Principal-Investigator-Led Missions in the Space Sciences
eBook - PDF

Principal-Investigator-Led Missions in the Space Sciences

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  1. 133 pages
  2. English
  3. PDF
  4. Available on iOS & Android
eBook - PDF

Principal-Investigator-Led Missions in the Space Sciences

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About this book

Principal Investigator-Led (PI-led) missions are an important element of NASAs space science enterprise. While several NRC studies have considered aspects of PI-led missions in the course of other studies for NASA, issues facing the PI-led missions in general have not been subject to much analysis in those studies. Nevertheless, these issues are raising increasingly important questions for NASA, and it requested the NRC to explore them as they currently affect PI-led missions. Among the issues NASA asked to have examined were those concerning cost and scheduling, the selection process, relationships among PI-led team members, and opportunities for knowledge transfer to new PIs. This report provides a discussion of the evolution and current status of the PIled mission concept, the ways in which certain practices have affected its performance, and the steps that can carry it successfully into the future. The study was done in collaboration with the National Academy of Public Administration.

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Information

Publisher
National Academies Press
Year
2006
eBook ISBN
9780309656825
Edition
0
Topic
Physical Sciences

Table of contents

  1. FrontMatter
  2. Preface
  3. Acknowledgment of Reviewers
  4. Contents
  5. Executive Summary
  6. 1 Introduction
  7. 2 PI-Led Programs, Roles, and Relationships
  8. 3 The Selection Process
  9. 4 Management of PI-Led Missions
  10. 5 PI-Led Mission Performance: Cost, Schedule, and Science
  11. 6 Lessons Learned from PI-Led Mission Experiences
  12. 7 Conclusions and Recommendations
  13. Appendixes
  14. A Biographical Sketches of Committee Members and Staff
  15. B Previous Space Studies Board Report Findings and Recommendations on Principal-Investigator-Led Missions
  16. C Definitions of PI-Led Missions from NASA Announcements of Opportunity
  17. D Excerpts on PI-Led Missions from National Research Council Decadal Survey Reports
  18. E Major Changes in Requirements Between Announcements of Opportunity
  19. F Number of Publications from Explorer and Discovery Missions
  20. G Previous Studies on Lessons Learned from PI-Led Missions
  21. H Acronyms
  22. I Excerpt from the National Academy of Public Administration Report NASA: Principal Investigator Led Missions in Space Science