Space Studies Board Annual Report 2001 (2002) / Chapter Skim
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2. Activities and Membership
2. Activities and Membership
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Encouraging highlights included provisions for a "more robust" Mars exploration program at NASA, funding for follow-on EOS Earth science missions, and increased funding for the Space Launch Initiative. On the other hand, the NASA budget included no funds for the Pluto/Kuiper Express or Solar Probe missions, and one found language that suggests that there could be reductions ahead for some Earth science missions and applications programs.
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NASA chief scientist Kathie Olsen and associate administrators Ed Weller and Ghassem Asrar made presentations for the Offices of Biological and Physical Research, Space Science, and Earth Sciences, respectively. The Board heard a presentation from NASA associate administrator Sam Venneri of the Office of Aerospace Technology on perspectives for that program.
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Like the Office of Earth Science, the Office of Space Science decided to terminate its University Explorer program, but both offices would continue to carry other small mission elements in their programs. The biggest budgetary impact in the NASA science program would be in the life and microgravity physical sciences, which were relying on the ISS as the platform for in-space research.
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The Space Studies Board's Executive Committee met August 14-16 in Woods Hole, Massachusetts. The focus of the meeting was strategy, operations, the NRC visiting committee review, and future projects.
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The Office of Earth Science, on the other hand, had a net reduction in its budget of about 8 percent below the
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The SSB chair summarized the recent NASA Advisory Council (NAC) meeting at which the report of the International Space Station Management and Cost Evaluation Task Force was presented.
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Finally, one can also examine the extent to which the Board's efforts have been relevant to the full range of government interests in civilian space research. Figure 2.2 summarizes the principal federal agency audiences to which SSB reports were directed from 1995 through 2001.
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All aAuthoring Committee CAA CMGR Committee on Microgravity Research COMPLEX Committee on Planetary and Lunar Exploration SAPPSC Space Applications and Commercialization Steering Committee SSB Space Studies Board TG Task Group Committee on Astronomy and Astrophysics bPrincipal agency audience CONG. NOAA NSF OES OMB OBPR OSS WH Congress National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration National Science Foundation NASA Office of Earth Science Office of Management and Budget NASA Office of Biological and Physical Research NASA Office of Space Science White House offices or the whole agency; OES reports, to the Office of Earth Science; OBPR reports, to the Office of Biological and Physical Research (formerly OLMSA, Office of Life and Microgravity Sciences and Applications)
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The quarterly newsletter's print distribution list was expanded and supplemented with an electronic version that had about 258 subscribers at year's end. Several kinds of report announcements, fliers, and mailing list sign-up cards were designed and used at SSB committee meetings and at a number of national and international scientific society meetings.
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18 FIGURE 2.2 Principal federal agency audiences for the 87 Space Studies Board reports published from 1995 through 2001. Membership of the Space Studies Board John H
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J Leonard Culhane, Ecole rationale superieure de physique de Strasbourg (ex officio, chair of the European Space Science Committee)
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Mushotzky, NASA Goddard Space Flight Center en, ~ Philip Nicholson, Cornell University Frazer N Owen, National Radio Astronomy Observatory Judith L
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William Schopf, University of California at Los Angeles Ann L Sprague, University of Arizona Phillippe Masson, Laboratoire de geologic dynamique, European Space Science Committee Liaison David H
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The Primitive Bodies Panel met for the first time in Woods Hole, Massachusetts, August 8-10. The Giant Planets Panel held its initial meeting at the California Institute of Technology, August 15-17.
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Moses, Universities Space Research Association, Center for Advanced Space Studies Gerald Schubert, University of California, Los Angeles Inner Planets Panel Membership Carle M Pieters, Brown University (chair)
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The objectives of the study are to identify the key science questions expected to occupy the solar and space physics communities for the decade 2003-2013; outline the initiatives, missions, technologies, and infrastructure needed to address those questions; and recommend research priorities. Although the scope of the study is broad and not limited to spacebased programs, it is expected that the Survey and panel reports will provide the scientific foundation and direction for the NASA/Office of Space Science Roadmap and Living with a Star planning activities.
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The Survey Committee met July 10-12 in Boulder, Colorado, to begin writing and revision of the report. All panels completed drafts of their reports during the fourth quarter.
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Maran, NASA Goddard Space Flight Center Terrance Onsager, NOAA Space Environment Center Panel on Solar-Wind Magnetosphere Interactions Membership Christopher T Russell, University of California (chair)
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Fuselier, Lockheed Palo Alto Research Laboratory Michael Hesse, NASA Goddard Space Flight Center William S Kurth, University of Iowa Janet G
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Chamberlain, Senior Program Assistant, Space Studies Board COMMITTEE ON EARTH STUDIES The Committee on Earth Studies (CES) did not meet during the first quarter, but it continued to acquire background information for its new study, Building the Capacity of University-Based Space Research: Steps to Facilitate PI-Led Earth Science Missions.
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Fisher, Senior Program Assistant TASK GROUP ON RESEARCH ON THE INTERNATIONAL SPACE STATION The Task Group on Research on the International Space Station (TGRISS) study to examine the desirability of additional shuttle flights dedicated to science was approved by the NRC in this period.
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There was extensive discussion about the possibility of accelerating the study schedule in order to provide input to Congress that would be useful in its current ISS deliberations. The task group held a closed session teleconference on July 20 to revise its report Readiness Issues Related to Research in the Biological and Physical Sciences on the International Space Station.
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A preliminary report outline was developed and writing assignments were made. CMGR met August 8-10 in Woods Hole, Massachusetts, to revise its phase I report and to begin work on its phase II report, both of which examine the role of DPS in NASA's OBPR.
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Staff continued to monitor issues associated with ITAR and its effect on international space science cooperation and communication. NRC Office of International Affairs (OIA)
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It also met in closed session to deliberate on the draft of its report from the second workshop, "Remote Sensing and Basic Research: The Changing Environment." SAPPSC did not meet during the fourth quarter but continued work on several activities. The steering committee completed work on the draft report Toward New Partnerships: Government, the Private Sector, and Earth Science Research, which is based, in part, on the second workshop.
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. COSPAR's Program Committee met on April 25-26 at COSPAR headquarters in Paris, France.
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Speakers included Guenter Riegler and Joseph Bredekamp (space science) , Jack Kaye (Earth science)
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An organizational meeting of the committee was held by telephone conference call on May 18. The committee met in Washington, D.C., June 13-14, and heard presentations from senior officials at NASA and NSF about their management philosophy and organizational arrangements for astronomy and astrophysics research programs.
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The committee determined that a side trip would be required to gather more information on the Mars robot program. Three robotics experts from the committee met at the Jet Propulsion Laboratory, August 27-28, to gather information on the rover capabilities being developed in the Mars robotics program.
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Edmonds, Senior Project Assistant, Aeronautics and Space Engineering Board 35
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