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... . Although the Decadal Survey of Civil Aeronautics predated the National Policy and the National Plan, the strategic objectives defined in the Decadal Survey are closely aligned with the seven principles embodied in the NSTC documents (see Table S-1)
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... In addition to resource limitations, NASA's aeronautics research program faces many other constraints (in terms of the existing set of NASA centers, limitations on the ability to transfer staff positions Other decadal surveys that the NRC routinely produces for NASA in the space sciences consider budgetary factors in formulating their findings and recommendations, and it may be worthwhile to follow that model in future decadal surveys for aeronautics research.
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... USER CONNECTIONS NASA civil aeronautics research will provide value to its stakeholders if and only if the results are ultimately transferred to industry, to the Federal Aviation Administration, and to the other organizations that manufacture, own, and operate key elements of the air transportation system. A closer connection between the managers of NASA aeronautics research projects and some potential users of NASA research would ensure that the need to transfer research results to users is properly considered in project planning and execution, and it would facilitate the formation of a coordinated set of research goals and milestones that are timed to meet the future needs of the nation.
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... the project plans and actual implementation of each project. MEETING THE CHALLENGES The basic planning documents for most of NASA's research projects were prepared before the Decadal Survey was published in 2006, and the NASA research portfolio, as a whole, does not seem to have changed course in response to the Decadal Survey.
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... Affordable new sensors, system technologies, and procedures to improve the prediction and measurement of wake turbulence For the 32 other R&T challenges, NASA is effectively addressing some areas, but not others, and the overall assessment of these challenges is best described as "mixed." As shown in Table S-2, the committee assigned the following color-coded grades: a total of 149 green, yellow, or black grades -- 25 percent green, 39 percent yellow, and 36 percent black. Green means that a given project substantially The numbering of the challenges here and in Table S-2 is in accordance with the numbering scheme in the Decadal Survey of Civil Aeronautics (NRC, 2006)
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... To ensure that the NASA aeronautics program has and will continue to have an adequate supply of trained employees, the Aeronautics Research Mission Directorate should develop a vision describing the role of its research staff as well as a comprehensive, centralized strategic plan for workforce integration and implementation specific to ARMD. The plan should be based on an ARMDwide survey of staffing requirements by skill level, coupled with an availability analysis of NASA civil servants available to support the NASA aeronautics program.
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... • Maintaining core competencies in areas consistent with (1) the highest-priority R&T challenges from the Decadal Survey of Civil Aeronautics and (2)


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