@BOOK{NAP author = "National Academy of Sciences", editor = "Thomas M. Donahue and Kathleen Kearney Trivers and David M. Abramson", title = "Planetary Sciences: American and Soviet Research/Proceedings from the U.S.-U.S.S.R. Workshop on Planetary Sciences", isbn = "978-0-309-04333-5", abstract = "This book contains the proceedings from a workshop on planetary sciences sponsored by the Academy of Sciences of the USSR and the National Academy of Sciences. The proceedings include papers written by American and Soviet scientists who examine the current theoretical understanding of how the planets were formed and how they evolved to their present state. They assess the type of observations and experiments that are needed to advance understanding of the formation and evolution of the solar system based on the current theoretical framework.", url = "https://nap.nationalacademies.org/catalog/1790/planetary-sciences-american-and-soviet-researchproceedings-from-the-us-ussr", year = 1991, publisher = "The National Academies Press", address = "Washington, DC" } @BOOK{NAP author = "National Research Council", title = "Strategy for the Detection and Study of Other Planetary Systems and Extrasolar Planetary Materials: 1990-2000", isbn = "978-0-309-04193-5", abstract = "This volume addresses a new opportunity in the planetary sciences\u2014to extend our exploration outward to discover and study planetary systems that may have formed or are forming around other stars.\nIt concludes that a coordinated program of astronomical observation, laboratory research, theoretical development, and understanding of the dynamics and origins of whatever may be found would be a technologically feasible and potentially richly rewarding extension of the study of bodies within the solar system.", url = "https://nap.nationalacademies.org/catalog/1732/strategy-for-the-detection-and-study-of-other-planetary-systems-and-extrasolar-planetary-materials", year = 1990, publisher = "The National Academies Press", address = "Washington, DC" } @BOOK{NAP author = "National Academies of Sciences, Engineering, and Medicine", editor = "Ellen Mantus", title = "Astrochemistry: Discoveries to Inform the Chemical Sciences and Engineering Communities: Proceedings of a Workshop–in Brief", abstract = "Throughout much of human history, space was thought to be a void in which only ions or radicals existed. It was only in the last half of the 20th century that scientists began to discover the existence of molecules, such as ammonia, in space. Discovery has accelerated in the last decade with the installation of new facilities and cutting-edge advances in spectroscopic analysis. These exciting discoveries in astrochemistry\u2014a multidisciplinary field that focuses on the chemical composition of and processes in astrophysical and planetary environments\u2014have potential applications to the general chemistry and chemical-engineering communities. Accordingly, the National Academies of Sciences, Engineering, and Medicine held a workshop on November 8\u20139, 2018, to (1) explore the chemistry of space\u2014its novel chemicals and reaction mechanisms, (2) discuss information from remote sensing through spectroscopy, and (3) consider discoveries from spacecraft missions in the solar system and laboratory studies of extraterrestrial samples. The ultimate goals of the workshop were to bring the various communities together to explore how discoveries in astrochemistry might provide insights or opportunities for the general chemistry and chemical-engineering communities and to promote understanding in the chemistry and chemical-engineering communities of how they might be able to help the astrochemistry community approach its challenges. This publication summarizes the presentations and discussions that took place during the workshop.", url = "https://nap.nationalacademies.org/catalog/25541/astrochemistry-discoveries-to-inform-the-chemical-sciences-and-engineering-communities", year = 2019, publisher = "The National Academies Press", address = "Washington, DC" } @BOOK{NAP author = "National Research Council", title = "Exploring Organic Environments in the Solar System", isbn = "978-0-309-10235-3", abstract = "The sources, distributions, and transformation of organic compounds in the solar system are active study areas as a means to provide information about the evolution of the solar system and the possibilities of life elsewhere in the universe. There are many organic synthesis processes, however, and ambiguity surrounds the relative effectiveness of these processes in explaining the distribution of organic compounds in the solar system. As a consequence, NASA directed the NRC to determine what processes account for the reduced carbon compounds found throughout the solar system and to examine how planetary exploration can advance understanding of this central issue. This report presents a discussion of the chemistry of carbon; an analysis of the formation, modification, and preservation of organic compounds in the solar system; and an assessment of research opportunities and strategies for enhancing our understanding of organic material in the solar system.", url = "https://nap.nationalacademies.org/catalog/11860/exploring-organic-environments-in-the-solar-system", year = 2007, publisher = "The National Academies Press", address = "Washington, DC" } @BOOK{NAP author = "National Research Council", title = "Understanding the Sun and Solar System Plasmas: Future Directions in Solar and Space Physics", url = "https://nap.nationalacademies.org/catalog/11188/understanding-the-sun-and-solar-system-plasmas-future-directions-in", year = 