Factors Affecting the Utilization of the International Space Station for Research in the Biological and Physical Sciences (2003) / Chapter Skim
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The task group also noted that the planned reductions in ISS capabilities would exacerbate this problem considerably. An implication of the conclusions of the phase I report is that, given the research capabilities of the redesigned ISS, the planned science would be best supported by flying additional annual shuttle missions dedicated to science even if the cost of such missions slowed ISS development.
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This may be an even more serious constraint on ISS science than the reduction in crew size. The task group has learned that NASA's current analysis predicts that by the time the centrifuge accommodations module is launched,9 the entire upmass capacity of the four flights per year will be needed for the ISS logistics and maintenance hardware, leaving only limited capability for research outfitting and resupply.
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Ironically, it is the capabilities that were most unique to the ISS that are most threatened by the changes in the configuration. The complex, dedicated scientific facilities and the availability of astronaut scientists with time to perform experiments, analyze results, and then design successive series of experiments based on those results were intended to enable sophisticated research studies to be carried out in space much as they would be on the ground.
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The manner in which scientific disciplines in the biological and physical sciences have been categorized and labeled in NASA programs has varied considerably during the past decade. To consider separately every discipline or subdiscipline that is, or has been, defined in NASA programs was not practical in this brief study.
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