. "B Workshop on U.S. Civil Space Policy Agenda and Participants." Workshop Series on Issues in Space Science and Technology: Summary of Space and Earth Science Issues from the Workshop on U.S. Civil Space Policy. Washington, DC: The National Academies Press, 2008.
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Workshop Series on Issues in Space Science and Technology: Summary of Space and Earth Science Issues from the Workshop on U.S. Civil Space Policy
B Workshop on U.S. Civil Space Policy Agenda and Participants
Beckman Center, Irvine, California
AGENDA
November 29, 2007
1:30 pm
Welcome, Introductions, Workshop Objectives
R. Colladay and L. Fisk
2:00 pm
Situational Assessment
Moderator: T. Young
Panelists: B. Alexander, F. Harrison, J. Zimmerman
Key changes and developments since 2003, such as the following:
Confronting a fundamental lack of financial robustness in the overall civil space program
Progress to date and challenges ahead for the Vision for Space Exploration
Emergence of China as a space contender as other international players also continue to become more independent and competitive
NPOESS and GOES-R program crises in U.S. Earth observations program
Evolution in public and political views about climate change
Budgetary and political developments and their impact on the current environment
3:15 pm
Break
3:30 pm
National and International Context for Space
Moderator: C. Bennett
Panelists: G. Gugliotta, J. Johnson-Freese, R. Launius
Are the expectations of space program advocates out of step with reality with regard to NASA’s position in the national agenda?
Where does NASA sit in the larger national and international context?
How important are civil space activities to broad national goals to promote national security, societal and cultural benefits, scientific and technological advancement, commercial competitiveness and economic benefits, and international relations?
What are the relationships between U.S. national space goals and those of other countries, and where are there current and future opportunities for cooperation and synergism?
How important to U.S. space exploration are the stated intentions of China and Russia for exploitation of the Moon?
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Workshop Series on Issues in Space Science and Technology: Summary of Space and Earth Science Issues from the Workshop on U.S. Civil Space Policy
B
Workshop on U.S. Civil Space Policy Agenda and Participants
Beckman Center, Irvine, California
AGENDA
November 29, 2007
1:30 pm
Welcome, Introductions, Workshop Objectives
R. Colladay and L. Fisk
2:00 pm
Situational Assessment
Moderator: T. Young
Panelists: B. Alexander, F. Harrison, J. Zimmerman
Key changes and developments since 2003, such as the following:
Confronting a fundamental lack of financial robustness in the overall civil space program
Progress to date and challenges ahead for the Vision for Space Exploration
Emergence of China as a space contender as other international players also continue to become more independent and competitive
NPOESS and GOES-R program crises in U.S. Earth observations program
Evolution in public and political views about climate change
Budgetary and political developments and their impact on the current environment
3:15 pm
Break
3:30 pm
National and International Context for Space
Moderator: C. Bennett
Panelists: G. Gugliotta, J. Johnson-Freese, R. Launius
Are the expectations of space program advocates out of step with reality with regard to NASA’s position in the national agenda?
Where does NASA sit in the larger national and international context?
How important are civil space activities to broad national goals to promote national security, societal and cultural benefits, scientific and technological advancement, commercial competitiveness and economic benefits, and international relations?
What are the relationships between U.S. national space goals and those of other countries, and where are there current and future opportunities for cooperation and synergism?
How important to U.S. space exploration are the stated intentions of China and Russia for exploitation of the Moon?
6:00 pm
Reception and Dinner
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Workshop Series on Issues in Space Science and Technology: Summary of Space and Earth Science Issues from the Workshop on U.S. Civil Space Policy
November 30, 2007
8:30 am
Sustainability Issues and Options for Solutions: Affordability, Public Interest, and Political Will
Moderator: J. Pawelczyk
Panelists: P. Carliner, G. Paulikas, R. Truly, G. Whitesides
How can expansive expectations for the total content of the civil space program be reconciled with realistic expectations for total program resources?
What is required to ensure that national goals for human space exploration are sustainable?
Are there proven strategies for ensuring sustainability for large federal programs?
10:15 am
Break
10:30 am
Balance Issues and Options for Solutions
Moderator: C. Bolden
Panelists: T. Jernigan, C. Kennel, L. Garver
How should decision makers assess an appropriate balance between NASA’s programs (or do we mean “responsibilities” or “investments”?) in human spaceflight versus science versus aeronautics?
Is “balance” the same as “investment portfolio mix”?
What are appropriate criteria or metrics for achieving “balance”?
