Institutional Arrangements for Space Station Research (1999) / Chapter Skim
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In addition to the basic and applied science and engineering research mission that provides the primary justification for the ISS, NASA anticipates a strong applied commercial research component whose results are expected to be commercialized. This diversity of research gives rise to a range of special policy issues, e.g., the protection of proprietary data, the allocation of research resources among different disciplines, and the conduct of peer reviews and business reviews to permit informed allocation and award decisions.
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The process includes, first, proposal evaluation and selection by NASA headquarters; experiment definition and feasibility analyses and reviews of the requirements by NASA discipline field centers, and a preliminary flight assignment by the ISS program office at the Johnson Space Center (ISC)
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The task group concluded that the guiding principles and objectives noted above called for an intermediate approach: the establishment of an NGO, under the direction of institutions able to represent the broad research community, that would manage the research utilization aspects of the ISS. The task group does not recommend continuing the current arrangements inside NASA, for three reasons.
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NASA must act promptly on the recommendations in this report to ensure that the NGO is actively involved before ISS "assembly complete." STRUCTURE AND RESPONSIBILITIES OF THE ORGANIZATION To facilitate the broad utilization of the ISS for high-quality basic and applied research and technology development, the organization should be able to fill four key roles: Provide the highest caliber scientific and technical support to enhance research activities; 2. Provide the research community with a single point of contact through which it can utilize the capabilities of the ISS; 3.
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NASA headquarters should continue to set policy, define top-level strategy, advocate and defend budgets in the federal budget process, and allocate overall funding for ISS operation and utilization. For the near term, headquarters also should retain responsibility for the coordination of research planning with other federal agencies and the international partners and should continue to solicit research proposals, conduct peer reviews, and select and prioritize investigations for research payloads for the ISS.
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In the view of the task group, the institutional approach recommended in this report would ensure an effective and efficient program to advance the research capabilities and other objectives of the ISS while preserving capabilities already established within NASA headquarters and field centers. The recommended organization is optimized to provide strong support for research utilization of the ISS because it will be established and run by the research community for the research community.
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199S. Commercial Development Plan far the Intem~iona1 Space Station.
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