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Issues Affecting the Future of the U.S. Space Science and Engineering Workforce: Interim Report

... future is the fact that NASA is now experiencing an overall annual attrition rate of only 3.5 percent and a slightly lower rate for scientists and engineers.1 Dawsey cited a variety of recruitment, retention, and relocation incentives ...

Solar and Space Physics and Its Role in Space Exploration

... MARS AERONOMY PROBE Status Mission concept, recommended in the solar and ... require ever more sophisticated entry, descent, and landing systems and will place ... mature models of the martian upper atmosphere, validated by measurements ...

Solar and Space Physics: A Science for a Technological Society

... Ionospheric Modification Facilities Ionospheric modification using high-frequency (HF) radio transmitters, or “heaters,” provides a powerful tool for exploring the physics of the upper atmosphere from the ground. Heating facilities ...

Assessment of Options for Extending the Life of the Hubble Space Telescope: Final Report

... Space Engineering Board, Space Studies Board, Committee on the Assessment of Options for Extending the Life of the Hubble Space Telescope. THE PROMISE OF FUTURE DISCOVERIES What important science programs would be enabled if Hubble's ...

Safe on Mars: Precursor Measurements Necessary to Support Human Operations on the Martian Surface

... SUMMARY 5 Toxicity of the Martian Atmospheric Gases The Martian atmosphere ... water is present, and, furthermore, that “uncertainties with regard to the ... unlikely that infectious organisms are present on Mars. Nevertheless, once an ...

Space Shuttle Recovery: Hearings Before the Subcommittee on Space Science and Applications of the Committee on Science, Space, and Technology, House of Representatives, One Hundredth Congress, First Session

... Now the most critical assumption in estimating ... the future is for the space station , and we conclude that a resolute NASA effort to procure ELVS is likely to be required to fulfill the space science program and commercial contracts that ...

A Risk Reduction Strategy for Human Exploration of Space: A Review of NASA's Bioastronautics Roadmap

... (AAMC), Washington, DC. Dr. Longnecker received his M.D. degree from Indiana University School of Medicine, where he completed residency training in anesthesiology. Following an NIH Special Research Fellowship in cardiovascular ...

Open Source Software Policy Options for NASA Earth and Space Sciences

... study of low-mass stars and brown dwarfs using optical and near-infrared ... includes a broad range of astrophysical transients (supernovae, gamma-ray bursts, etc.), neutron star and black hole systems, and ... Earth and Space Sciences.

NASA Technical Paper

... 1 - Vm , nfm , n · ( & m , n - 1 - 1 £ m , n - 1 ] - ' 1 ) Sm , n - 1 + Vm , n − 1 fm , n − 1 ã ‚ ' [ ( cm , n ) 1 ... 28 ] - h2 6 a2 ( fm - 1 , nsm - 1 , n · - fm - 1 , n - 1sm - 1 , n - 1 ) + & g ( fm - 2 , nm - 2 , n - Âm - 2 , n ...

From Here, Where?: A Source Book in Space Oriented Mathematics for Secondary Levels

... Rocket and Satellite . New York : Harper , 1960 . Brinley , Bertrand R. Rocket Manual for Amateurs . New York : Ballantine , 1960 . Burgess , Eric . Satellites and Spacecraft . New York : Macmillan , 1958 . Butler , S. T. and H. Messel ...

Electromagnetic Compatibility Principles and Practices

... Kraus , Electromagnetics , McGraw - Hill Book Company , New York , 1953 . C. L. Neal , Interference Measurement Techniques , Technical Documentary Report ASD - TDR - 62-453 , Contract AF 33 ( 616 ) -7224 , General Dynamics ...

NASA Reports Required by Congress: Report Prepared by the Subcommittee on Space, Transmitted to the Committee on Science, Space, and Technology, U.S. House of Representatives

... 9/12/66 0 0 0 Lunar Orbiter 2 Lunar Orbiter B 11/6/66 22 0 35.011 Gemini 12 ... E ) 3/8/67 293 0 24 ATS 2 Application Technology Satellite 2 ( ATS A ) 4/6 ... Explorer 2 ( GEOS B , Explorer 36 ) 1/11/68 81 0 31 OGO 5 SOLRAD 9 Orbiting ...

Pathways to Exploration: Rationales and Approaches for a U.S. Program of Human Space Exploration

... Gallup 6/61. In person interview, n=1,625. How important do you think it is for the United States to be ahead of Russia in space exploration—very important, fairly important, or not too important? Gallup 3/06. Telephone interview, n ...

