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Appendix A: Statement of Task
Pages 43-44

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From page 43...
... Section 507 of the act, "Assessment of Impediments to Interagency Cooperation on Space and Earth Science Missions," directed NASA to engage the National Research Council to carry out the following assessment: (a) Assessments- The Administrator, in consultation with other agencies with space science programs, shall enter into an arrangement with the National Academies to assess impediments, including cost growth, to the successful conduct of interagency cooperation on space science missions, to provide lessons learned and best practices, and to recommend steps to help facilitate successful interagency collaborations on space science missions.
From page 44...
... , a NASA-DOE astrophysics mission; -- OSTM/Jason-2, developed by NASA and CNES and handed off for operation to NOAA and EUMETSAT; -- ACE, developed and operated by NASA for research purposes, but provides data for operational use to NOAA and DOD; -- GOES-R, being developed by NASA for NOAA under a reimbursable arrangement and originally included development of an advanced instrument suite (the Hyperspectral Environmental Suite) ; -- National Polar-Orbiting Environmental Satellite System (NPOESS)


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