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A Statement of Task
Pages 47-48

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... Meetings will involve interactive discussions with NASA personnel from the programs. The committee may use NASA's Global Exploration Strategy, which establishes themes and objectives for lunar exploration and was presented at the 2nd Space Exploration Conference in Houston, Texas, in December 2006; the reference architecture for lunar missions developed by the Lunar Architecture Team of the Exploration Systems Mission Directorate (ESMD)
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... The NRC will provide a letter to the ESMD Associate Administrator that summarizes significant interim findings of the committee no later than seven months from contract award. The committee chair(s)
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