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From page 1... ... Berkner, first chair of the Board, on June 26, 1958, which established the SSB: We have talked of the main task of the Board in three parts -- the immediate program, the long-range program, and the international aspects of both. In all three we shall look to the Board to be the focus of the interests and responsibilities of the Academy-Research Council in space science; to establish necessary relationships with civilian science and with governmental science activities, particularly the proposed new space agency, the National Science Foundation, and the Advanced Research Projects Agency; to represent the Academy-Research Council complex in our international relations in this field on behalf of American science and scientists; to seek ways to stimulate needed research; to promote necessary coordination of scientific effort; and to provide such advice and recommendations to appropriate individuals and agencies with regard to space science as may in the Board's judgment be desirable. Read the entire page →
From page 2... ... Major Functions of the Space Studies Board The Board provides an independent, authoritative forum for information and advice on all aspects of space s cience and applications and serves as the focal point within the National Academies for activities on space research. The Board itself does not conduct studies, but it oversees advisory studies and program assessments conducted by ad hoc study committees (see Chapter 3) Read the entire page →
From page 3... ... Civil Program International Public Science and National Vision Enabled by Activities and Space Policy Assessment Seminar Series Technology for Space the Lunar ITAR Aeronautics and Space Workshop Exploration Environment Engineering Board Board on Physics Series and Astronomy Aeronautics and Space Engineering Board FIGURE 1.1 Organization of the Space Studies Board, its standing committees, ad hoc study committees, workshops, and special projects in 2007. Shaded boxes denote activities performed in cooperation with other National Research Council units. Read the entire page →
From page 4... ... Board members may individually participate in COSPAR scientific sessions to present their research or, occasionally, present the results of an SSB report to the international community, or conduct informal information exchange sessions with national entities within COSPAR scientific assemblies. The Board also has a regular practice of exchanging observers with the European Space Science Committee, which is part of the European Science Foundation (see http://www.esf.org/) Read the entire page →
From page 5... ... Being able to draw on such a broad base of expertise is a unique strength of the NRC advisory process. SSB AUDIENCE AND SPONSORS The Space Studies Board's efforts have been relevant to a full range of government audiences in civilian space research -- including NASA's Science Mission Directorate (SMD) Read the entire page →
From page 6... ... Space Studies Board Annual Report -- 2007 Table 1.1 Space Studies Board Reports Released in 2007 Principal Audiencesb Oversight Committee NASA/ NASA/ Report Title Sponsors or Boarda SMD ESMD NOAA NSF Other Assessment of the NASA Astrobiology Institute NASA COMPLEX X An Astrobiology Strategy for the Exploration of Mars NASA COEL X Building a Better NASA Workforce: Meeting the NASA SSB X NASA/PA&E Workforce Needs for the National Vision for Space Exploration Decadal Science Strategy Surveys: Report of a NASA SSB X X X X usgs Workshop Earth Science and Applications from Space: National NASA CES X X X USGS Imperatives for the Next Decade and Beyond NOAA DOE USGS Congress Exploring Organic Environments in the Solar System NASA COMPLEX X X Grading NASA's Solar System Exploration Program: NASA COMPLEX X Congress A Midterm Review The Limits of Organic Life in Planetary Systems NASA COMPLEX X NASA's Beyond Einstein Program: An Architecture for NASA SSB X doe Implementation DOE OSTP Congress Options to Ensure the Climate Record from the NASA CES X X X usgs NPOESS and GOES-R Spacecraft: A Workshop Report NOAA A Performance Assessment of NASA's Astrophysics NASA CAA X Congress Program Portals to the Universe: The NASA Astronomy Science NASA SSB X Centers The Scientific Context for Exploration of the Moon NASA SSB X Space Studies Board Annual Report -- 2006 NASA SSB X X X X DOE USGS aOversight committee or board within the National Research Council CAA Committee on Astronomy and Astrophysics CES Committee on Earth Studies COEL Committee on the Origins and Evolution of Life COMPLEX Committee on Planetary and Lunar Exploration CSSP Committee on Solar and Space Physics SSB Space Studies Board bPrincipal audiences: Federal agencies that have funded or shown interest in SSB reports. DOE Department of Energy NASA National Aeronautics and Space Administration NASA/ESMD NASA Exploration Systems Mission Directorate NASA/PA&E NASA Program Analysis and Evaluation Office NASA/SMD NASA Science Mission Directorate NOAA National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration NSF National Science Foundation USGS United States Geological Survey Read the entire page →
From page 7... ... aIncludesgovernment agencies and national facilities (e.g., National Optical Astronomy Observatory (NOAO) , LANL, National Radio Astronomy Observatory, Space Telescope Science Institute, Applied Physics Laboratory, Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory, Naval Research Laboratory) Read the entire page →
From page 8... ... The Board is always seeking ways to ensure that its work reaches the broadest possible appropriate audience and that it has the largest beneficial impact. Copies of reports are routinely provided to key executive branch officials, members and staffs of relevant congressional committees, and members of other interested NRC and federal advisory bodies. Read the entire page →

