Extending Science: NASA's Space Science Mission Extensions and the Senior Review Process

di National Academies of Sciences, Engineering, and Medicine (Autore)

Division on Engineering and Physical Sciences (Autore)

Space Studies Board (Autore)

National Academies Press, 2016

NASA operates a large number of space science missions, approximately three-quarters of which are currently in their extended operations phase. They represent not only a majority of operational space science missions, but a substantial national investment and vital national assets. They are tremendously scientifically productive, making many of the major discoveries that are reported in the media and that rewrite textbooks. Extending Science a " NASAa (TM)s Space Science Mission Extensions and the Senior Review Process evaluates the scientific benefits of missions extensions, the current process for extending missions, the current biennial requirement for senior reviews of mission extensions, the balance between starting new missions and extending operating missions, and potential innovative cost-reduction proposals for extended missions, and makes recommendations based on this review.

• Autore: National Academies of Sciences, Engineering, and Medicine, Division on Engineering and Physical Sciences, Space Studies Board
• Editore: National Academies Press
• Anno: 2016
• Rilegatura: Paperback / softback
• Pagine: 96 p.
• Dimensioni: 279 x 216 mm
• EAN: 9780309448789

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