National Research Council, Division on Engineering and Physical Sciences, Board on Physics and Astronomy, Space Studies Board, Committee on an Assessment of the Astrophysics Focused Telescope Assets (AFTA) Mission Concepts
Evaluation of the Implementation of WFIRST in the Context of New Worlds, New Horizons in Astronomy and Astrophysics assesses whether the proposed Astrophysics Focused Telescope Assets (AFTA) design reference mission described in the April 30, 2013 r...Lasīt vairāk
National Research Council, Division on Engineering and Physical Sciences, Space Studies Board, Committee on the Role of High-Power, High-Frequency-Band Transmitters in Advancing Ionospheric/Thermospheric Research: A Workshop
National Research Council, Division on Engineering and Physical Sciences, Space Studies Board, Board on Physics and Astronomy, Committee for a Decadal Survey of Astronomy and Astrophysics, Program Prioritization Panels
Herein are the reports of Astro2010s five Science Frontier Panels and four Program Prioritization Panels, which assisted in a survey of space-based and ground-based astronomy and astrophysics a decade after the previous survey. The sciences covered...Lasīt vairāk
National Research Council, Division on Engineering and Physical Sciences, Space Studies Board, Board on Physics and Astronomy, Committee for a Decadal Survey of Astronomy and Astrophysics
(Izdošanas datums: 04-Jan-2011, Hardback, Izdevniecība: National Academies Press, ISBN-13: 9780309158022)
The Committee for a Decadal Survey of Astronomy and Astrophysics was charged to report on the acquisition, analysis, and interpretation of observations of the cosmos; the extent of common ground between fundamental physics and cosmology; and US gover...Lasīt vairāk
National Research Council, Division on Engineering and Physical Sciences, Space Studies Board, Board on Physics and Astronomy, Committee for a Decadal Survey of Astronomy and Astrophysics
Driven by Discoveries, and enabled by leaps in technology and imagination, our understanding of the universe has changed dramatically over the course of the last few decades. Based on a broad and comprehensive survey of scientific opportunities, infr...Lasīt vairāk
Committee on New Opportunities in Solar System Exploration: An Evaluation of the New Frontiers Announcement of Opportunity, Space Studies Board, Division on Engineering and Physical Sciences, National Research Council
The New Frontiers Program was created by NASA in 2002 at the recommendation of the NRCs decadal survey for solar system research. In order to optimize solar system research, the NRC recommended a series of principal-investigator missions that encou...Lasīt vairāk
National Research Council, Division on Engineering and Physical Sciences, Space Studies Board, Committee on Assessing the Solar System Exploration Program
NASA had requested the NRC to review the progress the Planetary Exploration Division has made in implementing recommendations from previous, relevant NRC studies. This book provides an assessment of NASAs progress in fulfilling those recommendation...Lasīt vairāk
National Research Council, Division on Engineering and Physical Sciences, Board on Physics and Astronomy, Space Studies Board, Committee on NASA's Beyond Einstein Program: An Architecture for Implementation
Beyond Einstein science is a term that applies to a set of new scientific challenges at the intersection of physics and astrophysics. Observations of the cosmos now have the potential to extend our basic physical laws beyond where 20th-century res...Lasīt vairāk
National Research Council, Division on Engineering and Physical Sciences, Space Studies Board, Committee on the Scientific Context for Exploration of the Moon
Presents a review of the understanding of the early earth and moon; the identification of science concepts and goals for moon exploration. This report offers an assessment of implementation options; and a set of prioritized lunar science concepts, g...Lasīt vairāk
National Research Council, Division on Earth and Life Studies, Board on Life Sciences, Division on Engineering and Physical Sciences, Space Studies Board, Committee on an Astrobiology Strategy for the Exploration of Mars
Presents a review of knowledge about possible life on Mars; an astrobiological assessment of current Mars missions; a review of Mars-mission planetary protection; and findings and recommendations. This report notes that the increase in understanding...Lasīt vairāk
National Research Council, Division on Engineering and Physical Sciences, Aeronautics and Space Engineering Board, Space Studies Board, Committee on Meeting the Workforce Needs for the National Vision for Space Exploration
The Vision for Space Exploration (VSE) announced by President George W. Bush in 2004 sets NASA and the nation on a bold path to return to the Moon and one day put a human on Mars. The long-term endeavor represented by the VSE is, however, subject to...Lasīt vairāk
National Research Council, Division on Engineering and Physical Sciences, Board on Physics and Astronomy, Space Studies Board, NASA Astrophysics Performance Assessment Committee
Presents an assessment of how NASAs program addresses the strategies, goals, and priorities outlined in Academy reports on Astrophysics. This report provides an analysis of progress toward realizing these strategies, goals, and priorities; and a di...Lasīt vairāk
National Research Council, Division on Earth and Life Studies, Board on Chemical Sciences and Technology, Division on Engineering and Physical Sciences, Space Studies Board, Task Group on Organic Environments in the Solar S
Presents a discussion of the chemistry of carbon; an analysis of the formation, modification, and preservation of organic compounds in the solar system; and an assessment of research opportunities and strategies for enhancing our understanding of or...Lasīt vairāk
Ad Hoc Committee on the Solar System Radiation Environment and NASA's Vision for Space Exploration: A Workshop, Space Studies Board, Division on Engineering and Physical Sciences, National Research Council, National Academy o
Presents a discussion of radiation risks for the Vision for Space Exploration (VSE). This workshop report also gives an assessment of specifying and predicting the space radiation environment, an analysis of operational strategies for space weather...Lasīt vairāk
Is the Mars architecture reflective of the strategies, priorities, and guidelines put forward by the National Research Councils solar system exploration decadal survey and related science strategies and NASA plans? and Does the Mars architecture re...Lasīt vairāk
National Research Council, Division on Engineering and Physical Sciences, Space Studies Board, Committee on an Assessment of Balance in NASA's Science Programs
When the space exploration initiative was announced, the NRC was asked to review the science NASA proposed to carryout. In 2005, the NRC released 3 studies focusing on a portion of that task, but changes at NASA forced the postponement of the last p...Lasīt vairāk
National Research Council, Division on Engineering and Physical Sciences, Aeronautics and Space Engineering Board, Space Studies Board, Committee on Meeting the Workforce Needs for the National Vision for Space Exploration
In January 2006, the President announced a civilian space policy focusing on exploration. This book provides a review of the workforce implications of NASAs plans, an assessment of science and technology workforce demographics, an analysis of facto...Lasīt vairāk
Ad Hoc Committee on Distributed Arrays of Small Instruments for Research and Monitoring in Solar-Terrestrial Physics: A Workshop, Space Studies Board, Division on Engineering and Physical Sciences, National Research Council
To explore the scientific rationale for the distributed array of small instruments (DASI), the infrastructure needed to support and make use of such arrays, and proposals for a deployment implementation plan, the NRC held a workshop. This report give...Lasīt vairāk
Focuses on NASAs plan for the ISS. This report provides advice on programmatic issues that NASA is likely to face as it attempts to develop an ISS utilization plan. It also presents an assessment of potentially important research and testbed activit...Lasīt vairāk
National Research Council, Division on Engineering and Physical Sciences, Space Studies Board, Committee on Preventing the Forward Contamination of Mars
Discusses policies, requirements, and techniques to protect Mars from organisms originating on Earth that could interfere with scientific investigations. This report provides recommendations on cleanliness and biological burden levels of Mars-bound...Lasīt vairāk
