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2 Activities and Membership
2 Activities and Membership
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On March 1, an astronaut crew aboard the space shuttle Columbia began a remarkably successful mission to service the Hubble Space Telescope. In the solar system exploration arena, the Galileo spacecraft performed its final encounter with lo on January 17, passing within 100 km of the satellite.
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He also spoke about the impact of SSB reports that addressed Mars research, decadal surveys, and research and analysis. Mary Kicza, newly appointed associate administrator of OBPR, spoke of plans for the ReMaP Task Force, which would perform an independent external review and assessment of the Biological and Physical Research Enterprise and make recommendations on how to achieve progress in high-priority research.
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· Plans for the World Space Congress to be held in October in Houston and for a concurrent informal session with European Space Science Committee and Chinese Academy of Science representatives. Plans for the June SSB meeting.
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Lanzerotti, chair of the Solar and Space Physics Survey Committee, participated via teleconference to discuss the committee' s draft report. Richard Kline of Klintech LLC summarized plans for the World Space Congress, to be held in Houston, Texas, in October.
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effort; Mary Kizca, associate administrator for biological and physical research, via teleconference, on NASA's response to the NAC and SSB reports on the International Space Station; and John Williams of Booz Allen Hamilton on its Space R&D Industrial Base study. ~7 ~7 ~ FOURTH QUARTER HIGHLIGHTS As the year 2002 came to a close there was much to savor regarding accomplishments during the year and much to contemplate with respect to where space research might be headed in the future.
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Congress had proposed a significant increase in NASA's science budget for FY 2003 and had acted very positively in support of science in general, including passing legislation that allows for a doubling of the National Science Foundation budget over the next 5 years. The Space Studies Board played its part in the advancement of a strong space research environment by releasing 10 study reports during the year.
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Ray Arvidson, Washington University, and SSB member Hap McSween, University of Tennessee, each made presentations on scientific studies of Mars. John Mather, NASA GSFC, described the plans for the James Webb Space Telescope, now that TRW has been selected as the prime contractor for the program.
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The Board discussed and approved statements of task for potential new studies on Mars planetary protection, limits of organic life in planetary systems, and the astrophysical context of life, as well as plans for a workshop by the Committee on Solar and Space Physics on exploration of the outer heliosphere. The SSB also discussed a one-day project scoping workshop to consider the idea of multiagency uses of and interests in large deployable space telescopes and a possible workshop on needs for and gaps in access to a range of launch vehicles for research and training.
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Safe on Mars: Precursor Measurements Necessary to Support Human Operations on the Martian Surface The Sun to the Earth—and Beyond: A Decadal Research Strategy in Solar and Space Physics Toward New Partnerships in Remote Sensing: Government, the Private Sector, and Earth Science Research CMGR TG X X CSBM/TGRISS X COEL X COMPLEX/ X Survey Committee TG CAA X ASEB/SSB X X CSSP/Survey X Committee SAPPSC Using Remote Sensing in State and Local Government: SAPPSC Information for Management and Decision Making Space Studies Board Annual Report—2001 X X X X X X SSB X X X DOD DOT, USGS, EPA, USACE DOT, USGS EPA, USACE All aAuthoring Committee ASEB CAA CMGR COMPLEX CSBM CSSP SAPPSC SSB TG bPrincipal agency audience: DOD DOT EPA NOAA NSF OBPR OES OMB OSS USACE USGS Aeronautics and Space Engineering Board Committee on Astronomy and Astrophysics Committee on Microgravity Research Committee on Planetary and Lunar Exploration Committee on Space Biology and Medicine Committee on Solar and Space Physics ste.~.rins, Cnmmitte.~. on Space Applications and Cnmme.rc.in1i7ntinn Space Studies Board Task Group Department of Defense Department of Transportation Environmental Protection Agency National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration National Science Foundation NASA Office of Biological and Physical Research NASA Office of Earth Science Office of Management and Budget NASA Office of Space Science United States Army Corps of Engineers United States Geological Survey
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TABLE 2.3 Summary of Participation in Space Studies Board Activities, January 1, 2002, to December 31, 2002 Government and Nonprofit Total Academia National Facilitiesa Private Industry and Others Volunteers Committee members 176 49 47 12 284 Guest experts 27 67 6 12 112 Reviewers 75 17 9 9 110 Workshop participants 6 18 5 3 32 Totalb 284 151 67 36 538 NOTE: Counts of individuals are subject to art uncertainty of +2 due to possible m~scategonzation. aIncludes government agencies arid national facilities.
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16 Space Studies Board Annual Report 2002 20 18 16 14 12 10 86OFocused Broad 1993 1994 1995 1996 1997 1998 1999 2000 2001 2002 Year FIGURE 2.1 Number and type of peer-reviewed Space Studies Board reports published from 1993 through 2002. NSF 4 NASA/OSS 36 Multiple Government Agencies NASA/OBPR 20 / / 25 NASA-wide 8 NASA/DES 5 FIGURE 2.2 Principal federal agency audiences for Space Studies Board reports published from 1995 through 2002.
