Open AccessPlanning the future of space science
Author(s) -
Christensen Andrew B.
Publication year - 1999
Publication title -
eos, transactions american geophysical union
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.316
H-Index - 86
eISSN - 2324-9250
pISSN - 0096-3941
DOI - 10.1029/99eo00142
Subject(s) - space science , aeronomy , space (punctuation) , space weather , agency (philosophy) , plan (archaeology) , space physics , process (computing) , meteorology , section (typography) , thermosphere , ionosphere , computer science , physics , geography , sociology , astronomy , atmosphere (unit) , social science , archaeology , operating system
The NASA Office of Space Science (OSS) is once again engaged in the strategic planning process. The office prepares a new plan every 3 years for use as a guide by the agency in the allocation of budgets, and a new plan is due this year. The process begins with the preparation of science and technology road maps for each of the science themes in OSS—solar system exploration, structure and evolution of the universe, astronomical search for origins, and Sun‐Earth connection (SEC). The latter includes the solar, magnetospheric, ionospheric‐thermospheric‐mesospheric, and heliospheric subdisciplines also encompassed by the Space Science and Aeronomy Section of AGU.