
NASA's Strategic Direction View Report: NASA's Strategic Direction and the Need for a National Consensus This project is being led by the Division on Engineering and Physical Sciences Statement of Task
The National Research Council will appoint an ad-hoc committee to assess whether the strategic direction of the National Aeronautics and Space Administration, as defined by the 2011 NASA strategic plan, remains viable and whether the agency's activities and organization efficiently and effectively support that direction in light of the potential for constrained budgets for the foreseeable future. In particular the committee will:
1. Consider the strategic direction of the agency as set forth most recently in 2011 NASA Strategic Plan and other relevant statements of space policy issued by the President of the United States.
2. Consider the goals for the agency set forth in the National Aeronautics and Space Act of 1958 (as amended) and the National Aeronautics and Space Administration Authorization Acts of 2005, 2008 and 2010.
3. Consider previous studies and reports relevant to this task.
4. Assess the relevance of NASA's strategic direction and goals to achieving national priorities.
5. Assess the viability of NASA's strategic direction and goals in the context of current budget expectations and stated programmatic priorities for the agency.
6. Discuss the appropriateness of the budgetary balance between NASA's various programs;
7. Examine NASA's organizational structure and identify changes that could improve the efficiency and effectiveness of the Agency's mission activities; and
8. Recommend how NASA could establish and effectively communicate a common, unifying vision for NASA's strategic direction that encompasses NASA's varied missions.
Any recommendations made by the committee will be predicated on the assumption that NASA's out year budget profile will be constrained due to continuing deficit reduction.
Public Outreach
The Strategic Directions Committee is listening to a wide variety of experts in aeronautics and space science and technology, space policy and programs, and communications strategy, and it wants to hear from other stakeholders, including the public, as well. The committee invited your responses to the seven questions listed in our public input form. This site was available for comments through August 17, 2012. Submitted comments are viewable to the public.
Meetings May 1-2, 2012 Washington, DC | June 25-27, 2012 Washington, DC View Presentations | July 26-27, 2012 Washington, DC View Presentations | August 6-7, 2012 Irvine, CA View Presentations | September 20-21, 2012 Washington, DC | |
Committee, staff and speakers at the first meeting, held in May 2012. More images from June meeting and site visits. Committee Membership Dr. Albert Carnesale - (Chair) University of California, Los Angeles | Mr. Joseph S. Hezir EOP Group, Inc. | Dr. Ronald M. Sega - (Vice Chair) Colorado State University Research Foundation | Dr. Ann R. Karagozian University of California, Los Angeles | Dr. Mark R. Abbott Oregon State University | Dr. Mark J. Lewis University of Maryland, College Park | Dr. Jacques E. Blamont Centre National d'Etudes Spatiales (CNES) | Ms. Marcia S. Smith Space and Technology Policy Group, LLC | Dr. John C. Brock Northrop Grumman (Retired) | Prof. Michael S. Turner The University of Chicago | Capt. Robert L. Crippen (USN, ret) Thiokol Propulsion [Retired] | Dr. Warren M. Washington National Center for Atmospheric Research | View Committee member bios | Staff
| | Dwayne Day Senior Program Officer, Study Director | Amanda Thibault Research Associate | David Smith Senior Program Officer | Linda Walker Senior Program Assistant | Alan Angleman Senior Program Officer | Michael Moloney ASEB & SSB Board Director |
July 2012 Gerstenmaier Grunsfeld Stone
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