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Reducing the Costs of Space Science Research Missions

Proceedings of a Workshop

Joint Committee on Technology for Space Science and Applications of the

Aeronautics and Space Engineering Board and the

Space Studies Board

Commission on Engineering and Technical Systems

Commission on Physical Sciences, Mathematics, and Applications

National Research Council

NATIONAL ACADEMY PRESS
Washington, D.C.
1997

Suggested Citation:"FRONT MATTER." National Research Council. 1997. Reducing the Costs of Space Science Research Missions: Proceedings of a Workshop. Washington, DC: The National Academies Press. doi: 10.17226/5829.
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JOINT COMMITTEE ON TECHNOLOGY FOR SPACE SCIENCE AND APPLICATIONS STEERING COMMITTEE FOR A WORKSHOP TO REDUCE SPACE SCIENCE MISSION COSTS

BARBARA C. CORN (co-chair),

B.C. Consulting, Inc., Searcy, Arkansas

JOHN J. DONEGAN (co-chair),

John Donegan Associates, Inc., King George, Virginia

JAMES P. BAGIAN,

Environmental Protection Agency, Northville, Michigan

DANIEL N. BAKER,

University of Colorado, Boulder

B. JOHN GARRICK,

PLG, Inc., Newport Beach, California

WILEY J. LARSON,

U.S. Air Force Academy and International Space University, Colorado Springs, Colorado

MICHAEL MALIN,

Malin Space Science Systems, San Diego, California

GEORGE SEBESTYEN,

CTA Space Systems, McLean, Virginia

Aeronautics And Space Engineering Board And Space Studies Board Staff

JOANN CLAYTON-TOWNSEND, ASEB Director

MARC S. ALLEN, SSB Director

ALLISON SANDLIN, Study Director,

ASEB (March-December 1996)

VICTORIA P. FRIEDENSEN, Study Manager,

ASEB

LISA D. MAY, Consultant

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AERONAUTICS AND SPACE ENGINEERING BOARD

JOHN D. WARNER (chair),

The Boeing Company, Seattle, Washington

STEVEN AFTERGOOD,

Federation of American Scientists, Washington, D.C.

GEORGE A. BEKEY,

University of Southern California, Los Angeles

GUION S. BLUFORD, JR.,

NYMA, Inc., Brook Park, Ohio

RAYMOND S. COLLADAY,

Lockheed Martin Astronautics, Denver, Colorado

BARBARA C. CORN,

BC Consulting, Inc., Searcy, Arkansas

STEVEN D. DORFMAN,

Hughes Electronics Corporation, Los Angeles, California

DONALD C. FRASER,

Boston University, Boston, Massachusetts

DANIEL HASTINGS,

Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Cambridge

FREDERICK HAUCK,

International Technology Underwriters, Bethesda, Maryland

WILLIAM H. HEISER,

U.S. Air Force Academy, Colorado Springs, Colorado

WILLIAM HOOVER,

U.S. Air Force (retired), Williamsburg, Virginia

BENJAMIN HUBERMAN,

Huberman Consulting Group, Washington, D.C.

BERNARD L. KOFF,

Pratt and Whitney, West Palm Beach, Florida

FRANK E. MARBLE,

California Institute of Technology, Pasadena

C. JULIAN MAY,

Technical Operations International, Inc., Kennesaw, Georgia

GRACE M. ROBERTSON,

McDonnell Douglas Corporation (Douglas Aircraft Company), Long Beach, California

GEORGE SPRINGER,

Stanford University, Stanford, California

Staff

JOANN CLAYTON-TOWNSEND, Director

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SPACE STUDIES BOARD

CLAUDE R. CANIZARES (chair),

Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Cambridge

MARK R. ABBOTT,

Oregon State University, Corvallis

JAMES P. BAGIAN,

Environmental Protection Agency, Northville, Michigan

DANIEL N. BAKER,

University of Colorado, Boulder

LAWRENCE BOGORAD,

Harvard University, Cambridge, Massachusetts

DONALD E. BROWNLEE,

University of Washington, Seattle

JOHN J. DONEGAN,

John Donegan Associates, Inc., King George, Virginia

GERARD W. ELVERUM, JR.,

TRW Space and Technology Group (retired), Murietta, California

ANTHONY W. ENGLAND,

University of Michigan, Ann Arbor

MARTIN E. GLICKSMAN,

Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute, Troy, New York

RONALD GREELEY,

Arizona State University, Tempe

BILL GREEN, former member,

U.S. House of Representatives, New York

ANDREW H. KNOLL,

Harvard University, Cambridge, Massachusetts

JANET G. LUHMANN,

University of California, Berkeley

ROBERTA BALSTAD MILLER,

Consortium for International Earth Science Information Network, University Center, Michigan

BERRIEN MOORE III,

University of New Hampshire, Durham

KENNETH H. NEALSON,

University of Wisconsin, Milwaukee

MARY JANE OSBORN,

University of Connecticut Health Center, Farmington

SIMON OSTRACH,

Case Western Reserve University, Cleveland, Ohio

MORTON B. PANISH,

AT&T Bell Laboratories (retired), Springfield, New Jersey

CARLÉ M. PIETERS,

Brown University, Providence, Rhode Island

MARCIA J. RIEKE,

University of Arizona, Tucson

JOHN A. SIMPSON,

University of Chicago, Illinois

ROBERT E. WILLIAMS,

Space Telescope Science Institute, Baltimore, Maryland

Staff

MARC S. ALLEN, Director

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Tables, Figures, and Box

Tables

2-1

 

Major Points Identified by Working Groups,

 

4

D-1

 

Mars Program Infrastructure Candidates,

 

62

D-2

 

Cost-Reduction Options,

 

67

Figures

C-1

 

NASA spending on small spacecraft,

 

32

C-2

 

Historical spacecraft mass trends,

 

33

C-3

 

The importance of technology in future small missions,

 

34

C-4

 

Spacecraft cost per kilogram comparison,

 

35

C-5

 

Distribution of TMC cost elements for current small spacecraft,

 

36

C-6

 

Mars Exploration Program strategy,

 

56

D-1

 

Windstar spacecraft characteristics,

 

67

Box

2-1

 

Message from the Chairs,

 

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