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2. Activities and Membership
2. Activities and Membership
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The budgets of the Office of Space Science and the Office of Earth Science were proposed to grow by 3.7% and 3.2%, respectively. Reflecting likely delays in the installation of research hardware on the International Space Station (ISS)
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preventing the forward contamination of Europa by spaceflight missions, and (4) institutional arrangements for research on the International Space Station.
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For 16 days in late April to early May 1998, investigators sponsored by NASA, NIH, ONR, and NSF, plus agencies in Spain, France, Germany, and Japan, conducted research in areas such as neuroplasticity, muscle atrophy, sleep disruption, and how the brain processes spatial and navigational data. The STS-96 mission was launched on May 27 to permit astronauts to begin to outfit the first two elements of the International Space Station (ISS)
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Members discussed plans for implementation of three studies requested by the Congress concerning the mix of space research mission sizes for Earth and space science, maximizing the use of the space station for research in life and microgravity sciences, and studies related to NASA's Astrobiology and Origins programs. Plans for follow-up actions on other potential projects also were discussed.
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Under the Senate bill, the NSF would receive a 6.8% increase above FY1999 for a total of $3.9 billion. The NASA budget provided for a total of $13.6 billion, including the requested levels of $1.4 billion for Earth sciences and $256 million for life and microgravity sciences.
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The Board's Executive Committee met September 8-10 in Woods Hole, Massachusetts, to assess the effectiveness and impact of the SSB, approve the U.S.-European-Japanese workshop report by the Committee on International Space Programs, and review the Board's committee structure and membership and plans for the coming year. As it has done in the past, the Board planned to undertake a review of a draft of NASA's Office of Space Science strategic plan, pending NRC go-ahead in October.
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Members of the Board discussed four draft reports: · Review of NASA's Biomedical Research Program, by the Committee on Space Biology and Medicine; · Preventing the Forward Contamination of Europa, by the Task Group on the Forward Contamination of Europa; · Institutional Arrangements for Space Station Research, by the Task Group to Review Alternative Institutional Arrangements for Space Station Research; and · Assessment of Mission Size Trade-o~s for Earth and Space Science Missions, by the Ad Hoc Committee on the Assessment of Mission Size Trade-offs for Earth and Space Science Missions. Preliminary approvals were given to the Review of NASA's Biomedical Research Program and Institutional Arrangements for Space Station Research.
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Activities and Membership TABLE 2.1 Space Studies Board Reports Published in 1999 15 Principal Agency Audiences Report Title Authoring Committeea OSS OLMSA OES NOAA NSF OTHER "Assessment of NASA's Plans for Post-2002 Earth Observing Missions" TG X "On Antarctic Astronomy" CAA X OSTP OMB Instin~tiorzal Arrangements for Space Station Research TG X X X OSF "On the National Science Foundation's Facility Instrumentation Program" CAA X Size Limits of Very Small Microorganisms: Proceedings ofa Workshop TG X X X Radiation and the International Space Station: Recommendations to Reduce Risk CSSP X X X DOD OSF A Scientific Rationale for Mobility in Planetary Environments COMPLEX X A Scientific Strategy for the Exploration of Europa COMPLEX X Space Studies Board Annual Report—1998 SSB X X X X X U.S.-European-Japanese Workshop on Space Cooperation: Summary Report CISP X X X DOD ESF ESA JSC Authoring Committee CAA COMPLEX CSSP SSB TG TG/CISP Principal Agency Audience DOD ESA ESF JSC NOAA NSF OES OMB OLMSA OSF OSS OSTP Committee on Astronomy and Astrophysics Committee on Planetary and Lunar Exploration Committee on Solar and Space Physics Space Studies Board Task Group Committee on International Space Programs Department of Defense European Space Agency European Science Foundation Japanese Science Council National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration National Science Foundation NASA Office of Earth Science Office of Management and Budget NASA Office of Life and Microgravity Sciences and Applications NASA Office of Space Flight NASA Office of Space Science Office of Science and Technology Policy
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"Focused" reports include more narrowly directed topical studies, assessments, and letter reports. One sees that the volume of work, as measured by number of reports, has grown TABLE 2.3 Summary of Participation in Space Studies Board Activities, January 1, 1999, to December 31, 1999 Government and Nonprofit Total Academia NationalFacilitiesa Private Industry end Others Individuals Committee Members 135 16 22 11 184 Workshop Participants 24 40 9 3 76 Reviewers 22 6 6 4 38 Guest Experts 43 147 10 13 213 Totalb 201 193 41 29 464 aIncludes government agencies: H-S CfA, NASA, DOD, DOE labs, USGS, and national facilities (NRL, NOAO, NRAO, PNL, STScI)
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NASAIOSS 20 NASA/DES Err 3 _e __ __ _s __ __ _ , ~ r . NASA/OLMSA FIGURE 2.2 Principal federal agency audiences for Space Studies Board reports published from 1995 through 1999.
