnke, acting head of the Atmospheric Sciences Division. The committee continues to discuss plans for a workshop on the economic impacts of severe space weather events and was very interested in a presentation by Bill Murtagh from NOAA’s Space Environment Center that summarized the results of a space weather customer needs survey. The committee also received an update by Pat Mulligan of NOAA NESDIS on the status of the DSCOVR spacecraft, whose payload includes a solar wind monitor, and the ongoing attempts to secure the requisite commercial and agency support to adapt the spacecraft to an expendable launch vehicle and send it to an orbit at L-1.
†
Term began November 2.
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FIGURE 2.4 SSB-NRC advice on solar system exploration (1969-2007). Origins of life topics are covered in Figure 2.3.
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During this quarter the committee also prepared a summary of a briefing given to the SSB in March on the implications of NASA’s FY2008 budget for heliophysics. Committee chair Dan Baker and CSSP member Spiro Antiochos published a summary of this briefing in the SSB’s first quarter newsletter and in the May 1, 2007, edition of the newsletter of the AGU Solar Physics and Aeronomy section. The themes in these summaries were also repeated in testimony by Dr. Baker at a May 2, 2007, hearing, “NASA’s Space Science Programs: Fiscal Year 2008 Budget Request and Issues,” before the House Committee on Science and Technology, Subcommittee on Space and Aeronautics (see full testimony in Chapter 6).
While the committee did not meet during the third or fourth quarters, staff have been working on reconstituting the committee. The committee’s first meeting of 2008 may include discussions about ground-based neutron monitors, guest investigator programs, and new topics such as the general state of health of the NASA Explorer program (particularly in the FY 2008 budget), the NASA R&A budget and the suborbital program. In addition, the committee will discuss support for an ad hoc committee being formed for the congressionally-mandated NASA Heliophysics Performance Assessment.
A historical summary of reports from CSSP and related committees is presented in Figure 2.5.
Membership
July 1, 2006–June 30, 2007
Daniel N. Baker (chair), University of Colorado, Boulder
Joseph F. Fennell, The Aerospace Corporation
Jack R. Jokipii, University of Arizona
Krishan Khurana, University of California, Los Angeles
Paul M. Kintner, Cornell University
William S. Lewis, Southwest Research Institute
Dana W. Longcope, Montana State University
Kristina A. Lynch, Dartmouth College
Richard A. Mewaldt, California Institute of Technology
Howard J. Singer, National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration
Leonard Strachan, Jr., Harvard-Smithsonian Center for Astrophysics
Niescja Turner, Florida Institute of Technology
Ronald E. Turner, ANSER Corporation
Thomas H. Zurbuchen, University of Michigan
July 1, 2007–June 30, 2008
Daniel N. Baker (chair), University of Colorado, Boulder
Joseph F. Fennell, The Aerospace Corporation
Krishan Khurana, University of California, Los Angeles
Kristina A. Lynch, Dartmouth College
Richard A. Mewaldt, California Institute of Technology
Ronald E. Turner, ANSER Corporation
Staff
Arthur A. Charo, Senior Program Officer, Space Studies Board
Johannes Loschnigg, Consultant, Space Studies Board (from October)
Theresa M. Fisher, Program Associate, Space Studies Board
SPACE RESEARCH DISCIPLINES WITHOUT STANDING COMMITTEE REPRESENTATION
Although there are no longer standing committees representing microgravity research or space biology and medicine, a life and microgravity decadal survey is being planned. A historical summary of NRC-SSB advice in space biology and medicine is presented in Figure 2.6, and a historical summary of NRC-SSB advice microgravity research is presented in Figure 2.7.
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FIGURE 2.5 SSB-NRC advice on solar and space physics (1980-2007).
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FIGURE 2.6 SSB-NRC advice on microgravity research (1978-2006).
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FIGURE 2.7 SSB-NRC advice on space biology and medicine (1960-2006).