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... This phase- ~ report addresses the question of the scientific community's readiness to use the ISS for life and physical sciences and assesses the relative costs and benefits of dedicating an annual space shuttle mission to research versus simply maintaining the current schedule for assembly of the ISS. RECENT CHANGES TO ISS SCIENCE CAPABILITIES b Subsequent to the initiation of this study, NASA announced large cost overruns for the construction of the ISS (Goldin, 2001~.
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... However, this readiness cannot be sustained if: -The proposed reductions in the scientific capabilities of ISS take effect, or -Slippage continues in both the clevelopment and science utilization schedules for the ISS as currently proposed, or -Uncertainties continue in funding for science facilities and flight experiments on the ISS. Adding Annual Shuttle Missions for Laboratory Science Proposed reductions in available experiment accommodations, crew, and power raise concerns about the ultimate functionality of ISS and thus directly affected the task group's consideration of whether additional shuttle flights dedicated to science should be flown during ISS assembly and outfitting.
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... readiness of the program for microgravity research in the biological and physical sciences. REFERENCES Fettman, Martin I
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