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... Berkner, first chair of the Board, on June 26, 1958, which established the SSB: We have talked of the main task of the Board in three parts -- the immediate program, the long-range program, and the international aspects of both. In all three we shall look to the Board to be the focus of the interests and responsibilities of the Academy-Research Council in space science; to establish necessary relationships with civilian science and with governmental science activities, particularly the proposed new space agency, the National Science Foundation, and the Advanced Research Projects Agency; to represent the Academy-Research Council complex in our international relations in this field on behalf of American science and scientists; to seek ways to stimulate needed research; to promote necessary coordination of scientific effort; and to provide such advice and recommendations to appropriate individuals and agencies with regard to space science as may in the Board's judgment be desirable.

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From page 2...

... Major Functions of the Space Studies Board The Board provides an independent, authoritative forum for information and advice on all aspects of space s cience and applications and serves as the focal point within the National Academies for activities on space research. The Board itself does not conduct studies, but it oversees advisory studies and program assessments conducted by ad hoc study committees (see Chapter 3)

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From page 3...

... Civil Program International Public Science and National Vision Enabled by Activities and Space Policy Assessment Seminar Series Technology for Space the Lunar ITAR Aeronautics and Space Workshop Exploration Environment Engineering Board Board on Physics Series and Astronomy Aeronautics and Space Engineering Board FIGURE 1.1 Organization of the Space Studies Board, its standing committees, ad hoc study committees, workshops, and special projects in 2007. Shaded boxes denote activities performed in cooperation with other National Research Council units.

Read the entire page →

From page 4...

... Board members may individually participate in COSPAR scientific sessions to present their research or, occasionally, present the results of an SSB report to the international community, or conduct informal information exchange sessions with national entities within COSPAR scientific assemblies. The Board also has a regular practice of exchanging observers with the European Space Science Committee, which is part of the European Science Foundation (see http://www.esf.org/)

Read the entire page →

From page 5...

... Being able to draw on such a broad base of expertise is a unique strength of the NRC advisory process. SSB AUDIENCE AND SPONSORS The Space Studies Board's efforts have been relevant to a full range of government audiences in civilian space research -- including NASA's Science Mission Directorate (SMD)

Read the entire page →

From page 6...

... Space Studies Board Annual Report -- 2007 Table 1.1 Space Studies Board Reports Released in 2007 Principal Audiencesb Oversight Committee NASA/ NASA/ Report Title Sponsors or Boarda SMD ESMD NOAA NSF Other Assessment of the NASA Astrobiology Institute NASA COMPLEX X An Astrobiology Strategy for the Exploration of Mars NASA COEL X Building a Better NASA Workforce: Meeting the NASA SSB X NASA/PA&E Workforce Needs for the National Vision for Space Exploration Decadal Science Strategy Surveys: Report of a NASA SSB X X X X usgs Workshop Earth Science and Applications from Space: National NASA CES X X X USGS Imperatives for the Next Decade and Beyond NOAA DOE USGS Congress Exploring Organic Environments in the Solar System NASA COMPLEX X X Grading NASA's Solar System Exploration Program: NASA COMPLEX X Congress A Midterm Review The Limits of Organic Life in Planetary Systems NASA COMPLEX X NASA's Beyond Einstein Program: An Architecture for NASA SSB X doe Implementation DOE OSTP Congress Options to Ensure the Climate Record from the NASA CES X X X usgs NPOESS and GOES-R Spacecraft: A Workshop Report NOAA A Performance Assessment of NASA's Astrophysics NASA CAA X Congress Program Portals to the Universe: The NASA Astronomy Science NASA SSB X Centers The Scientific Context for Exploration of the Moon NASA SSB X Space Studies Board Annual Report -- 2006 NASA SSB X X X X DOE USGS aOversight committee or board within the National Research Council CAA Committee on Astronomy and Astrophysics CES Committee on Earth Studies COEL Committee on the Origins and Evolution of Life COMPLEX Committee on Planetary and Lunar Exploration CSSP Committee on Solar and Space Physics SSB Space Studies Board bPrincipal audiences: Federal agencies that have funded or shown interest in SSB reports. DOE Department of Energy NASA National Aeronautics and Space Administration NASA/ESMD NASA Exploration Systems Mission Directorate NASA/PA&E NASA Program Analysis and Evaluation Office NASA/SMD NASA Science Mission Directorate NOAA National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration NSF National Science Foundation USGS United States Geological Survey

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... aIncludesgovernment agencies and national facilities (e.g., National Optical Astronomy Observatory (NOAO) , LANL, National Radio Astronomy Observatory, Space Telescope Science Institute, Applied Physics Laboratory, Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory, Naval Research Laboratory)

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... The Board is always seeking ways to ensure that its work reaches the broadest possible appropriate audience and that it has the largest beneficial impact. Copies of reports are routinely provided to key executive branch officials, members and staffs of relevant congressional committees, and members of other interested NRC and federal advisory bodies.

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