Bøker av Space Studies Board

Operational needs, such as weather forecasting, add a distinct set of requirements for continual and highly reliable monitoring of global conditions. This book confronts these diverse requirements and assesses how they might be met by small satellites.

Presents the summary of a workshop convened by the Space Studies Board of the National Research Council in May 2013.

The National Research Council (NRC) has been conducting decadal surveys in the Earth and space sciences since 1964, and released the latest five surveys in the past 5 years, four of which were only completed in the past 3 years. This title presents the summary of a workshop held in response to unforseen challenges.

A title that deals with a committee that was specifically tasked with several objectives including identifying stakeholders and their data needs and providing recommendations to facilitate the transition from NASA's research-based series of satellites to a sustained US Geological Survey (USGS) land imaging program.

"This study is based on work supported by the contract NNH06CE15B between the National Academy of Sciences and the National Aeronautics and Space Administration"--T.p. verso.

The National Research Council (NRC) committee evaluated a total of 17 mission concepts for space science missions. Of those, the committee determined that 12 would benefit from the Constellation System and 5 would not. This book presents the committee's findings and recommendations, including a review of the technical feasibility of each mission.

Presents a summary of the workshop discussions including those on perspectives on developments and implementation of ITAR; overarching issues; problems arising from ITAR's implementation; and, opportunities for near-term actions and improvements.

NASA had requested the NRC to review the progress the Planetary Exploration Division has made in implementing recommendations from previous, relevant NRC studies. This book provides an assessment of NASA's progress in fulfilling those recommendations, including an evaluation how well it is doing and of contemporary trends.

In 1997, NASA established an Astrobiology program (the NASA Astrobiology Institute - NAI) as a result of a series of results from solar system exploration. This book presents an evaluation of NAI's success in meeting its goals for fostering interdisciplinary research, training future astrobiology researchers, and providing technical leadership.

Presents a review of the understanding of the early earth and moon; the identification of science concepts and goals for moon exploration. This report offers an assessment of implementation options; and a set of prioritized lunar science concepts, goals, and recommendations.

Based on the 2007 book, "Earth Science and Applications from Space: National Imperatives for the Next Decade and Beyond", this book explores each of the seventeen recommended missions. It identifies launch dates, responsible agencies, estimated cost, and scientific and public benefits. It features photographs and illustrations, tables, and graphs.

Presents a review of knowledge about possible life on Mars; an astrobiological assessment of current Mars missions; a review of Mars-mission planetary protection; and findings and recommendations. This report notes that the increase in understanding of Mars will come from the collection and return to Earth of a suite of Martian surface materials.

Is the Mars architecture reflective of the strategies, priorities, and guidelines put forward by the National Research Council's solar system exploration decadal survey and related science strategies and NASA plans? and Does the Mars architecture represent a reasonably balanced mission portfolio? This title deals with these questions.

Presents a discussion of the chemistry of carbon; an analysis of the formation, modification, and preservation of organic compounds in the solar system; and an assessment of research opportunities and strategies for enhancing our understanding of organic material in the solar system.

When the space exploration initiative was announced, the NRC was asked to review the science NASA proposed to carryout. In 2005, the NRC released 3 studies focusing on a portion of that task, but changes at NASA forced the postponement of the last phase. This report talks about the last phase and also about the analysis of the science budget.

A Risk Reduction Strategy for Human Exploration of Space: A Review of NASA's Bioastronautics Roadmap (2006)

Provides a review of six science strategy roadmaps: robotic and human exploration of Mars; solar system exploration; universe exploration; search for earth-like planets; earth science and applications from space; and sun-earth system connection.

Discusses policies, requirements, and techniques to protect Mars from organisms originating on Earth that could interfere with scientific investigations. This report provides recommendations on cleanliness and biological burden levels of Mars-bound spacecraft, methods to reach those levels, and more.

To assist NASA, NOAA, and the USGS develop the tools required to understand the changes in the planet Earth, a survey of Earth science and applications from space was carried out. This report outlines a key element of the study - the rationale for tying Earth observations to societal need - and identifies actions needed to achieve this goal.

The Space Studies Board requested the Committee on the Origins and Evolution of Life, to examine ways to augment and integrate astronomy and astrophysics into the Astrobiology program. This report presents the results of that study and provides a review of the earlier report and an examination of the elements of the astrobiology program.