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... Board on Physics and Astronomy, Space Studies Board, Astronomy and Astrophysics in the New Millennium, National Academy Press, Washington, D.C., 2001; Board on Physics and Astronomy, National Research Council, Connecting Quarks with the Cosmos: Eleven Science Questions for the New Century, National Academies Press, Washington, D.C., 2003. 3 Senior managers from the Office of Space Science (OSS)
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... Also see the NRC report The Sun to the Earth and Beyond: A Decadal Research Strategy in Solar and Space Physics, Republication copy, pp. 2-6 and 5-6, for discussion on the Coupling Complexity Research Initiative, a space physics program proposed to handle nonlinearity, multiprocess coupling, and multiscale and multiregional feedback, which are useful for integrating data on the near-Earth space domain, including the solar wind, magnetosphere, radiation belts, ionosphere, and thermosphere.
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... 132-135. 22 National Research Council, New Frontiers in the Solar System: An Integrated Exploration Strategy, prepublication copy, National Academies Press, Washington, D.C., 2002, p.
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... These would be prestigious, multiyear fellowships, based solely on highly competitive research proposals and tenable at any U.S. institution." 23 National Research Council, The Sun to the Earth and Beyond: A Decadal Research Strategy in Solar and Space Physics, Republication copy, National Academies Press, Washington, D.C., 2002, pp.
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... 27 National Research Council, The Sun to the Earth and Beyond: A Decadal Research Strategy in Solar and Space Physics, Republication copy, National Academies Press, Washington, D.C., 2002, p.
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... 6-3, 6-5. 34 Space Studies Board, National Research Council, New Frontiers in the Solar System: An Integrated Exploration Strategy, National Academies Press, Washington, D.C., 2003 in press; Space Studies Board, National Research Council, The Sun to the Earth and Beyond: A Decadal Research Strategy in Solar and Space Physics, National Academies Press, Washington, D.C., 2003 in press.
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... McElroy: The Office of Space Science is currently working to update the Space Science Enterprise strategic plan, with the objective of issuing a new version in September 2003. Subcommittees of the Space Science Advisory Committee (SScAC)
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... Sincerely, ,~ Edward J Weller Associate Administrator Space Science
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