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An Enabling Foundation for NASA's Earth and Space Science Missions by National Research Council; Division on Engineering and Physical Sciences; Space Studies Board; Committee on the Role and Scope of Mission-Enabling Activities in NASA's Space and Earth Science Missions is a nonfiction available to read on EtoBox.

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"NASA's space and Earth science program is composed of two principal components: spaceflight projects and mission-enabling activities. Most of the budget of NASA's Science Mission Directorate (SMD) is applied to spaceflight missions, but NASA identifies nearly one quarter of the SMD budget as 'mission enabling.' The principal mission-enabling activities, which traditionally encompass much of NASA's research and analysis (R & A) programs, include support for basic research, theory, modeling, and data analysis; suborbital payloads and flights and complementary ground-based programs; advanced technology development; and advanced mission and instrumentation concept studies. While the R & A program is essential to the development and support of NASA's diverse set of space and Earth science missions, defining and articulating an appropriate scale for mission-enabling activities have posed a challenge throughout NASA's history. This volume identifies the appropriate roles for mission-enabling activities and metrics for assessing their effectiveness. Furthermore, the book evaluates how, from a strategic perspective, decisions should be made about balance between mission-related and mission

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Author
National Research Council; Division on Engineering and Physical Sciences; Space Studies Board; Committee on the Role and Scope of Mission-Enabling Activities in NASA's Space and Earth Science Missions
Publisher
The National Academies Press
Published
2010
Language
EN
ISBN
9780309151580
Category
nonfiction
Subjects
Engineering, Science, Stem

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