A Performance Assessment of Nasa's Heliophysics Program - Couverture souple

National Research Council; Division On Engineering And Physical Sciences; Space Studies Board; Committee On Heliophysics Performance Assessment

Couverture souple

ISBN 10 : 0309136563 ISBN 13 : 9780309136563

Editeur : National Academies Press, 2009

Synopsis

Since the 1990s, the pace of discovery in the field of solar and space physics has accelerated, largely owing to NASA investments in its Heliophysics Great Observatory fleet of spacecraft. These enable researchers to investigate connections between events on the Sun and in the space environment by combining multiple points of view.

Recognizing the importance of observations of the Sun-to-Earth system, the National Research Council produced a solar and space physics decadal survey in 2003, laying out the Integrated Research Strategy. This strategy provided a prioritized list of flight missions, plus theory and modeling programs, that would advance the relevant physical theories, incorporate those theories in models that describe a system of interactions between the Sun and the space environment, obtain data on the system, and analyze and test the adequacy of the theories and models.

Five years later, this book measures NASA's progress toward the goals and priorities laid out in the 2003 study. Unfortunately, very little of the recommended priorities will be realized before 2013. Mission cost growth, reordering of survey mission priorities, and unrealized budget assumptions have delayed nearly all of the recommended NASA spacecraft missions. The resulting loss of synergistic capabilities in space will constitute a serious impediment to future progress.

Détails de l'édition

• Éditeur: National Academies Press
• Date d'édition: 2009
• Langue: anglais
• ISBN 10: 0309136563
• ISBN 13: 9780309136563
• Reliure: Broché
• Nombre de pages: 78
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