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Appendix A: Letter Requesting This Study
Pages 65-66

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... The NAI was formed to produce the highest quality research results while ensuring the infusion of astrobiology objectives into NASA missions, to build a coherent astrobiology community, and to provide associated education and outreach efforts to enable public access and benefit from NASA-supported astrobiology research. Since its founding, the NAI has placed special emphasis on encouraging collaborative research among scientists and providing insights to educators from a variety of different backgrounds.
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... This review should evaluate the success of the NAI in achieving its stated goals of: • Conducting, supporting, and catalyzing collaborative interdisciplinary research; • Training the next generation of astrobiology researchers; • Providing scientific and technical leadership on astrobiology investigations for current and future space m ­ issions; • Exploring new approaches, using modem information technology, to conduct interdisciplinary and collaborative research amongst widely-distributed investigators; and • Supporting outreach by providing scientific content for K-12 education programs, teaching undergraduate classes, and communicating directly with the public. In evaluating the NAl's success, the SSB should address the following broad questions: • Has the NAI developed, as envisioned, as an evolving experiment in cutting-edge, distributed, collaborative science and education in astrobiology?
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