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Appendix A: Letter of Request and Statement of Task
Pages 317-322

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... Appendix A Letter of Request and Statement of Task
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... A broad survey of the current state of knowledge of the solar system; and 3. An inventory of the top-level scientific questions that should guide NASA flight mission investigations and supporting research programs and NSF's programs that support planetary science research.
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... (NASA will provide before or at the time of survey initiation an update on NASA's human space flight plans.) To provide NASA with actionable advice conforming to its portfolio boundaries, guidelines for the programmatic scope of recommendations to NASA are as follows: • The scientific role of ground-based observations that support flight missions are within scope, but, except for operation of existing Goldstone facilities and the Infrared Telescope Facility (IRTF)
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... It is important that the study activity include town hall meetings, sessions at geographically dispersed professional meetings, solicitation of white papers, and aggressive use of electronic communications for soliciting and aggregating inputs from across the community and country. Products and Schedule It is recommended that the Committee report consist of four products: a complete, integrative report of the find ings and recommendations of the study; supporting reports of the focused panels, either included in the main report volume or in a separate volume; an abbreviated high level presentation of the main findings and recommendations suitable for distribution to the general public; and a CD-ROM or DVD collection of all three components that can be easily and inexpensively disseminated.


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