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From page 607...
... Appendix A Letter of Request, Statement of Task, and Other Guidance
From page 608...
... 608 ORIGINS, WORLDS, AND LIFE LETTER OF REQUEST National Aeronautics and Space Administration Headquarters Washington, DC 20546-0001 October 24, 2019 SMD/Planetary Science Division Dr. Margaret Kivelson Chair, Space Studies Board The National Academies of Sciences, Engineering, and Medicine 500 5th Street NW Washington, DC 20001 Dear Dr.
From page 609...
... APPENDIX A 609 Planetary Science and Astrobiology Decadal Survey 2023–2032 The guiding document for the decadal survey is the statement of task. The items described in the sections on scope, considerations, approach, and so on are additional, nonbinding counsel for the survey committee and its staff while they carry out their work.
From page 610...
... 610 ORIGINS, WORLDS, AND LIFE 9. The state of the profession, including issues of diversity, inclusion, equity, and accessibility; the creation of safe workspaces; and recommended policies and practices to improve the state of the profession.
From page 611...
... APPENDIX A 611 CONSIDERATIONS National Science Foundation Recommendations For NSF, the survey will be most effective if it is aspirational, inspirational, and transformative. The decadal survey should assess how the current NSF portfolio of facilities and individual investigator grants address these priorities, as well as how currently planned and new facilities under consideration in the ASTRO2020 survey could benefit the planetary science priorities.
From page 612...
... 612 ORIGINS, WORLDS, AND LIFE 3. A discussion of strategic technology development needs and opportunities relevant to NASA planetary science programs.
From page 613...
... APPENDIX A 613 have the needed expertise across disciplines and diversity among their members, including gender, career stage, underrepresented groups, types and sizes of institutions, and geographic distribution. In designing and pricing the study, the National Academies' should include resources for independent and expert cost analysis support to ensure that all flight mission cost estimates can be meaningfully intercompared and are as accurate as possible, given the varying maturity of project concepts and other recognized uncertainties.

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