Review of the Restructured Research and Analysis Programs of NASA's Planetary Science Division
2017

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The Research and Analysis (R&A) program managed by NASA's Planetary Science Division (PSD), supports a broad range of planetary science activities, including the analysis of data from past and current spacecraft; laboratory research; theoretical, modeling, and computational studies; geological and astrobiological fieldwork in planetary analog environments on Earth; geological mapping of planetary bodies; analysis of data from Earth- and space-based telescopes; and development of flight instruments and technology needed for future planetary science missions. The primary role of the PSD R&A program is to address NASA's strategic objective for planetary science and PSD's science goals.

Recently, PSD reorganized the R&A program to provide better alignment with the strategic goals for planetary sciences. The major changes in the R&A program involved consolidating a number of prior program elements, many of which were organized by subdiscipline, into a smaller number of thematic core research program elements. Despite numerous efforts by PSD to communicate the rationale for the reorganization and articulate clearly the new processes, there has been significant resistance from the planetary science community and concerns in some sectors regarding the major realignment of funding priorities.

Review of NASA's Planetary Science Division's Restructured Research and Analysis Programs examines the new R&A program and determines if it appropriately aligns with the agency's strategic goals, supports existing flight programs, and enables future missions. This report explores whether any specific research areas or subdisciplinary groups that are critical to NASA's strategic objectives for planetary science and PSD's science goals are not supported appropriately in the current program or have been inadvertently disenfranchised through the reorganization.

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74 pages · 8.5 x 11 · paperback
ISBN Paperback: 0-309-45870-6
ISBN Ebook: 0-309-45871-4
DOI: https://doi.org/10.17226/24759

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National Academies of Sciences, Engineering, and Medicine. 2017. Review of the Restructured Research and Analysis Programs of NASA's Planetary Science Division. Washington, DC: The National Academies Press.

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Front Matter i-xiv
Executive Summary 1-3
1 Introduction 4-14
2 NASA's Planetary Science Division R&A Process 15-22
3 Linkage Between Planetary R&A and NASA PSD Science Goals 23-32
4 Linkage Between Planetary R&A and NASA PSD Missions 33-40
Appendixes 41-42
Appendix A: Statement of Task 43-44
Appendix B: Letter of Request 45-47
Appendix C: Center Leads and Analysis Group Comments 48-51
Appendix D: Committee Members and Staff Biographies 52-56
Appendix E: Glossary and Acronyms 57-60

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Review of the Restructured Research and Analysis Programs of NASA's Planetary Science Division (2017)

Chapter: Appendix B: Letter of Request

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Chapter: Appendix B: Letter of Request