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1 History and Charter of the Board
Pages 6-10

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... CHAPTER 3 CHAPTER 4 CHAPTER 5 APPENDIX REORGANIZATION OF THE BOARD -- CREATION OF THE SPACE STUDIES BOARD In 1988, the Space Science Board undertook a series of retreats to review its structure and charter. These retreats were motivated by the Board's desire to more closely align the structure of the Board and its activities with evolving government advisory needs and by its assumption of a major portion of the responsibilities of the disestablished Space Applications Board.
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... In all three we shall look to the Board to be the focus of the interests and responsibilities of the Academy-Research Council in space science; to establish necessary relationships with civilian science and with governmental science activities, particularly the proposed new space agency, the National Science Foundation, and the Advanced Research Projects Agency; to represent the Academy-Research Council complex in our international relations in this field on behalf of American science and scientists; to seek ways to stimulate needed research; to promote necessary coordination of scientific effort; and to provide such advice and recommendations to appropriate individuals and agencies with regard to space science as may in the Board's judgment be desirable. As we have already agreed, the Board is intended to be an advisory, consultative, correlating, evaluating body and not an operating agency in the field of space science.
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... In addition, committees may prepare formal assessment reports that examine progress in a discipline in comparison with published Board advice. Committee reports undergo Board and National Research Council review and approval prior to publication.
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... The Board has successfully collaborated with the European space research community on a number of ad hoc joint studies in the past and seeks in a measured way to nurture a joint advisory relationship with this community. ADVISORY OUTREACH The Space Science Board was conceived to provide space research guidance across the federal government.
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... As a response to these developments, the Board must reach out to nonresearch NASA offices and to other federal agencies, seeking to establish both informal and advisory and corresponding sponsorship relationships as appropriate. Last update 2/22/00 at 4:06 pm Site managed by Anne Simmons, Space Studies Board file:///C|/SSB_old_web/an91ch1.htm (5 of 6)
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