Roles of NASA versus roles of others
What are the appropriate roles of NASA vis-à-vis other government agencies?
What are the appropriate roles of the federal government vis-à-vis the private sector?
12:15 pm
Lunch
1:30 pm
Civil Government Missions in Earth Observations
Moderator: J. Fellows
Panelists: J. Loschnigg, B. Moore, S. Sorooshian
What should be NASA’s role in helping NOAA acquire the data needed to assess global climate change?
What are the appropriate roles and responsibilities of NASA, NOAA, and other agencies in Earth observations from space?
2:15 pm
Capabilities and Infrastructure
Moderator: R. Colladay
Panelists: J. Klineberg, T. Zurbuchen, I. Pryke
Are there critical unmet needs or anticipated needs that should be addressed to give the United States the capability to achieve its civil space goals, and what strategies are needed to meet expected long-term needs?
U.S. space industrial base, NASA centers, and academia
Access to space
Technology development
3:15 pm
Break
3:30 pm
Synthesis and Wrap-up: Summary Comments by a Small Panel of Speakers Plus Plenary Discussion
Moderator: R. Colladay
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Workshop Series on Issues in Space Science and Technology: Summary of Space and Earth Science Issues from the Workshop on U.S. Civil Space Policy
PARTICIPANTS
Space Studies Board Members
Lennard A. Fisk, University of Michigan, Chair
A. Thomas Young, Lockheed Martin Corporation (retired), Vice Chair
Spiro K. Antiochos, Naval Research Laboratory
Daniel N. Baker, University of Colorado
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
Molly K. Macauley, Resources for the Future, Inc.
Berrien Moore III, University of New Hampshire
James A. Pawelczyk, Pennsylvania State University
Soroosh Sorooshian, University of California, Irvine
Richard H. Truly, National Renewable Energy Laboratory (retired)
Joan Vernikos, Thirdage, LLC
Charles E. Woodward, University of Minnesota
Gary P. Zank, University of California, Riverside
Aeronautics and Space Engineering Board Members
Raymond S. Colladay, Lockheed Martin Astronautics (retired)
Charles F. Bolden, Jr., Jack and Panther, LLC
John M. Klineberg, Space Systems/Loral (retired)
Invited Participants and Attendees
Gale Allen, NASA Headquarters
Marc S. Allen, NASA Headquarters
Bretton Alexander, X Prize Foundation
Steven Beckwith, Space Telescope Science Institute (director emeritus)
Steven Benner, Foundation for Applied Molecular Evolution
Jacques Blamont, University of Paris
Roger Bonnet, International Space Sciences Institute
Paul Carliner, Independent Consultant
John Casani, Jet Propulsion Laboratory
Alphonso V. Diaz, University of California, Riverside
Ed Feddeman, House Subcommittee on Space and Aeronautics, Committee on Science and Technology
Lori B. Garver, The Avascent Group
Daniel S. Goldin, The Intellisis Companies
Guy B. Gugliotta, Journalist and Author
Joan Johnson-Freese, Naval War College
Gerhard Haerendel, Max Planck Institute, Garching
Charles F. Kennel, Scripps Institution of Oceanography, University of California, San Diego
Roger D. Launius, National Air and Space Museum
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Matt Mountain, Space Telescope Science Institute
Richard Obermann, Subcommittee on Space and Aeronautics, House Committee on Science and Technology
George A. Paulikas, The Aerospace Corporation (retired)
Angela Phillips-Diaz, NASA Ames Research Center
Ian W. Pryke, George Mason University
Amy Scott, Association of American Universities
George T. Whitesides, National Space Society
Jennifer Wiseman, NASA Goddard Space Flight Center
James V. Zimmerman, International Space Services, Inc.
Thomas H. Zurbuchen, University of Michigan
National Research Council Staff
Barbara S. Akinwole, Space Studies Board
Joseph K. Alexander, Space Studies Board
Carmela J. Chamberlain, Space Studies Board
Arthur A. Charo, Space Studies Board
Dwayne A. Day, Space Studies Board
Brian D. Dewhurst, Board on Physics and Astronomy
Sandra J. Graham, Space Studies Board
Johannes Loschnigg, Space Studies Board
Celeste Naylor, Space Studies Board
Tanja E. Pilzak, Space Studies Board
Robert L. Riemer, Board on Physics and Astronomy
Christina O. Shipman, Space Studies Board
David H. Smith, Space Studies Board
Kerrie Smith, Aeronautics and Space Engineering Board
Marcia S. Smith, Space Studies Board
Victoria Swisher, Space Studies Board
