Tabla de Contenidos:
  • FrontMatter
  • Foreword
  • Preface
  • Acknowledgment of Reviewers
  • Contents
  • Executive Summary
  • 1 Introduction
  • 2 Background: PI-Led Missions in the Earth Science Enterprise
  • 3 Program Conceptualization: Matching Objectives to Constraints
  • 4 Institutional Investments: Establishing the Foundations
  • 5 Project Implementation: Improving Life-Cycle Processes
  • 6 Conclusions
  • Appendixes
  • A Statement of Task
  • B Committee Meeting Agendas
  • C PI-Led Missions and Their Characteristics
  • D NASA Technology Development Programs Relevant to PI-Led Earth Explorers MissionsE Biographies of Committee Members
  • F Acronyms