Title An enabling foundation for NASA's Earth and space science missions / Committee on the Role and Scope of Mission-Enabling Activities in NASA's Space and Earth Science Missions, Space Studies Board, Division on Engineering and Physical Sciences, National Research Council of the National Academies

Published Washington, D.C. : National Academies Press, ©2010

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Description 1 online resource (xii, 63 pages) : color illustrations Contents Overview of the science mission directorate's mission-enabling activities -- Assessment of NASA's mission-enabling activities -- Principles and metrics for managing effective mission-enabling portfolios -- Maximizing program effectiveness through strategic management -- Consolidated findings and recommendations Summary "NASA's space and Earth science program is composed of two principal components: spaceflight projects and mission-enabling activities. Most of the budget of NASA's Science Mission Directorate (SMD) is applied to spaceflight missions, but NASA identifies nearly one quarter of the SMD budget as 'mission enabling.' The principal mission-enabling activities, which traditionally encompass much of NASA's research and analysis (R & A) programs, include support for basic research, theory, modeling, and data analysis; suborbital payloads and flights and complementary ground-based programs; advanced technology development; and advanced mission and instrumentation concept studies. While the R & A program is essential to the development and support of NASA's diverse set of space and Earth science missions, defining and articulating an appropriate scale for mission-enabling activities have posed a challenge throughout NASA's history. This volume identifies the appropriate roles for mission-enabling activities and metrics for assessing their effectiveness. Furthermore, the book evaluates how, from a strategic perspective, decisions should be made about balance between mission-related and mission-enabling elements of the overall program as well as balance between various elements within the mission-enabling component. Collectively, these efforts will help SMD to make a good program even better."--Publisher's description Bibliography Includes bibliographical references Notes Print version record Subject United States. National Aeronautics and Space Administration -- Planning SUBJECT United States. National Aeronautics and Space Administration fast Subject Earth sciences -- Research -- United States -- Planning Space sciences -- Research -- United States -- Planning TECHNOLOGY & ENGINEERING -- Aeronautics & Astronautics. Planning United States Form Electronic book LC no. 2010282511 ISBN 9780309148245 0309148243

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