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1 National Research Council, The Sun to the Earth and Beyond: A Decadal Research Strategy in Solar and Space Physics, The National Academies Press, Washington, D.C., 2003. 2 National Aeronautics and Space Administration, The Vision for Space Exploration, NP-2004-01-334-HQ, NASA, Washington, D.C., 2004.
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studies of temporal 3 A Journey to Inspire, Innovate, and Discover: Report of the President's Commission on Implementation of United States Space Exploration Policy, ISBN 0-16-073075-9, U.S. Government Printing Office, Washington, D.C., 2004.
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These aspects include the very energetic and intense radiation belt particles that populate planetary environments, such as that of Earth and Jupiter, and the electrical currents and auroral particle acceleration that also characterize planetary environments. A second important class comprises galactic cosmic rays, moving at close to the speed of light (c)
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6 Subsequent to the completion of the committee's report NASA implemented a reorganization that placed the Sun-Earth Connection program in a new headquarters program office -- the Science Mission Directorate. 7 National Research Council, Plasma Physics of the Local Cosmos, The National Academies Press, Washington, D.C., 2004.
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1 For a more complete discussion of the exploration of the heliosphere see National Research Council, Exploration of the Outer Heliosphere and the Local Interstellar Medium: A Workshop Report, The National Academies Press, Washington, D.C., 2004. fundamental processes play key roles in the origin and evolution of planetary and astrophysical systems and tie the results of SEC programs to the scientific goals of exploration.
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1 National Research Council, The Sun to the Earth and Beyond: A Decadal Research Strategy in Solar and Space Physics, The National Academies Press, Washington, D.C., 2003.
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Solar and space physics research has broad importance to solar system exploration, astrophysics, and fundamental plasma physics and comprises key components of the Aldridge Commission's main research themes of origins, evolution, and fate. Research activities in space physics have provided critical information on space weather and on the conditions under which it can have disruptive and even hazardous effects on humans and their technological systems both in space and on Earth.
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