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7 Cross-Cutting and Integration Issues
7 Cross-Cutting and Integration Issues
Pages 36-40
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The strategic roadmaps also did not have the benefit of an external review process, again in contrast to the extensive in-depth review process to which NRC decadal surveys are subjected. The panel was struck by the relative paucity of crosscutting activities and issues identified in the individual roadmaps.
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It is in this context of extraordinary opportunity, and an expanded time horizon for planning, that guiding principles are needed for setting priorities in NASA's integrated plan for space and Earth science research. This report follows an earlier report from the Space Studies Board titled Science in NASA's Vision for Space Exploration.3 That report, prepared and issued while the NASA strategic roadmap planning effort was just beginning in early 2005, developed a set of guiding principles to assist NASA in making decisions affecting the overall science program in the context of the president's space exploration initiative.
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As a second example, the report Earth Science and Applications from Space: Urgent Issues and Opportunities7 sounded the alarm about the effects of program cancellations, reductions in scope, or deferrals that appear to be driven by major shifts in NASA priorities toward implementing the vision for space exploration.a Program Span, Diversity, Stability, and Flexibility The integrated science program constructed by NASA should have characteristics such that all major scientific disciplines can make progress toward their goals as established in NRC decadal surveys or other similar reports. Decisions at the decision or option points noted in the various roadmaps will benefit greatly from the broad science community's involvement in the decision process.
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The NASA roadmap integration and strategic planning process should consider these needs as a vital part of developing the space exploration initiative infrastructure. The NRC decadal surveys and similar reports have already proved useful for defining near-term mission priorities.
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The panel recognizes that, as has been pointed out in previous NRC reports,8,9 current implementation of International Traffic in Arms Regulations (ITAR) continues to be a serious impediment to international cooperation; however, the overwhelming imperative of the space exploration initiative -- and the president's invitation for other nations to join this endeavor -- demand a renewed effort to ameliorate the effects of ITAR so that its goals can be obtained without unduly affecting NASA's efforts in international cooperation with foreign partners.
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