Space Studies Board Annual Report 1992 (1993) / Chapter Skim
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Klemens von Metternich, 1880 REPORT MENU NOTICE FROM THE CHAIR CHAPTER 1 CHAPTER 2 The U.S. space program and its space research components have CHAPTER 3 produced remarkable achievements in the past three decades and generated a CHAPTER 4 wealth of opportunities for scientific initiatives in the years ahead.
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The collection of data, the creation of information through its analysis, and the subsequent development of insight and understanding should be key governing objectives for scientific research in space and for the broader objective of the space program. As suggested in the preface, the task group believes that this vision is compatible with the human spaceflight program and that the entire space program itself would be invigorated by concentrating on timely and compelling scientific objectives.
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scientific research in space have broadened and deepened understanding of our physical environment. As with all science, these accomplishments are but harbingers of even greater future achievements.
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Scientific efforts and space research must contribute to our ability to succeed in a vigorous economic and technological international competition. Domestic needs compete with scientific research in space and with the space program and force the nation to choose between research opportunities and other endeavors.
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Access to space through a variety of means appropriate to particular research missions is a recognized requirement of a vital space program. THE RATIONALE FOR SETTING PRIORITIES Priorities are needed at several levels within the national scientific enterprise, within the space program, and within space research because the file:///C|/SSB_old_web/an92ch3.htm (5 of 9)
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An agenda for scientific research in space created and supported by the community would be persuasive. If scientists demonstrate that their agenda responds to scientific imperatives and to national needs, they can argue effectively for an adequate share of resources and for an orderly progression through the suite of initiatives endorsed by the community.
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Once scientifically meritorious proposals are put forward, this argument goes, the judgments about relative social benefits and the relevance to national needs are beyond the purview of scientists. But the task group believes that in arguing for initiatives, scientists should be sensitive to national goals and political realities.
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The requirements of space research itself should determine policy and programmatic decisions in space research and in the support of space research by the civil space program. Finally, the task group recommends that the Space Studies Board proceed to the next phase of the Priorities in Space Research study and thereby develop a methodology for assessing priorities for scientific research in space.
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