Capabilities for the Future

An Assessment of NASA Laboratories for Basic Research

von Laboratory Assessments Board, National Research Council, Division on Engineering and Physical Sciences, Committee on the Assessment of NASA Laboratory Capabilities, Space Studies Board, Aeronautics and Space Engineering Board

112 Seiten, Taschenbuch

Kurzbeschreibung des Verlags

Over the past 5 years or more, there has been a steady and significant decrease in NASA's laboratory capabilities, including equipment, maintenance, and facility upgrades. This adversely affects the support of NASA's scientists, who rely on these capabilities, as well as NASA's ability to make the basic scientific and technical contributions that others depend on for programs of national importance. The fundamental research community at NASA has been severely impacted by the budget reductions that are responsible for this decrease in laboratory capabilities, and as a result NASA's ability to support even NASA's future goals is in serious jeopardy.

• ISBN: 9780309153515
• Sprache: Englisch
• Erscheinungsdatum: 13.06.2010
• Größe: 277 x 211 mm
• Verlag: National Academies Press