An assessment of balance in NASA's science programs / / Committee on an Assessment of Balance in NASA's Science Programs, Space Studies Board, Division on Engineering and Physical Sciences, National Research Council

• Record Nr.: UNINA9910955603903321
• Pubbl/distr/stampa: Washington, DC, : National Academies Press, c2006
• ISBN: 9786610506705; 9780309180887; 0309180880; 9781280506703; 1280506709; 9780309661294; 0309661293
• Edizione: [1st ed.]
• Descrizione fisica: 1 online resource (57 p.)
• Disciplina: 629.40973
• Soggetti: Astrophysics - Research - United States; Heliosphere (Astrophysics) - Research - United States; Astronautics - Research - United States; Exobiology - Research - United States; Earth sciences - Research - United States; Reduced gravity environments - Research - United States
• Lingua di pubblicazione: Inglese
• Formato: Materiale a stampa
• Livello bibliografico: Monografia
• Note generali: "Study is based on work supported by the Contract NASW-01001 between the National Academy of Sciences and the National Aeronautics and Space Administration.
• Nota di contenuto: ""Front matter""; ""Preface""; ""Acknowledgment of Reviewers""; ""Contents""; ""Summary""; ""1 Introduction""; ""2 Health of the Discipline Programs""; ""3 Findings and Recommendations""; ""A Statement of Task""; ""B Meeting Agenda""; ""C Biographical Sketches of Committee Members and Staff""; ""D Acronyms and Abbreviations""
• Sommario/riassunto: When the space exploration initiative was announced, Congress asked the NRC to review the science NASA proposed to carryout under the ; initiative. It also asked the NRC to assess whether this program would provide balanced scientific research across the established disciplines supported by NASA in addition to supporting the new initiative. In 2005, the NRC released three studies focusing on a portion of that task, but changes at NASA forced the postponement of the last phase. This report presents that last phase with an assessment of the health of the NASA scientific disciplines under the budget requests imposed by the exploration initiative. The report also provides an analysis of whether the science budget appropriately reflects cross-disciplinary scientific priorities.