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From page 7... ... These short reports are reprinted in full in Section 4. SPACE STUDIES BOARD Prepared during the first months of last year, our 1994 annual report noted a clearer emergence of "the postCold War evolution of the national policy and budget environment first heralded a year ago." While those budget trends continued throughout 1995, the policy climate for space and space research was being revolutionized. Read the entire page →
From page 8... ... Mr. Alan Ladwig, NASA associate administrator for policy and plans, discussed strategic planning at the agency level and the role of outside organizations in this planning. Read the entire page →
From page 9... ... The second day of the meeting began with a presentation to the Board of the status and preliminary findings of the FOSS project by steering group Chair John Armstrong and task group Chairs Daniel Fink, Roland Schmitt, and Anthony England. After a break, Associate Administrators Huntress and Kennel and Deputy Associate Administrator Arnauld Nicogossian joined the Board for a discussion of the ZBR, including its philosophy, findings, and implications for NASA's science offices. Read the entire page →
From page 10... ... Associate Administrators Huntress, Holloway, and Kennel presented the status of science programs in their offices. Later in the meeting, Deputy Associate Administrator Alphonso Diaz summarized the recommendations of his institute framing committee, recapitulating and elaborating this leitmotif that had run through all the science office briefings. Read the entire page →
From page 11... ... , the Russians proposed to continue their current Mir station in service as the "hub" of the new International Space Station. NASA Administrator Goldin reportedly countered with the suggestion that if the Russians would be able to deliver elements that are, quoting from the Post, "cntical to the completion of the new space station," then "instead of building new laboratory modules for the new facility . Read the entire page →
From page 12... ... Williams, Space Telescope Science Institute Space Studies Board Annual Report 1995 Louis J Lanzerotti, AT&T Bell Laboratories (ex officio, U.S. Read the entire page →
From page 13... ... Space Telescope Science Institute Director Robert Williams gave a talk on the Hubble Space Telescope's scientific discoveries since the repair mission. The Russian perspective on international space collaboration was provided by Dr. Read the entire page →
From page 14... ... After the science presentations, the committee decided on a list of 13 themes to organize its advice to Dr. Charles Kennel, the associate administrator for Mission to Planet Earth (MTPE) Read the entire page →
From page 15... ... There was discussion about the La Jolla workshop recommendations on the elimination or decentralization of the EOS data archive systems. A status briefing on NASA's MTPE was given by MTPE Associate Administrator Kennel, followed by Mr. Read the entire page →
From page 16... ... The committee held a second meeting on May 22-23 in Washington, D.C., to begin work on the data and sample archiving study. Invited speakers made detailed presentations on the development and management of the Hubble Space Telescope archives, the Planetary Data System, and USGCRP. Read the entire page →
From page 17... ... ~7 ~ The committee met for its final gathering of 1995 on November 8-9 at the Beckman Center to finalize the data and sample archiving report. The meeting opened with discussion on the recent Japan Space Utilization meeting in Tokyo, at which staff member Sandra Graham had presented a talk on the committee's Opportunities report, and on the U.S.-Russian microgravity conference in Washington, D.C., where member Robert Bayuzick had made a similar presentation. Read the entire page →
From page 18... ... term ended dunng 1995 Space Studies Board Annual Report 1995 COMMITTEE ON PLANETARY AND LUNAR EXPLORATION The Committee on Planetary and Lunar Exploration (COMPLEX) met at the Beckman Center on February 8-10 to begin work on a study of NASA's Mars exploration plans. Read the entire page →
From page 19... ... term ended dunng 1995 COMMITTEE ON SPACE BIOLOGY AND MEDICINE The Committee on Space Biology and Medicine (CSBM) met on April 12-14 in Washington, D.C., to consider implications of the NASA Federal Laboratory Review (also known as the Foster Committee report) Read the entire page →
From page 20... ... Mr. Alphonso Diaz, NASA deputy associate administrator for space science, gave the committee an overview of NASA' s current planning for the science institutes. Read the entire page →
From page 21... ... Dr. George Withbroe, NASA's division director for space physics, gave a detailed briefing via videoconference on NASA's FY96 budget. Read the entire page →
From page 22... ... and the final draft of a short report assessing space physics aspects of NASA's 1995 Office of Space Science's Space Science Enterprise Strategic Plan Space Science for the 21st Century. This committee assessment was based on a comparison with the committees' own recently completed A Science Strategy for Space Physics (Section 3.9~. Read the entire page →
From page 23... ... FOSS Task Group on Research Prioritization (FOSS-RP) Chair Roland Schmitt presented some preliminary thoughts of his task group that he expected to develop further during a teleconference planned for the following week. Read the entire page →
From page 24... ... FOSS Committee Steering Group Chair Armstrong, FOSS Task Group on Alternative Organizations Chair Fink, and Board Chair Claude Canizares briefed Administrator Goldin and senior NASA management on the findings of the report on September 26, and the Board staff began initial distribution of the document. In all, the 35 members of the four FOSS groups met 21 times over a 12-month period to complete the study. Read the entire page →
From page 25... ... Harry Holloway, and Associate Administrator for Mission to Planet Earth Charles Kennel joined the committee to review the results of NASA' s Zero Base Review team. In addition, the task group discussed details of the report and began to assemble the full text of recommendations and observations. Read the entire page →
From page 26... ... Cohen, Consultant Space Studies Board Annual Report 1995 FOSS Task Group on Research Prioritization The FOSS Task Group on Research Prioritization (FOSS-RP) held a teleconference on January 9 to discuss the status of the conclusions reached to date. Read the entire page →
From page 27... ... At the April meeting in Washington, D.C., the task group met with the associate administrators of the Offices of Space Science (Dr. Huntress) Read the entire page →
From page 28... ... Harry Holloway, associate administrator for life and microgravity sciences and applications, regarding the type of information NASA hoped to obtain from the study. Read the entire page →
From page 29... ... The final report, Review of Gravity Probe B was delivered to NASA Administrator Daniel Goldin on May 15, and task group Co-Chairs Val Fitch and Joseph Taylor and Space Studies Board Chair Claude Canizares briefed Mr. Read the entire page →
From page 30... ... Mather, NASA Goddard Space Flight Center Richard E Packard, University of California at Berkeley Robert C Read the entire page →

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... These short reports are reprinted in full in Section 4. SPACE STUDIES BOARD Prepared during the first months of last year, our 1994 annual report noted a clearer emergence of "the postCold War evolution of the national policy and budget environment first heralded a year ago." While those budget trends continued throughout 1995, the policy climate for space and space research was being revolutionized.

2 Activities and Membership Pages 7-30

2 Activities and Membership
Pages 7-30