Lessons Learned in Decadal Planning in Space Science Summary of a Workshop (2013) / Chapter Skim
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in the decadal survey process, paraphrasing Steven Squyres -- former planetary science decadal survey chair -- by saying, "It's the statement of task, stupid." In essence, everybody will get what they asked for, like it or not. To some extent, he explained, that was the outcome from the most recent round of decadal surveys, an outcome that further emphasizes how much more important the SOT is than might have been previously thought.
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"How," he asked the audience, "can we do the surveys if we don't have prototype reference missions to assess? " He said that he chose that language carefully because from the three decadal surveys with the CATE process as we know it today, the use of proper phrasing to describe the recommended missions in the surveys matters a great deal for how those mission concepts are perceived and interpreted.
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In his opinion, such a report would take what was said at the workshop and put it into a more formal and deliberative NRC report than can then be used to help guide future decadal surveys.
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