Extending Science: Nasa's Space Science Mission Extensions and the Senior Review Process

by Space Studies Board, and Medicine National Academies of Sciences, Engineering, Division on Engineering and Physical Sciences

NASA operates a large number of space science missions, approximately three-quarters of which are currently in their extended operations phase. They represent not only a majority of operational space science missions, but a substantial national investment and vital national assets. They are tremendously scientifically productive, making many of the major discoveries that are reported in the media and that rewrite textbooks.

Extending...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0309448786
• ISBN13: 9780309448789
• Release Date: January 2017
• Publisher: National Academies Press
• Length: 96 Pages
• Weight: 0.55 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.4" x 8.3" x 10.8"