{"product_id":"an-enabling-foundation-for-nasas-national-research-council-9780309148238","title":"An Enabling Foundation for Nasa's Earth and Space Science Missions","description":"\u003cp\u003eNASA'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\u0026amp;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. \u003cbr\u003e \u003cbr\u003e While the R\u0026amp;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.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/b\u003e National Research Council,Division on Engineering and Physical Sci,Space Studies Board\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-10:\u003c\/b\u003e 0309148235\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-13:\u003c\/b\u003e 9780309148238\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e National Academies Press\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eLanguage:\u003c\/b\u003e English\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 03\/25\/2010\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 76\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eFormat:\u003c\/b\u003e Paperback\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 0.75lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 10.90h x 8.40w x 0.20d","brand":"National Research Council","offers":[{"title":"Paperback","offer_id":48447639486719,"sku":"9780309148238","price":29.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0662\/2982\/9887\/files\/img_4b55850c-b948-434f-b887-738fdefd722e.jpg?v=1777234041","url":"https:\/\/www.whiterainbookhouse.com\/products\/an-enabling-foundation-for-nasas-national-research-council-9780309148238","provider":"WR Book House","version":"1.0","type":"link"}