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Space Studies Board Annual Report, 2005The National Academy of Sciences (NAS) was chartered by Congress, under the leadership of President Abraham Lincoln, to provide scientific and technical advice to the government of the United States. Over the years, the advisory program of the institution has expanded, leading to the establishment of the National Academy of Engineering (NAE) and the Institute of Medicine, and of the National Research Council (NRC), the operational arm of the National Academies. The original charter of the Space Science Board was established in June 1958, three months before NASA opened its doors. The Space Science Board and its successor, the Space Studies Board (SSB), have provided expert external and independent scientific and programmatic advice to NASA on a continuous basis from NASA's inception until the present. The Board has also provided such advice to other agencies, including the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration, the National Science Foundation, the U.S. Geological Survey, and the Department of Defense, and responds to requests from Congress. Early in 2005, the leadership of NASA changed, and with it new emphases emerged. Some of the early interpretations of the 2004 Vision for Space Exploration, in which only certain aspects of space science were encouraged, disappeared and a broader mandate for science emerged. But what also emerged was fiscal reality, which precluded many of the exciting activities that were planned for NASA's science programs. In this environment of change, there has been a continuing need to evaluate NASA's plans against the strategies for science that have been laid down in the various NRC decadal surveys, and to assist NASA in determining how best to proceed given the reduced level of resources it will have. Coupled with this has been a continuing need to provide Congress with the assessments of NASA's plans that it requests.
Document ID
20110011574
Acquisition Source
Headquarters
Document Type
Other
Date Acquired
August 25, 2013
Publication Date
January 1, 2005
Subject Category
Astrophysics
Report/Patent Number
PB2011-101833
Funding Number(s)
CONTRACT_GRANT: NASW-01001
CONTRACT_GRANT: 05HQGR0104
CONTRACT_GRANT: NRO000-04-C-0174
CONTRACT_GRANT: NOAA-DG133R04CQ0009
CONTRACT_GRANT: NSF ATM-0109283
Distribution Limits
Public
Copyright
Other
Keywords
National Research Council (NRC)
National Aeronautics and Space Administration(NASA)

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