Assessment of Mission Size Trade-offs for NASA's Earth and Space Science Missions

National Research Council, Commission on Physical Sciences, Mathematics, and Applications ... answer fundamental and long-term science questions.21 Furthermore, important questions now surround long-term ... EARTH AND SPACE SCIENCE MISSIONS.

Review of NASA Plans for the International Space Station

... Human Exploration of Space: A Review of NASA's Bioastronautics Roadmap for a clear assessment of how risks should be analyzed and how R&D should be utilized to reduce risks. Using the ISS to Support Exploration Missions The panel saw. 2.

Defending Planet Earth: Near-Earth-Object Surveys and Hazard Mitigation Strategies

... Earth-Object Surveys and Hazard Mitigation Strategies. REFERENCES. Beshore, E. 2009. Surveying for Near-Earth Objects with Small Binocular Telescopes. Presentation to the ... EARTH: NEAR-EARTH-OBJECT SURVEYS AND HAZARD MITIGATION STRATEGIES.

NASA Technical Paper

... Δ -1.0 D - 0 -.5 0 LOTOTO -1.0 -.8 -.6 -.4 -.2 0 .2 .4 .6 .8 1.0 y / s -3.0 -2.5 -2.0 Cpu -1.5 DD - D- 4-4-4- · DDDDDD ssssss -1.0 -.5 0 -1.0 -.8 -.6 -.4 -2 0 2 4 .6 .8 1.0 y / s -3.0 -2.5 -2.0 Cp , u -1.5 -1.0 -.5 0 -1.0 - ...

1995 NASA and NOAA Authorization: National Aeronautics and Space Administration and the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration Budget Request for Fiscal Year : Overview

... ACRONYMS BY SPONSOR LIST . CONTD ACRONYM MAC MARLOW MARYLAND MC MCD MICOM MIP MISMA MIT MOUNTAIN ML MMC MPE MRI MSFC NADC NARA NARS NASA NAU NAPC - NAV NAVAIR NAVELEX NAVSEA NAVSUP NAWC NCCOSC NCEL NCGA NCTS NCSC NELO NEODTC NEPRF NG8 ...

Satellite Observations to Benefit Science and Society: Recommended Missions for the Next Decade

... sheet volume due to climate change to improve forecasts of sea-level rise Data on land carbon storage to understand responses of vegetation to changing climate and land use Laser altimetry is a proven method for measuring the height and ...

NASA Technical Paper

... of whether or not the plates actually move . It is by the study of the deviations from the smooth and steady motion predicted by the present theory of plate tectonics , and in the large - scale deformations of the plates , that important ...

NASA Reports Required by Congress 1987-1988

... review ) Phase C / D Contract Start Date , CSD Date November 1987 ... Readiness Review ( Initial ) Operations Facility Readiness Date ( Initial ) ... Operational Readiness Review January 1997 96-193 0 - 89 - 3 FROM LAUNCH Reso Node 50 60.

Issues and Opportunities Regarding the U.S. Space Program: A Summary Report of a Workshop on National Space Policy

A Summary Report of a Workshop on National Space Policy National Research ... program. Eisenhower's approach to a “space race,” according to Logsdon, was to do ... man? Is there any other space program which promises dramatic results in ...

NASA Technical Paper

... EE301 215 266 246 100 249 289 291 321 EE31 238 269 279 290 310 EE311 100 251 249 291 293 EE32 321 250 238 269 270 EE321 279 322 310 100 253 251 293 295 EE33 323 252 239 270 271 EE331 280 324 311 100 255 253 295 297 EE34 325 254 240 271 ...

Near-Earth Object Surveys and Hazard Mitigation Strategies: Interim Report

... Earth. Object. Surveys. and. Hazard. Mitigation. Strategies. SUMMARY The United States is currently the only country with an active, government-sponsored effort to detect and track potentially hazardous near-Earth objects (NEOs). At ...

Bioastronautics

... cycle . Major design changes are made for storing and using the system con- sumables . System weight trade - off studies showed that more complex regenerative - type systems were not justified for Apollo . Oxygen is stored in the super ...

NASA Reports Required by Congress: Report Prepared by the Subcommittee on Space Science and Applications, Transmitted to the Committee on Science, Space, and Technology

... failure as a para- meter . Current data is shown for a confidence value of 50 % in Figure 5 ... failure modes with the uncertainty around the values being a ... critical failure modes . Therefore , we were pleased to see that significant ...

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