| Description |
1 online resource (112 pages) |
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""A SPACE PHYSICS PARADOX""; ""Copyright""; ""Preface""; ""Contents""; ""Executive Summary""; ""BIG AND LITTLE SCIENCE""; ""DEMOGRAPHICS OF THE RESEARCH COMMUNITY""; ""TRENDS IN THE AVAILABILITY AND DISTRIBUTION OF FUNDS""; ""TRENDS IN THE CONDUCT OF SPACE PHYSICS""; ""CONCLUSIONS""; ""RECOMMENDATIONS""; ""1 Introduction""; ""2 Big Science, Little Science, and Their Relation to Space Physics""; ""CONCEPTS OF BIG AND LITTLE SCIENCE""; ""CHARACTERISTICS OF BIG AND LITTLE SCIENCE""; ""Goals""; ""Interdisciplinary Problems""; ""Project Definition""; ""Investigator Selection"" |
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""Implementation Time""""Frequency""; ""Management""; ""Costs""; ""Time Line for Resources""; ""Funding Process""; ""Community Support""; ""Educational Support""; ""Resource Share""; ""Historical Interactions""; ""SUMMARY""; ""3 Research Funding Trends""; ""4 Demographics""; ""SUMMARY""; ""5 Base Program Funding Trends in Space Physics""; ""SUMMARY""; ""6 Trends in the Conduct of Space Physics""; ""SATELLITE OBSERVATIONS""; ""Explorer Program""; ""Implementation Times""; ""Increased Planning Activities""; ""Reliance on New-Start Approvals""; ""SOLAR OBSERVATIONS"" |
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""Implementation of Solar Satellite Missions""""Solar Ground-Based Observatories""; ""ROCKET OBSERVATIONS""; ""BALLOON OBSERVATIONS""; ""THEORY""; ""DATA ANALYSIS""; ""7 Conclusions and Recommendations""; ""THE REALITY BEHIND THE PARADOX""; ""REVISITING THE BIG SCIENCE/LITTLE SCIENCE ISSUE""; ""CONCLUSIONS""; ""RECOMMENDATIONS""; ""References""; ""APPENDIX A Space Physics Missions (1958-2000)""; ""INTRODUCTION""; ""INTERVAL FROM PROPOSAL TO LAUNCH FOR MAGNETOSPHERIC MISSIONS""; ""Missions Started in the 1960s""; ""Missions Started in the 1970s""; ""Missions Started in the 1980s"" |
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""APPENDIX B The Solar Telescope That Saw No Light (A Tale of Planning Gone Awry)""""SOLAR PHYSICS AND BIG SCIENCE""; ""THE SKYLAB OPTICAL TELESCOPE""; ""BIRTH OF A ""FACILITY""""; ""INFLATION AND DELAY""; ""FROM FIRST PLACE TO LAST""; ""WHAT DOOMED OSL?""; ""EFFECT ON THE SOLAR PHYSICISTS""; ""EPILOGUE"" |
| Notes |
Print version record |
| Subject |
Astrophysics -- Research -- United States
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Astronautics in cosmic physics -- Research -- United States
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Astrophysics -- Research
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Exploration of outer space
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| SUBJECT |
Outer space -- Exploration -- United States
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| Subject |
Outer space
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United States
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| Form |
Electronic book
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| ISBN |
9780309587464 |
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0309587468 |
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