Steps to Facilitate Principal-Investigator-Led Earth Science Missions
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Steps to Facilitate Principal-Investigator-Led Earth Science Missions

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  1. 95 pages
  2. English
  3. PDF
  4. Available on iOS & Android
eBook - PDF

Steps to Facilitate Principal-Investigator-Led Earth Science Missions

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About this book

Principal-investigator (PI) Earth science missions are small, focused science projects involving relatively small spacecraft. The selected PI is responsible for the scientific and programmatic success of the entire project. A particular objective of PI-led missions has been to help develop university-based research capacity. Such missions, however, pose significant challenges that are beyond the capabilities of most universities to manage. To help NASAs Office of Earth Science determine how best to address these, the NRC carried out an assessment of key issues relevant to the success of university-based PI-led Earth observation missions. This report presents the result of that study. In particular, the report provides an analysis of opportunities to enhance such missions and recommendations about whether and, if so, how they should be used to build university-based research capabilities.

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Information

Publisher
National Academies Press
Year
2004
eBook ISBN
9780309531375
Edition
0
Topic
Physical Sciences

Table of contents

  1. FrontMatter
  2. Foreword
  3. Preface
  4. Acknowledgment of Reviewers
  5. Contents
  6. Executive Summary
  7. 1 Introduction
  8. 2 Background: PI-Led Missions in the Earth Science Enterprise
  9. 3 Program Conceptualization: Matching Objectives to Constraints
  10. 4 Institutional Investments: Establishing the Foundations
  11. 5 Project Implementation: Improving Life-Cycle Processes
  12. 6 Conclusions
  13. Appendixes
  14. A Statement of Task
  15. B Committee Meeting Agendas
  16. C PI-Led Missions and Their Characteristics
  17. D NASA Technology Development Programs Relevant to PI-Led Earth Explorers Missions
  18. E Biographies of Committee Members
  19. F Acronyms