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5 Congressional Testimony
Pages 75-78

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... In discussing the President's vision for space exploration this morning I will be telling you about a workshop that the National Research Council held last November under the sponsorship of the Space Studies Board and the Aeronautics and Space Engineenng Board. The purpose of the workshop was to discuss the question: What should be the principal purposes, goals, and pnonties of the U.S.
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From page 76...
... These and several other issues related to the human biological response to space exploration are detailed and pnontized in two more recent National Academies reports: A Strategy for Research in Space Biology and Medicine in the New Century, published by the Space Studies Board; and Safe Passage: Astronaut Care for Exploration Missions, published by the Institute of Medicine. As for the connection between scientists and engineers, I was struck at our workshop by how members of the scientific community appeared willing to embrace the idea that the human spaceflight program can be a contributor to real scientific progress.
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From page 77...
... A LACK OF BALANCE IN TIIE SCIENCE PROGRAMS It was the opinion of many at our workshop that the science roadmaps, decadal strategy surveys, and mission plans in astronomy and astrophysics, solar and space physics, and solar system exploration, which have been so carefully developed by scientists and engineers in the external community and in NASA, and NASA's careful attention to these details in execution of its programs, have resulted in science being NASA's greatest current strength. In fact, since the Apollo era came to a close one might argue that NASA's science efforts have been responsible for a major frachon of the agency's greatest successes.
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From page 78...
... And all of us, the scientific community, NASA, the Congress, and the nation as whole, must learn how to organize our space program to engage this effort. The workshop report describes concerns that the infrastructure of our space program was formed and sized to support Apollo and it asks "Is the current infrastructure properly configured for a bold initiative?
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