Space Studies Board Annual Report 2009

	Planetary Protection Requirements for Mars Sample-Return Missions,	35
	Planetary Sciences Decadal Survey,	36
	Radioisotope Power Systems,	39
	Rationale and Goals of the U.S. Civil Space Program,	40
	Role and Scope of Mission-Enabling Activities in NASA’s Space and Earth Science Missions,	40
4	WORKSHOPS, SYMPOSIA, MEETINGS OF EXPERTS, AND OTHER SPECIAL PROJECTS	42
	Future International Space Cooperation and Competition in a Globalizing World,	42
	Uncertainty Management in Remote Sensing of Climate Data,	43
5	SUMMARIES OF MAJOR REPORTS	44
	5.1 America’s Future in Space: Aligning the Civil Space Program with National Needs,	45
	5.2 Approaches to Future Space Cooperation and Competition in a Globalizing World: Summary of a Workshop,	50
	5.3 Assessment of Planetary Protection Requirements for Mars Sample Return Missions,	55
	5.4 An Enabling Foundation for NASA’s Earth and Space Missions,	62
	5.5 Near-Earth Object Surveys and Hazard Mitigation Strategies: Interim Report,	66
	5.6 A Performance Assessment of NASA’s Heliophysics Program,	68
	5.7 Radioisotope Power Systems: An Imperative for Maintaining U.S. Leadership in Space Exploration,	76
	5.8 Uncertainty Management in Remote Sensing of Climate Data: Summary of a Workshop,	80
6	CONGRESSIONAL TESTIMONY	86
7	CUMULATIVE BIBLIOGRAPHY OF SSB REPORTS: 1958-2009	88