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1. Charter and Organization of the Board
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... The Space Science Board and its successor, the Space Studies Board, have provided expert external and independent scientific and programmatic advice to NASA on a continuous basis from NASA's inception until the present. The fundamental charter of the Board today remains that defined by National Academy of Sciences President Detlev W
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... Ad hoc organizational arrangements address agency requests for broader space policy or organizational guidance. Other special agency requests that require responses synchronized with the federal budget cycle are relayed to standing committees for action or are taken up by ad hoc task groups.
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... . Space Stuclies Board | Executive | | Committee l Committee on Microgravity Research Committee on Earth Studies Committee on Solar and Space Physics Committee on Human Exploration Technology Development in NASA's Office of Space Science Committee on Planetary and Lunar Exploration Committee on International Space Programs Evaluation of NASA's Biotechnology Facility for the Space Station Committee on Origins and Evolution of Life l Workshops on Applications of Remote Sensing 1 1 , Avails bility | Ocean Studies and Usefulness of Board I Space Mission Data Board on Earth Sciences and Resources Organic Environments in the Solar System Review of NASA's Earth Science I Enterprise Science Plan Committee on Astronomy and Astrophysics Aboard on Biology Review of Scientific Aspects of the NASA Triana Mission Board on Physics and Astronomy Board on Earth Sciences and Resources Board on Atmospheric Sciences and Climate FIGURE 1.1 Organization of the Space Studies Board and its committees, task groups, and workshop activities during 2000.
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... Each discipline committee is composed of about a dozen specialists, appointed to represent the broad sweep of research areas within the discipline. In addition to developing long-range research strategies and formal program and progress assessments in terms of these strategies, the standing committees sometimes organize ad hoc studies and provide oversight of the task groups created to conduct such studies.
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... The Space Studies Board has been engaged in many such multiunit collaborations, and the increasingly interdisciplinary, multidimensional character of contemporary science and technology is likely to lead to more cross-NRC activities. This approach to projects has the potential to bring more of the full capability of the National Academies to bear in preparing advice for the government.
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