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ENSPS (ex officio, chair of the European Space Science Committee) Gerhard Haerendel, International University Bremen (ex officio, chair of the European Space Science Committee)
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Hal McAlister, Georgia State, presented the views of the NASA external review board on the rescoped SIM, and Alan Dressier, Carnegie Observatories, discussed the NASA Origins Subcommittee views. Steve Beckwith, Space Telescope Science Institute (STScI)
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The attendees were selected so as to include some members of COMPLEX, the Survey Committees for both the SSE and the Solar and Space Physics reports, and the NASA Solar System Exploration Subcommittee, plus representatives from NASA/OSS, NSF, the Smithsonian Institution, and the Applied Physics Laboratory. Discussion topics included technical challenges in implementing a new line of medium-cost NASA missions, planning advanced technology studies for future flagship missions, surveying near-Earth objects, Mars exploration, and the study of extrasolar planets.
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Moses, USRA Center for Advanced Space Studies Gerald Schubert, University of California, Los Angeles Inner Planets Panel Membership Carle M Pieters, Brown University (chair)
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Noll, Space Telescope Science Institute Martin Saunders, Yale University David H Smith, Study Director, Space Studies Board Christopher K
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The report was submitted for review by external reviewers in early June. The survey committee then met on July 12-13 for final revisions in response to external report review.
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Maran, NASA Goddard Space Flight Center Terrance Onsager, NOAA Space Environment Center 23
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Schunk, Utah State University Space Studies Board Annual Report 2002 COMMITTEE ON THE ORIGINS AND EVOLUTION OF LIFE The Committee on the Origins and Evolution of Life (COEL) , a joint activity between the Space Studies Board and the Board on Life Sciences, met February 20-22 at the Lunar and Planetary Laboratory in Tucson, Arizona.
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Ziurys, University of Arizona Gerda Horneck, European Space Science Committee Liaison David H Smith, Study Director, Space Studies Board Robert L
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The committee also heard presentations on these issues from Ghassem Asrar, NASA ESE; Greg Withee, NOAA/NESDIS; Roger Pielke, Jr., University of Colorado/CIRES; Pat McCormick, Hampton University; Chet Koblinsky, NASA GSFC; Guenter Riegler, NASA OSS; Gary Rottman, University of Colorado; Gene Feldman, NASA GSFC; Darrel Williams, NASA GSFC; Ray Byrnes, USGS; and Tom Karl, NOAA National Climatic Data Center.
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The report was sent to SSB and external review on August 1 and responses to external reviews were completed in the first week of September. Following NRC approval, Factors Affecting the Utilization of the International Space Station for Research in the Biological and Physical Sciences was delivered to NASA on September 13 in prepublication form to meet an accelerated schedule requested by congressional staff; TGRISS chair James Bagian briefed staff members of the House Space and Aeronautics Subcommittee on September 16 and the report was released on September 18.
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The meeting closed with a discussion of the report review schedule and planning for the next meeting. The committee met July 1-3 in Woods Hole, Massachusetts, to finalize its draft report prior to SSB review.
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During the third quarter, SAPPSC held teleconferences on July 16 and 23 to discuss recommendations for its third report. The report underwent internal SSB review and was prepared for external review.
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The agenda included presentations by Greg Withee, associate administrator for NESDIS, and Ghassem Asrar, associate administrator for NASA's Office of Earth Science. In addition, the committee also heard from a NOAA panel including representatives from the National Weather Service, the Office of the Chief Scientist, and the Office of Oceanic and Atmospheric Research.
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The COSPAR Scientific Program Committee met dune 13 and 14 at COSPAR headquarters in Paris to finalize COSPAR's scientific program at the WSC. The WSC was held October 10-19 at the George R
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The exhibition featured what may have been the largest-ever NASA exhibit, which included representation from several NASA field centers. The SSB exhibit, mounted in cooperation with the Aeronautics and Space Engineering Board, succeeded in distributing and/or receiving requests for approximately 1,300 reports on topics such as Earth science, life and microgravity sciences, data management, astrobiology, and international space science.
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COMMITTEE TO REVIEW NASA'S EARTH SCIENCE APPLICATIONS PROGRAM STRATEGIC PLAN In response to a request from NASA' s Earth Science Enterprise, the Space Studies Board, in consultation with other appropriate units of the National Research Council, organized the Committee to Review NASA's Earth Science Applications Program Strategic Plan. The committee met July 30-August 1 in Washington, D.C., to hear briefings from NASA; to hold discussions with representatives of the Office of Management and Budget, congressional staff, and two of NASA's collaborating agencies, FEMA and NOAA; and to develop preliminary findings and recommendations.
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All terms ended during 2002. Space Studies Board Annual Report 2002 COMMITTEE ON ENVIRONMENTAL SATELLITE DATA UTILIZATION The Committee on Environmental Satellite Data Utilization (CESDU)
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