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... In light of the commission's findings, the Committee on the Assessment of the Role of Solar and Space Physics in NASA's Space Exploration Initiative chose to interpret its charge in the broadest sense and to examine 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., February 2004.
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... This is best achieved by a mixed program of applied space weather science and basic research. A balanced, integrated approach with a robust infrastructure that includes flight mission data analysis and research, supporting ground and suborbital research, and advanced technology development must be maintained.
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... To achieve the necessary global understanding, NASA needs a complement of missions in both the Living With a Star and the Solar Terrestrial Probes programs supported by robust programs for mission operations and data analysis, Explorers, suborbital flights, and supporting research and technology. The decadal survey report from the Solar and Space Physics Survey Committee recommended a carefully reasoned and prioritized program for addressing high-priority science issues within the constraints of what was understood to be an attainable timeline and budget plan (see Figure 3.1 (a)
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... To achieve the goals of the exploration vision there must be a robust SEC program, including both the LWS and the STP mission lines, that studies the heliospheric system as a whole and that incorporates a balance of applied and basic science. A robust program of SEC research depends on four foundation programs -- Explorers, MO&DA, the Suborbital program of flights, and SR&T for basic research and for development of technologies and theoretical models.
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  • future exploration
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  • report remains
  • solar terrestrial
  • explorer missions
  • physics research
  • states space

  • enabling future
  • report recommended
  • terrestrial probes
  • suborbital research
  • magnetic fields

  • sec program
  • exploration policy
  • mission data
  • spaceflight missions
  • mission operations

  • decadal research
  • plasma physics
  • mitigation procedures
  • environments called
  • called asterospheres


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