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2 Guiding Principles
Pages 18-20

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... The task group's statement of task calls for assessing institutional arrangements to facilitate research on the ISS, and for its work the group adopted a broad definition of research that included basic scientific studies, applied research directed towards beneficial applications and commercial interests, engineering research, and the development of advanced technology. It did not, however, include performance testing or the monitoring of operational systems on the ISS or the installation or evaluation of systems to upgrade the operational capacity of the ISS.
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... . The responsibility for managing and supporting research does not require similar involvement in all other ·SS activities While the unique aspects of serving a research user community will lead to a unique role for a research support organization, other aspects of the overall ISS operation and other potential users of the facility (e.g.
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... Guiding Principles 20 mission-driven and product-driven, respectively, need no' be the same as the processes for selecting scientist c and engineering research, but they should meet similarly weIl-def ned standards. Other relevant criteria might include compatibility with the HISS, ability of the research team to carry out the proposed project, technical andf nancialfeasibility, the needfor a spaced ight environment (e.g microgravity, vacuums, and high standards of technical execution in Chapter 3, the task group describes alternative management models and tests them against the guiding principles elucidated.
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