Setting Priorities for Space Research

Download or read book Setting Priorities for Space Research written by National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA) and published by Createspace Independent Publishing Platform. This book was released on 2018-07-10 with total page 82 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This report represents the first phase of a study by a task group convened by the Space Studies Board to ascertain whether it should attempt to develop a methodology for recommending priorities among the various initiatives in space research (that is, scientific activities concerned with phenomena in space or utilizing observations from space). The report argues that such priority statements by the space research community are both necessary and desirable and would contribute to the formulation and implementation of public policy. The report advocates the establishment of priorities to enhance effective management of the nation's scientific research program in space. It argues that scientific objectives and purposes should determine how and under what circumstances scientific research should be done. The report does not take a position on the controversy between advocates of manned space exploration and those who favor the exclusive use of unmanned space vehicles. Nor does the report address questions about the value or appropriateness of Space Station Freedom or proposals to establish a permanent manned Moon base or to undertake a manned mission to Mars. These issues lie beyond the charge to the task group. Dutton, John A. and Abelson, Philip H. and Beckwith, Steven V. W. and Bishop, William P. and Byerly, Radford, Jr. and Crowe, Lawson and Dews, Peter and Garriott, Owen K. and Lunine, Jonathan and Macauley, Molly K. Unspecified Center...