Principal-investigator (PI) Earth science missions are small, focused science projects involving relatively small spacecraft. The selected PI is responsible for the scientific and programmatic success of the entire project. A particular objective of PI-led missions has been to help develop university-based research capacity. Such missions, however, pose significant challenges that are beyond the capabilities of most universities to manage. To help NASA’s Office of Earth Science determine how best to address these, the NRC carried out an assessment of key issues relevant to the success of university-based PI-led Earth observation missions. This report presents the result of that study. In particular, the report provides an analysis of opportunities to enhance such missions and recommendations about whether and, if so, how they should be used to build university-based research capabilities.
Authors: National Research Council, Division on Earth and Life Studies, Commission on Geosciences, Environment and Resources, Committee on the Status and Research Objectives in the Solid-Earth Sciences
Categories: Science
Type: BOOK - Published: 1993-02-01 - Publisher: National Academies Press
As environmental problems move upward on the public agenda, our knowledge of the earth's systems and how to sustain the habitability of our world becomes more critical. This volume reports on the state of earth science and outlines a research agenda, with priorities keyed to the real-world challenges facing human
Authors: Albert Joseph Froelich, David Carl Hedlund, Edward Landa, Eugene B. Fabiano, Marshall E. Jennings, Thomas F. Bates, William J. Jones, John Tilton Hack, Nobuhiro Yotsukura, Edmond George Otton, Norman W. Peddie
Categories: Continental margins
Type: BOOK - Published: 1949 - Publisher:
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