美國航天航空局某年戰略報告(pdf 64頁)英文版

美國航天航空局某年戰略報告(英文版)目錄：
iii Letter from the Administrator
1 NASA Strategy
7 Achieving Our Vision and Mission
7 Agency Goals
10 Implementing Strategies
10 Transforming NASA
11 As Only NASA Can
12 Mission I: To Understand and Protect Our Home Planet
13 Goal 1: Understand Earth’s system and apply Earth-system science to improve the prediction of climate,
weather, and natural hazards.
14 Goal 2: Enable a safer, more secure, efficient, and environmentally friendly air transportation system.
15 Goal 3: Create a more secure world and improve the quality of life by investing in technologies and
collaborating with other agencies, industry, and academia.
17 Mission II: To Explore the Universe and Search for Life
18 Goal 4: Explore the fundamental principles of physics, chemistry, and biology through research in the unique
natural laboratory of space.
19 Goal 5: Explore the solar system and the universe beyond, understand the origin and evolution of life, and
search for evidence of life elsewhere.
21 Mission III: To Inspire the Next Generation of Explorers
22 Goal 6: Inspire and motivate students to pursue careers in science, technology, engineering, and mathematics.
23 Goal 7: Engage the public in shaping and sharing the experience of exploration and discovery.
24 Space Flight Capabilities
25 Goal 8: Ensure the provision of space access and improve it by increasing safety, reliability, and affordability.
26 Goal 9: Extend the duration and boundaries of human space flight to create new opportunities for
exploration and discovery.
26 Goal 10: Enable revolutionary capabilities through new technology.
29 Scenarios for the Future
Appendices
A-1 Appendix I. Implementing Strategies
A-4 Appendix II. Agency Organization
A-9 Appendix III. Agency Objectives
A-21 Appendix IV. Relationship Among Strategic and Planning Documents
A-22 Appendix V. External Factors
A-23 Appendix VI. Program Evaluations
A-24 Appendix VII. Acronyms, Abbreviations, and Glossary

美國航天航空局某年戰略報告(英文版)內容簡介：
During NASA’s storied 45-year history, the world has undergone many changes. Throughout this period, NASA has remained at the forefront of exploration and discovery as the world’s preeminent organization for space and aeronautics research and development. This pioneering stance is a testament to the men and women whose creativity, innovation, and dedication make NASA the amazing Agency that it is.
Today’s environment presents new changes, challenges, and opportunities for NASA. Some of these require a transformation in the way we plan and operate our programs. The explosion of information technologies, for example, and new discoveries about the possible origins of life, present us with unique and unexpected opportunities for fundamental scientific advances.
The increasingly complex and dangerous international arena compels us to aggressively apply our expertise and technologies to improve homeland security. At the same time, the need to improve American mathematics and science education motivates us to better engage and inspire our Nation’s youth.
As the 21st century begins to unfold, NASA will focus, with renewed vigor, on the challenges and opportunities before us and
on developing the unique capabilities that strengthen America and address our national needs. Our Mission is driven by science,
exploration, and discovery, and it will be carried out with a firm commitment to fiscal responsibility. We will study climate change
and the natural and human-induced hazards to Earth’s ecosystem.
We will help to counter the threat of international terrorism by developing technologies that can improve the security and safety
of our air transportation system. We will lead the world into a new understanding of our planet, our solar system, and the universe around us, and in so doing, we will begin to understand whether life may have developed elsewhere in the cosmos.

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