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Record Nr.

UNINA9910972921703321

Titolo

Opening new frontiers in space : choices for the next new frontiers : announcement of opportunity / / Committee on New Opportunities in Solar System Exploration, Space Studies Board, Division on Engineering and Physical Sciences, National Research Council of the National Academies

Pubbl/distr/stampa

Washington, : National Academies Press, 2008

ISBN

9786611767402

9780309185776

0309185777

9781281767400

1281767409

9780309118903

0309118905

Edizione

[1st ed.]

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (82 p.)

Disciplina

919.904

Soggetti

Astronomy - Research

Outer space Exploration United States

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Note generali

Description based upon print version of record.

Nota di bibliografia

Includes bibliographical references.

Nota di contenuto

""Front Matter""; ""Preface""; ""Acknowledgment of Reviewers""; ""Contents""; ""Summary""; ""1 Overview and Top-Level Findings and Recommendations""; ""2 New Frontiers Mission Options""; ""3 Summary of Mission-Specific Recommendations""; ""Appendix A: Speakers Before the Committee""; ""Appendix B: Biographical Sketches of Committee Members and Staff""

Sommario/riassunto

The New Frontiers Program was created by NASA in 2002 at the recommendation of the NRC's decadal survey for solar system research. In order to optimize solar system research, the NRC recommended a series of principal-investigator missions that encourage innovation and accomplish the main scientific objectives presented in the survey. Two of the five recommended missions have been selected and, as was also recommended in the survey, the NRC was asked in 2007 to provide



criteria and guiding principles to NASA for determining the list of candidate missions. This book presents a review of eight missions: the three remaining from the original list of five from the survey plus five missions considered by the survey committee but which were not recommended. Included in the review of each mission is a discussion of relevant science and technology developments since the survey and set of recommended science goals.