Space Studies Board Annual Report 1999 (2000) / Chapter Skim
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1. Charter and Organization of the Board
1. Charter and Organization of the Board
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In all three we shall look to the Board to be the focus of the interests and responsibilities of the Academy-Research Council in space science; to establish necessary relationships with civilian science and with governmental science activities, particularly the proposed new space agency, the National Science Foundation, and the Advanced Research Projects Agency; to represent the Academy-Research Council complex in our international relations in this field on behalf of American science and scientists; to seek ways to stimulate needed research; to promote necessary coordination of scientific effort; and to provide such advice and recommendations to appropriate individuals and agencies with regard to space science as may in the Board's judgment be desirable. As we have already agreed, the Board is intended to be an advisory, consultative, correlating, evaluating body and not an operating agency in the field of space science.
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Oversight of Space Research Disciplines The Board has responsibility for scientific planning and oversight in the basic subdisciplines of space research. This responsibility is discharged through a structure of standing discipline committees and includes preparation of strategic research plans and prioritization of scientific objectives, as well as independent assessments of progress in these disciplines.
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Strengthening contacts with the Japanese program has recently assumed a priority, beginning with a joint SSBESSC-Japanese Space Research Committee workshop held in Tokyo in 1999. Advisory Outreach The Space Studies Board was conceived to provide space research guidance across the federal government.
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Board on Earth Sciences and Resources Review of Scientific Aspects of NASAL Triana Mission Ocean Studies Technology Board Development in NASA/OSS Board on Atmospheric Sciences and Climate FIGURE 1.1 Organization of the Space Studies Board and its committees, task groups, and workshop activities during 1999. The Space Studies Board The Space Studies Board is composed of 26 prominent scientists, engineers, industrialists, scholars, and policy experts in space research, appointed for staggered 3-year terms.
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In addition to the standing discipline committees, three former internal committees now operate as standing, interdisciplinary committees. These are the Committee on Human Exploration, the Committee on International Space Programs, and the Joint Committee on Technology.
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The Board is always seeking ways to ensure that its work reaches the broadest possible appropriate audience and that it has the largest beneficial impact. Copies of reports are routinely provided to key executive branch officials, members and staffs of relevant congressional committees, and members of other interested NRC and federal advisory bodies.
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The SSB joined the program for the first time in the 1999-2000 series to bring a group of outstanding space scientists, under NASA sponsorship, to complement the distinguished life scientists who compose the other half of the program of monthly lectures. Finally, other NRC units are often consulted for assistance and advice when new activities are initiated.
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