Revitalizing NASA's Suborbital Program

Download or Read eBook Revitalizing NASA's Suborbital Program PDF written by National Research Council and published by National Academies Press. This book was released on 2010-04-11 with total page 97 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle.
Revitalizing NASA's Suborbital Program
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Publisher : National Academies Press
Total Pages : 97
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ISBN-10 : 9780309150835
ISBN-13 : 0309150833
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Book Synopsis Revitalizing NASA's Suborbital Program by : National Research Council

Book excerpt: Suborbital flight activities, including the use of sounding rockets, aircraft, high-altitude balloons, and suborbital reusable launch vehicles, offer valuable opportunities to advance science, train the next generation of scientists and engineers, and provide opportunities for participants in the programs to acquire skills in systems engineering and systems integration that are critical to maintaining the nation's leadership in space programs. Furthermore, the NASA Authorization Act of 2008 finds it in the national interest to expand the size of NASA's suborbital research program and to consider increased funding. Revitalizing NASA's Suborbital Program is an assessment of the current state and potential of NASA's suborbital research programs and a review of NASA's capabilities in this area. The scope of this review includes: existing programs that make use of suborbital flights; the status, capability, and availability of suborbital platforms; the existing or planned launch facilities for suborbital missions (including the Stratospheric Observatory for Infrared Astronomy); and opportunities for scientific research, training, and educational collaboration in the conduct of suborbital missions by NASA. The findings illustrate that suborbital program elements-airborne, balloon, and sounding rockets-play vital and necessary strategic roles in NASA's research, innovation, education, employee development, and spaceflight mission success, thus providing the foundation for achievement of agency goals.


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