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Appendix C: Statement of Task
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From page 12... ... The current request from the NASA Office of Space Science acknowledges this Congressional pressure indirectly, and it requests that the SSB conduct an "interim assessment" before the beginning of the next fiscal year. The 1998 SSB report noted that R&DA activities constitute the foundation of all space research activities because R&DA programs provide for development of new concepts and technologies which lead to new space mission opportunities; they permit the extended scientific analysis and interpretation of space mission results; they support complementary laboratory experiments and measurements, ground-based astronomical observations, and theoretical and modeling studies; they provide a means to apply mission data to secondary uses which often have new societal benefits; and they provide a means to train new space scientists and engineers as well as to offer wider educational value. Read the entire page →
From page 13... ... To what extent are R&DA being integrated into the OSS strategic plan and to what extent are decisions about the direction of R&DA being made with a view toward achieving the goals and objectives of the strategic plan? Issues to be considered may include efforts by OSS to � evaluate the impact of R&DA on progress toward the goals and objectives of the strategic plan, � link NASA research announcements to key scientific questions that are related to the goals and objectives of the strategic plan, evaluate the balance between the funding allocations for flight programs and the R&DA required to support Lose programs, evaluate the balance among various su~elements of R&DA, use broadly based, independent scientific peer review panels to define suitable metrics and review the offtce's internal evaluations of balance, and maximize NASA's familiarity with contemporary advances and directions in science and technology in the process of managing R&DA, for example, via the appropriate use of "rotators." 2..To what extent does OSS assess the state of the research infrastructure and use R&DA programs to address weaknesses In the infrastructure base? Read the entire page →
From page 14... ... At the August 2000 meeting of the SSB executive committee members of We executive committee plus the chairs of the Board's standing committees wait be briefed by NASA, and Be Board will have the opportunity to question NASA representatives about the response of the Office of Space Science to the earlier report. At the same meeting the Board also will utilize comments provided in advance by members of the relevant SSB standing discipline oversight committees (Astronomy and Astrophysics, Planetary and Lunar Exploration, and Solar and Space Physics) Read the entire page →

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... The current request from the NASA Office of Space Science acknowledges this Congressional pressure indirectly, and it requests that the SSB conduct an "interim assessment" before the beginning of the next fiscal year. The 1998 SSB report noted that R&DA activities constitute the foundation of all space research activities because R&DA programs provide for development of new concepts and technologies which lead to new space mission opportunities; they permit the extended scientific analysis and interpretation of space mission results; they support complementary laboratory experiments and measurements, ground-based astronomical observations, and theoretical and modeling studies; they provide a means to apply mission data to secondary uses which often have new societal benefits; and they provide a means to train new space scientists and engineers as well as to offer wider educational value.

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... To what extent are R&DA being integrated into the OSS strategic plan and to what extent are decisions about the direction of R&DA being made with a view toward achieving the goals and objectives of the strategic plan? Issues to be considered may include efforts by OSS to � evaluate the impact of R&DA on progress toward the goals and objectives of the strategic plan, � link NASA research announcements to key scientific questions that are related to the goals and objectives of the strategic plan, evaluate the balance between the funding allocations for flight programs and the R&DA required to support Lose programs, evaluate the balance among various su~elements of R&DA, use broadly based, independent scientific peer review panels to define suitable metrics and review the offtce's internal evaluations of balance, and maximize NASA's familiarity with contemporary advances and directions in science and technology in the process of managing R&DA, for example, via the appropriate use of "rotators." 2..To what extent does OSS assess the state of the research infrastructure and use R&DA programs to address weaknesses In the infrastructure base?

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... At the August 2000 meeting of the SSB executive committee members of We executive committee plus the chairs of the Board's standing committees wait be briefed by NASA, and Be Board will have the opportunity to question NASA representatives about the response of the Office of Space Science to the earlier report. At the same meeting the Board also will utilize comments provided in advance by members of the relevant SSB standing discipline oversight committees (Astronomy and Astrophysics, Planetary and Lunar Exploration, and Solar and Space Physics)

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Appendix C: Statement of Task Pages 12-14

Appendix C: Statement of Task
Pages 12-14