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Review of NASA's Aerospace Technology Enterprise An Assessment of NASA's Aeronautics Technology Programs (2004) / Chapter Skim
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1 Top-Level Assessment
Pages 5-8

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... The Act specifies that NASA's aeronautics research and technology development should "contribute to a national technology base that will enhance United States preeminence in s civil and aeronautical aviation and improve the safety and efficiency of the United States air transportation system." Top-Level Recommendation 2. NASA should provide world leadership in aeronautics research and development.
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From page 6...
... NASA should eliminate arbitrary time constraints on program completion and schedule key milestones based on task complexity and technology maturity. Research priorities, funding, and organizational structure change during the course of any research and development effort.
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From page 7...
... The testing infrastructure will be underutilized and will not generate the resources needecl to sustain it. The committee recommends that basic research costs should be carried as a line item and not hidden in larger projects and that large infrastructure costs, such as wind tunnels and full-scale flight testing, should be attributed to the total program and accounted for accordingly.
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From page 8...
... Customers need not and should not be given veto authority over NASA research, but researchers should be aware of—and research plans should account for objections or concerns that customers raise. This is especially important for research intended to provide operationally useful products capable of meeting specific functional requirements, but early consultations with users would also be beneficial in a base research program.
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