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, human exploration of space (8%) , international space programs (8%)
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The committee has also provided information on pertinent astronomy-related missions for the Board's ad hoc Committee on the Assessment of Mission Size Trade-offs for Earth and Space Science Missions. Co-chair Thomas Prince attended the first day of the OSS strategic planning workshop in Galveston, Texas, on November 2.
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Topics on international space programs and the industrial perspective on missions were also covered. Revisions to A Science Strategy for the Exploration of Europa continued.
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The meeting included discussions with Rich Behnke, director of Atmospheric Sciences at NSF, committee member Dick Wolf, who also chairs the National Space Weather Program Metrics Committee, and Terry Onsager of NOAA's Space Environment Center. Most of the meeting was devoted to formulating revisions in response to external review of the comm~ttee's report Radiation and the International Space Station: Recommendations to Reduce Risk and to developing plans for a new study.
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The committee has eight members, including a co-chair nominated by the Space Studies Board and another nominated by the Board on Biology. An organizational meeting for the committee's workshop on life detection techniques will be held at the Beckman Center on January 27-28, 2000.
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These · Completing revision of The Role of Small Satellites in NASA and NOAA Earth Observation Programs in response to external review comments; · Revising the NPOESS Phase 1 report in response to SSB reviewers comments; · Gathering background information for the NPOESS Phase 2 report; · Planning a workshop to develop the criteria and priorities for climate research missions that might be implemented on NPOESS; and · Assisting in the NASA ESE request for assessment of NASA's plans for post-2002 Earth observing missions. On February 10-12, the committee metin Washington to revise the NPOESS Phase 1 draft reportin preparation for SSB approval.
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The committee also toured a mock-up of the International Space Station research modules, and each member received individual tours of two biomedical labs of their choice.
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met on January 25-28 at the Beckman Center in Irvine, California, to finalize a draft of its phase II HEDS report, Microgravity Research in Support of Technologies for the Human Exploration anal Development of Space and Planetary Bodies, prior to SSB review. The first priority of the meeting was to develop and prioritize the overall research and programmatic recommendations for the report and to draft the sections containing those recommendations.
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. The purpose of the meeting was to explore, in discussions with a small number of experts in cultural anthropology and other related social science disciplines, a range of topics related to long-term human exploration missions.
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Alexander, Study Director Erin Hatch, Research Associate (through May 1999) Sharon Seaward, Program Assistant COMMITTEE ON INTERNATIONAL SPACE PROGRAMS 27 The Committee on International Space Programs (CISP)
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CISP continued to monitor several issues, including the international dimensions of NASA's "faster, better, cheaper" approach to conducting missions, U.S. export control stipulations and their potential impact on international cooperation in space research, intellectual property rights and the potential implications for international space research, and the status of the Russian and Chinese space programs.
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The study was conducted under the auspices of the Space Studies Board, the Board on Sustainable Development, and the Board on Atmospheric Sciences and Climate. The task group's charge included consideration of the extent to which the mission set addressed important science themes and priorities, broad aspects of balance between various Earth science discipline areas, general technical and programmatic feasibility, and evaluation of the process employed by NASA to solicit and distill ideas to frame the proposed mission set.
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The task group heard presentations from NASA on the use of the International Space Station (ISS) as a research platform, on the agency's goals for its research programs in cell science and protein crystal growth, and on the engineering plans and schedule for the ISS biotechnology facility.
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Pings was appointed to chair the 13-person group to address general principles, major roles and functions, organizational character, and other relevant aspects of alternative institutional arrangements for facilitating the conduct of research on the International Space Station. This project was conducted jointly under the auspices of the SSB and the Aeronautics and Space Engineering Board.
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Alexander, Study Director Tom Albert, Senior Program Officer, Aeronautics and Space Engineering Board Susan Garbini, Senior Program Officer Claudette Baylor-Fleming, Senior Program Assistant Edmond M Reeves, Consultant *
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Dickinson, Study Director Anne K Simmons, Senior Program Assistant TASK GROUP ON THE REVIEW OF SCIENTIFIC ASPECTS OF THE NASA TRIANA MISSION 33 In the fall of 1999, NASA's Office of Earth Science requested that the NRC undertake an evaluation of the scientific goals of the Triana mission, as specified in the House-Senate FY2000 Appropriations Conference report.
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met briefly during the Space Studies Board meeting on March 8-10 in Washington, D.C., to discuss plans for a series of three workshops on remote sensing. SSB staff held discussions with federal agencies, state organizations, and professional staff of the Subcommittee on Space and Aeronautics of the House Committee on Science to acquire feedback on the proposals and to pursue sponsorship for the workshops.
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Chamberlain, Senior Program Assistant DISTINGUISHED LEADERS IN SCIENCE LECTURE SERIES 1999-2000 35 The 1999-2000 session of the "Distinguished leaders in Science" lecture senes, a cooperative activity between the SSB and the National Academies' Office on Public Understanding of Science, will feature presentations by five space scientists and four life scientists. The five space science lectures scheduled are highlighted below: · September 21, 1999, Cosmology: From Quantum Fluctuations to the Accelerating Universe, Michael Turner, University of Chicago · October 27, 1999, Biodiversity: What Does It Mean for Use?
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