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... 23 The Future A decadal survey, by definition, looks 10 years ahead.1 Predicting the future is fraught with challenges. Moreover, many of the concepts and recommendations contained in the preceding chapters may not be implemented or their consequences known until multiple decades from now.
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... THE FUTURE 603 Finding: The Committee on Astrobiology and Planetary Science is succeeding in its role of monitoring the imple mentation of the recommendations in the most recent relevant decadal survey as evidenced by the steady stream of requests from NASA for the committee's input. THE MIDTERM REVIEW Section 301(a)
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... 604 ORIGINS, WORLDS, AND LIFE reiterated by CAPS and the midterm review (NASEM 2017, 2018) , and NASA eventually initiated the predecadal planetary mission concept study (PMCS)

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