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NASA's Strategic Direction and the Need for a National Consensus

NASA's Strategic Direction and the Need for a National Consensus

by National Research CouncilDivision on Engineering and Physical Sciences and Committee on NASA's Strategic Direction
Paperback
Publication Date: 02/02/2013

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The National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA) is widely admired for astonishing accomplishments since its formation in 1958. Looking ahead over a comparable period of time, what can the nation and the world expect of NASA? What will be the agency's goals and objectives, and what will be the strategy for achieving them? More fundamentally, how will the goals, objectives, and strategy be established and by whom? How will they be modified to reflect changes in science, technology, national priorities, and available resources?


In late 2011, the United States Congress directed the NASA Office of Inspector General to commission a "comprehensive independent assessment of NASA's strategic direction and agency management." Subsequently, NASA requested that the National Research Council (NRC) conduct this independent assessment. In the spring of 2012, the NRC Committee on NASA's Strategic Direction was formed and began work on its task. The committee determined that, only with a national consensus on the agency's future strategic direction-along the lines described in the full NRC report-can NASA continue to deliver the wonder, the knowledge, the national security and economic benefits, and the technology that have been typified by its earlier history. NASA's Strategic Direction and the Need for a National Consensus summarizes the findings and recommendations of the committee.


Table of Contents


Front Matter
Summary
1 NASA's Past and Current Trajectory
2 Findings, Conclusions, and Recommendations
Appendixes
Appendix A Statement of Task
Appendix B Committee Meetings and Site Visits
Appendix C Select Key Reports Concerning NASA's Strategic Direction
Appendix D Committee and Staff Biographical Information
ISBN:
9780309313544
9780309313544
Category:
Space science
Format:
Paperback
Publication Date:
02-02-2013
Language:
English
Publisher:
National Academies Press
Country of origin:
United States
Pages:
80
Dimensions (mm):
279x216x0mm

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