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1 Introduction
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... The three specific goals discussed in the 1995 report are listed below: maintain the superiority of U.S. aircraft and engines improve the safety, efficiency, and cost effectiveness of the global air transportation system ensure the ~ong-term environmental compatibility of the aviation system NASA's Strategic Planning in Response to the NSTC Goals After the release the 1995 NSTC report, NASA, which is chartered by the National Aeronautics and Space Act of 1 958 in part to "preserve the role of the United States as a leader in aeronautical science and technology and the application thereof," initiated a strategic planning process in response to the three goals.
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... 18 Maintaining U.S. Leadership in Aeronautics
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... The results of the workshop, which analyzed five future world scenarios developed in collaboration with a core team of individuals from the NASA Office of Aeronautics, The Futures Group, and the Systems Technology Group of Science Applications international Corporation, were summarized in Maintaining U.S. Leadership in Aeronautics: Scenario-Based Strategic Planning for NASA's Aeronautics Enterprise (NRC, ~ 9971.' The five scenarios used at the workshop, based on variations of four socioeconomic dimensions, are summarized in Figure ]
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... Aircraft short, medium, and long range, stealth, infrastructure independent, mi I itary special operations Ski I led Trai n i ng and Ed ucation distributed and tailored training Short-to-Medium Range Aircraft V/STOL, commuter, infrastructure independent, m i I itary special operations Stealth Aircraft evade te rro ri st th feats, q u i et ove r populatecl areas General Aviation increased activity, part of a customer-tailored air transportation system Tailored and Smart Materials reduced fuel consumption and enhanced safety Microe~ectro Mechanical Systems (MEMS) reduced fuel consumption and vehicle size Sonic Boom Mitigation enable supersonic fl ight over populated areas 3 Prior to the NRC workshop, but after the initiation of the study, NASA requested that access to space also be considered by the workshop's participants to reflect organizational restructuring that placed space transportation technology development in the Office of Aeronautics.
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... , the NASA Office of Aeronautics and Space Transportation Technology requested that the NRC continue to guide the agency's strategic planning process by conducting a study to identify a short list of revolutionary, or breakthrough, technologies that could be critical to the 20 to 25 year future of aeronautics and space transportation, based primarily on the areas of need and opportunity identifiecl in the Phase ~ stucly. These technologies shou~cl represent high risk, but potentially very high payoff, investments that wou~cl be appropriate components of NASA's advanced basic research and development (R&D)
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... NASA representatives also provided the committee with an overview of the Aeronautics and Space Transportation Enterprise and the strategic planning process used to develop its R&D portfolio. The committee or smaller working groups held five additional meetings to visit the NASA centers included in the aeronautics enterprise and to be briefed by members of the aerospace and air transportation community in government, industry, and academia (see Appendix C)
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... Leadership in Aeronautics: Scenario-Based Strategic Planning for NASA's Aeronautics Enterprise. Aeronautics and Space Engineering Boarcl, Steering Committee for a Workshop to Develop Long-Term Global Aeronautics Scenarios.
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