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From page 6... ... Accordingly, the panel necessarily modified its task to focus on the following aspects of the original task: � Review and evaluation of projected goals for ISS research; � Development of processes by which NASA will define the roadmap and its implementation strategies, including the criteria for prioritizing overall mission objectives as well as specific programmatic elements; � Review of currently available plans for completion of the ISS and restoration of a full crew size; � Identification of research and technology testing for which the ISS may provide a uniquely suitable platform and consideration of the ISS-based facilities essential for such research and testing; and � Identification of potential gaps in projected programs and facilities for utilization of the ISS. The panel met once, for 3 days, October 3-5, 2005, to hear presentations summarizing the development of an architecture for post-shuttle transport and life support and recent and ongoing planning activities in support of roadmap development and to draft its report. Read the entire page →
From page 7... ... However, ISS plans had also previously included a major focus on basic research in a number of diverse fields of biological and physical sciences, with research projects directed at increasing fundamental scientific understanding as well as eventual terrestrial applications such as understanding disease or improving industrial technologies. NASA confirmed that it plans to focus future research strictly on the ISS to support human exploration goals, and this shift in emphasis is consistent with major organizational changes carried out at NASA in recent years. Read the entire page →

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... Accordingly, the panel necessarily modified its task to focus on the following aspects of the original task: � Review and evaluation of projected goals for ISS research; � Development of processes by which NASA will define the roadmap and its implementation strategies, including the criteria for prioritizing overall mission objectives as well as specific programmatic elements; � Review of currently available plans for completion of the ISS and restoration of a full crew size; � Identification of research and technology testing for which the ISS may provide a uniquely suitable platform and consideration of the ISS-based facilities essential for such research and testing; and � Identification of potential gaps in projected programs and facilities for utilization of the ISS. The panel met once, for 3 days, October 3-5, 2005, to hear presentations summarizing the development of an architecture for post-shuttle transport and life support and recent and ongoing planning activities in support of roadmap development and to draft its report.

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... However, ISS plans had also previously included a major focus on basic research in a number of diverse fields of biological and physical sciences, with research projects directed at increasing fundamental scientific understanding as well as eventual terrestrial applications such as understanding disease or improving industrial technologies. NASA confirmed that it plans to focus future research strictly on the ISS to support human exploration goals, and this shift in emphasis is consistent with major organizational changes carried out at NASA in recent years.

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1 Introduction Pages 6-7

1 Introduction
Pages 6-7