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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 facilitie

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1 Front Matter; 2 Executive Summary; 3 1 Introduction; 4 2 NASA's Airborne Research Capabilities; 5 3 NASA's Balloon Research Capabilities; 6 4 NASA's Sounding Rocket Capabilities; 7 5 The Stratospheric Observatory for Infrared Astronomy; 8 6 Progressing from Education to Training to Workforce Development; 9 7 Potential Opportunities for Commercial Suborbital Capabilities; 10 8 An Overview of NASA's Suborbital Research Capabilities: Assessment, Findings, and Recommendations; 11 Bibliography; 12 Appendixes; 13 Appendix A: NASA Request and NASA Authorization Act of 2008 Section 505; 14 Appendix B: Statement of Task; 15 Appendix C: Public Agendas for Meetings; 16 Appendix D: Biographies of Committee Members and Staff; 17 Appendix E: Acronyms and Abbreviations; 18 Appendix F: NASA Sounding Rocket Budget History

Revitalizing NASAs Suborbital Program Advancing Science Driving Innovation and Developing a Workforce Advancing Science Driving Innovation and Developing Workforce

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    A Paperback by Committee on NASA's Suborbital Research Capabilities, Division on Engineering and Physical Sciences, Space Studies Board

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      Publisher National Academies Press
      Published 11 April 2010
      ISBN-13 9780309150835
      978-0309150835
      ISBN-10 0309150833
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      Space science

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      Book Synopsis

      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 facilitie

      Table of Contents

      1 Front Matter; 2 Executive Summary; 3 1 Introduction; 4 2 NASA's Airborne Research Capabilities; 5 3 NASA's Balloon Research Capabilities; 6 4 NASA's Sounding Rocket Capabilities; 7 5 The Stratospheric Observatory for Infrared Astronomy; 8 6 Progressing from Education to Training to Workforce Development; 9 7 Potential Opportunities for Commercial Suborbital Capabilities; 10 8 An Overview of NASA's Suborbital Research Capabilities: Assessment, Findings, and Recommendations; 11 Bibliography; 12 Appendixes; 13 Appendix A: NASA Request and NASA Authorization Act of 2008 Section 505; 14 Appendix B: Statement of Task; 15 Appendix C: Public Agendas for Meetings; 16 Appendix D: Biographies of Committee Members and Staff; 17 Appendix E: Acronyms and Abbreviations; 18 Appendix F: NASA Sounding Rocket Budget History

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