Institutional Arrangements for Space Station Research (1999) / Chapter Skim
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1 Introduction
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Following the launch of the Russian element Zve~z~a (service module) , the ISS wall be capable of permanent habitation by a crew of three in 2000, a crew of six in 2004, and, finally, a crew of seven following the development and deployment of a crew return vehicle sometime after 2004.
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and European robotic arm (ERA) October 2002 Japanese experiment logistics module (systems, stowage, and experiment racks)
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Even Mir was not designed to operate to this extent as a lon~term orbital research laboratory. O ~ In its pearl for the ISS, NASA has proposed that a special NGO be established outside the agency and its current fonnal organizations to facilitate the recruitment, selection, planning, 2 For a detailed description of the research programs envisioned for the ISS, see "Improving Life on Earth and in Space: The NASA Research Plan." These can be found at |
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SCOPE OF THIS STUDY 11 A task group was appointed under the auspices of the Space Studies Board and the Aeronautics and Space Engineering Board to examine general principles, major roles and functions, organizational character, and other relevant aspects of alternative institutional arrangements for facilitating the conduct of research on the ISS and to make recommendations to NASA. Efforts of the Task Group In addressing these issues, the task group agreed to undertake the following tasks: Review current plans for developing and operating the ISS, the anticipated scope of planned R&D activities on the ISS, current and planned ISS ground and flight infrastructure, experience with relevant spaceflight or ground-based analogs or precursors to the ISS, and plans for international participation in the program; · Develop basic principles to guide the definition and implementation of appropriate institutional arrangements for facilitating research aboard the ISS; .
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In the case of life science proposals, the process includes coordinating flight investigation selections across the space agencies of all international partners to optimize the use of the research equipment provided by the different partners and to identify potentially complementary or duplicative proposals. NASA preliminary technical assessments are supported by the field center
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Experiments selected for definition are handed off to a designated NASA field center for the definition and feasibility analysis effort. During this phase, NASA field center specialists assist the PI with development of experimental science requirements, hardware conceptual designs, and ground-based breadboarding and/or technology verification.
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They have participated in international research coordination forums for decades, although the international groups are not confined to a specific space platform such as the ISS. Engineering Technology Variant Engineering technology flight experiments for the ISS are part of the "other" category in Table ~ .2 and are selected and managed for the Office of Aero-Space Technology by the Johnson Space Center.
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of the commercial entity; Quality of the product development plan utilizing the flight opportunity; Record of the commercial entity in utilizing flight results to market competitive Acknowledgment of the entity's association with NASA in its annual report; and Publication of research results in the open scientific, technical, and/or business literature once the intellectual property rights have been satisfied. products; In addition to meeting the criteria above, experiments involving animal research must have documented approval from an animal care and use committee of the entity sponsoring the research activity and, before the flight, the approval of the NASA Animal Care and Use Committee.
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Each of the partners is entitled to a similar share of allocated user resources (currently only average annual power and non-Russian crew time) and to purchase a share of supporting services such as pressurized launch and return mass, unpressurized launch and return mass, pressurized launch and return volume, and communications data transmission capacity.
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1998. Commercial Development Plan for the International Space Station.
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