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Attachment A: Comparative Assessment of Goals and Visions
Pages 4-8

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... Develooment Plan for -~- ~ ~ - ~r ~ w ~ A ~~ ~ Aviation Safety, Security, Efficiency, and Environmental Compatibility, 1999, available online at ~www.volpe.dot.gov/infosrc/strtplns/nstc/aviatrd/index.html> Federal Transportation Advisory Group, Vision 2050: An Integrated Transportation System, 2001, available online at The related white paper "Next Generation Air Transportation System," Aerospace Transportation Advisory Group, 2001, available from the Aeronautics and Space Engineering Board · NASA, Aeronautics Blueprint, 2002, available online at To gain additional insight into the U.S. visions and goals, the committee also included in its assessment a comparable vision for civil aeronautics in Europe, European Aeronautics: A Vision for 2020 Meeting Society's Needs and Winning Global Leadership, which was produced by the Group of Personalities and released in 2001 (available online at
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... The European aeronautics vision includes two areas that are not highlighted in any of the U.S. quality and affordability of air transportation global primacy of the aeronautics industry By including quality and affordability issues, the European vision acknowledges the importance of structuring research and development programs so that they are focused on providing air transportation services that users want to buy and are able to afford.
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... Two of the visions include independence from foreign sources of energy. The committee questions the wisdom of giving much consideration to this goal when formulating a national aeronautics research program because it does not believe that freeing one segment of the economy, such as air transportation, from foreign sources of energy would produce significant benefits if the economy as a whole remained dependent on foreign energy.
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