Open AccessSpace Weather as the Nexus of Applied and Fundamental Space Science: The Need for Separate Funding Mechanisms and Definition
Author(s) -
Noé Lugaz,
Jennifer Gan,
M. A. Hapgood,
Huixin Liu,
T. P. O’Brien
Publication year - 2021
Publication title -
space weather
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 1.254
H-Index - 56
ISSN - 1542-7390
DOI - 10.1029/2020sw002695
Subject(s) - nexus (standard) , space (punctuation) , space science , space weather , data science , computer science , political science , engineering ethics , engineering , geography , meteorology , aerospace engineering , embedded system , operating system
This editorial aims at highlighting the importance of keeping space science and space weather fundamental and applied research highly interconnected, but also separate through distinct funding mechanisms. Fundamental and applied space research endeavors are not the same, even though they may share some of the same science regions and approaches, and scientists.