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5 Recommendations for Implementing the Decadal Portfolio Over Remaining Years Within Constraints
Pages 87-92

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From page 87...
... In keeping with the statement of task, the committee presents this chapter to address recommendations for implementing the recommended portfolio during the remaining years of the decadal survey and in preparation for the next decadal survey, while recognizing resource and program constraints. The committee believes that these recommendations will be useful not only to NASA, but to the broader explorations community that now includes other agencies as well as commercial and international partners.
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From page 88...
... 5.1.2  Maximize Use of Crew Time for Decadal Survey Research Recommendation 5-2: NASA should continue and increase its efforts to maximize International Space Station (ISS) resource synergy across the ISS National Laboratory, international partners, and the Division of Space Life and Physical Sciences Research and Applications, particularly with regards to crew time availability and research priority on the ISS.
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From page 89...
... 5.1.4  Strengthen Relationships with Other Agencies and International Partners Recommendation 5-4: Relationships with the National Institutes of Health, the National Institute of Standards and Technology, the National Science Foundation, the Department of Defense, the Department of Energy, and other agencies should be strengthened to better address the decadal survey and midterm review identified research priorities, especially exploration priorities. NASA should consider negotiation with the Center for the Advancement of Science in Space regarding International Space Station research allocations to better address NASA's exploration priorities.
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From page 90...
... These recommendations should be addressed in an integrated fashion. 5.3.1  Provide Additional Funding to Address Significant Risks and Unknowns for Human Exploration Recommendation 5-9: In light of the resource constraints, NASA should raise the priority of Space Life and Physical Sciences Research and Applications Division research within the International Space Station (ISS)
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From page 91...
... In the context of this strategy, realistic expectations for transition to commercial operations will need to be considered. 5.3.3  Develop the Identified High-Priority Science Research Areas Recommendation 5-11: NASA should aggressively lead in the 46 research priorities for deep space exploration identified in Table 4.1 of this midterm report to provide as much "pull" as possible for exploration enhancement using space life and physical sciences.
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From page 92...
... However, the committee believes that a judicious approach is needed when shifting NASA research more toward those types of experiments necessary for deep space exploration, so as to reap the benefits of important basic experiments already started, that may in the long term have game-changing effects on space science. Fundamental science research answers key questions for hardware designers and developers and provides the knowledge that can identify disruptive and innovative technologies that can dramatically increase exploration capabilities or reduce costs.
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