Mission to Planet Earth: Hearing Before the Committee on Commerce, Science, and Transportation, United States Senate, One Hundred First Congress, First Session ... March 8, 1989

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Page 25 - Our Changing Planet: A US Strategy for Global Change Research," which accompanied the FY 1990 Budget.
Page 12 - ... accommodate simultaneously a large range of scientific needs. The scientific objectices served by this integrated infrastructure are cased into a framework of four grand themes. In summary these are: to determine the composition. structure, dynamics, and evolution of the Earth's crust and deeper interior, to establish and understand the structure, dynamics, and chemistry of the oceans, atmosphere, and cryosphere, and their interaction with the solid Earth; to characterize the history and dynamics...
Page 5 - Functions of the Commission Sec. 204. (a) The Commission shall study existing and proposed space activities and formulate an agenda for the United States civilian space program. The Commission shall identify long range goals, opportunities, and policy options for United States civilian space activity for the next twenty years. In carrying out this responsibility, the Commission shall take into consideration...
Page 6 - ... consistent with the national interest and also to be consistent with NASA's capabilities. NASA alone cannot set these goals, but NASA must lead the discussion, present technically feasible options, and implement programs to pursue those goals which are selected. We must ask ourselves: "Where do we want to be at the turn of the century?" and "What do we have to do now to get there?
Page 21 - I am pleased to have this opportunity to speak with you today about health care reform and some of the proposed reform bills now under consideration.
Page 13 - ... with the solid Earth; to characterize the history and dynamics of living organisms and their interaction with the environment; and to monitor and understand the interaction of human activities with the natural environment A focus on these grand themes will help to understand the origin and fate of the planet, and to place it in the context of the solar system. Author 13 ASTRODYNAMICS Includes powered and free-flight trajectories; and orbital and launching dynamics. N89-15144'# Eagle Engineering,...
Page 16 - States implement and integrate a program of fundamental research on the origin, evolution and nature of our planet and its place in the solar system and its interaction with mankind.
Page 26 - Science and Applications Division in the Office of Space Science and Applications prior to accepting this position.
Page 16 - US should take the initiative amongst nations to establish an international observing system which, in conjunction with an active research program, will allow scientists to understand natural and anthropogenic changes in the Earth's environment and the global scale forces that control them.
Page 15 - NASA has developed a comprehensive program in the planetary sciences, such plans have never included the Earth, in spite of the fact that it is impossible to design a program of real value for Earth science, including solid Earth science, that does not include high technology systems and space based systems.

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