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...Loe edasi...
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, Aeronautics and Space Engineering Board, Committee for the Assessment of NASA's Orbital Debris Programs
A Summary of the Workshop to Identify the Gaps and Possible Directions for NASAs Micrometeoroid and Orbital Debris Programs summarizes the two-day workshop held on March 9-10, 2011, where various stakeholders presented diverse perspectives on matte...Loe edasi...
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...Loe edasi...
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
(Ilmumisaeg: 04-Jan-2011, Hardback, Kirjastus: 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...Loe edasi...
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...Loe edasi...
National Research Council, Division on Engineering and Physical Sciences, Aeronautics and Space Engineering Board, Committee to Review NASA's Exploration Technology Development Program
Presents an assessment of NASAs Exploration Technology Development Programs various projects including a quality rating, an analysis of how effectively the research is carried out, and the degree to which the research is aligned with the Vision fo...Loe edasi...
National Research Council, Division on Earth and Life Studies, Division on Engineering and Physical Sciences, Committee on the Potential Impact of High-End Computing on Illustrative Fields of Science and Engineering
A study that considers as examples, four fields of science and engineering to determine which of their major challenges are critically dependent on high-end capability computing (HECC): atmospheric science, astrophysics, chemical separations, and ev...Loe edasi...
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...Loe edasi...
Committee on the Evaluation of Radiation Shielding for Space Exploration, Aeronautics and Space Engineering Board, Division on Engineering and Physical Sciences, National Research Council
With plans now afoot for the US to resume flights to the moon and thus subject astronauts to hard radiation, NASA requested information from the Council. The report discusses current knowledge about the radiation environment; the effects of radiation...Loe edasi...
National Research Council, Division on Engineering and Physical Sciences, Aeronautics and Space Engineering Board, Committee to Conduct an Independent Assessment of the Nation's Wake Turbulence Research and Development Program
This report, from NASA and the National Research Council, assesses federal wake turbulence research and development programs to consider whether goals to address the issue of wake turbulence as a barrier to increased air traffic are well-defined, whe...Loe edasi...
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...Loe edasi...
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...Loe edasi...
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...Loe edasi...
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...Loe edasi...
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...Loe edasi...
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...Loe edasi...
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...Loe edasi...
National Research Council, Division on Engineering and Physical Sciences, Aeronautics and Space Engineering Board, Committee to Review NASA's Space Communications Program
The Space Communications Office (SCO) at NASA has two primary roles. The first is to manage two of the communications networks that enable spaceflight operations and research, and the second is to integrate agency-wide telecommunications issues. This...Loe edasi...
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...Loe edasi...