2004, publisher = "The National Academies Press", address = "Washington, DC" } @BOOK{NAP title = "Failed Stars and Super Planets: A Report Based on the January 1998 Workshop on Substellar-Mass Objects", url = "https://nap.nationalacademies.org/catalog/9504/failed-stars-and-super-planets-a-report-based-on-the", year = 1998, publisher = "The National Academies Press", address = "Washington, DC" } @BOOK{NAP author = "National Research Council", title = "Astronomy and Astrophysics for the 1980's, Volume 1: Report of the Astronomy Survey Committee", isbn = "978-0-309-03249-0", url = "https://nap.nationalacademies.org/catalog/549/astronomy-and-astrophysics-for-the-1980s-volume-1-report-of", year = 1982, publisher = "The National Academies Press", address = "Washington, DC" } @BOOK{NAP author = "National Research Council", title = "The Scientific Context for Exploration of the Moon", isbn = "978-0-309-10919-2", abstract = "Because of the Moon\u2019s unique place in the evolution of rocky worlds, it is a prime focus of NASA\u2019s space exploration vision. Currently NASA is defining and implementing a series of robotic orbital and landed missions to the Moon as the initial phase of this vision. To realize the benefits of this activity, NASA needs a comprehensive, well-validated, and prioritized set of scientific research objectives. To help establish those objectives, NASA asked the NRC to provide guidance on the scientific challenges and opportunities enabled by sustained robotic and human exploration of the Moon during the period 2008-2023 and beyond. This final report presents a review of the current understanding of the early earth and moon; the identification of key science concepts and goals for moon exploration; an assessment of implementation options; and a set of prioritized lunar science concepts, goals, and recommendations. An interim report was released in September 2006.", url = "https://nap.nationalacademies.org/catalog/11954/the-scientific-context-for-exploration-of-the-moon", year = 2007, publisher = "The National Academies Press", address = "Washington, DC" } @BOOK{NAP author = "National Academies of Sciences, Engineering, and Medicine", title = "Strategic Investments in Instrumentation and Facilities for Extraterrestrial Sample Curation and Analysis", isbn = "978-0-309-48669-9", abstract = "The United States possesses a treasure-trove of extraterrestrial samples that were returned to Earth via space missions over the past four decades. Analyses of these previously returned samples have led to major breakthroughs in the understanding of the age, composition, and origin of the solar system. Having the instrumentation, facilities and qualified personnel to undertake analyses of returned samples, especially from missions that take up to a decade or longer from launch to return, is thus of paramount importance if the National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA) is to capitalize fully on the investment made in these missions, and to achieve the full scientific impact afforded by these extraordinary samples. Planetary science may be entering a new golden era of extraterrestrial sample return; now is the time to assess how prepared the scientific community is to take advantage of these opportunities.\n\nStrategic Investments in Instrumentation and Facilities for Extraterrestrial Sample Curation and Analysis assesses the current capabilities within the planetary science community for sample return analyses and curation, and what capabilities are currently missing that will be needed for future sample return missions. This report evaluates whether current laboratory support infrastructure and NASA's investment strategy is adequate to meet these analytical challenges and advises how the community can keep abreast of evolving and new techniques in order to stay at the forefront of extraterrestrial sample analysis.", url = "https://nap.nationalacademies.org/catalog/25312/strategic-investments-in-instrumentation-and-facilities-for-extraterrestrial-sample-curation-and-analysis", year = 2019, publisher = "The National Academies Press", address = "Washington, DC" } @BOOK{NAP author = "National Research Council", title = "The Search for Life's Origins: Progress and Future Directions in Planetary Biology and Chemical Evolution", isbn = "978-0-309-04246-8", abstract = "The field of planetary biology and chemical evolution draws together experts in astronomy, paleobiology, biochemistry, and space science who work together to understand the evolution of living systems.\nThis field has made exciting discoveries that shed light on how organic compounds came together to form self-replicating molecules\u2014the origin of life.\nThis volume updates that progress and offers recommendations on research programs\u2014including an ambitious effort centered on Mars\u2014to advance the field over the next 10 to 15 years.\nThe book presents a wide range of data and research results on these and other issues:\n\n The biogenic elements and their interaction in the interstellar clouds and in solar nebulae.\n Early planetary environments and the conditions that lead to the origin of life.\n The evolution of cellular and multicellular life.\n The search for life outside the solar system.\n\nThis volume will become required reading for anyone involved in the search for life's beginnings\u2014including exobiologists, geoscientists, planetary scientists, and U.S. space and science policymakers.", url = "https://nap.nationalacademies.org/catalog/1541/the-search-for-lifes-origins-progress-and-future-directions-in", year = 1990, publisher = "The National Academies Press", address = "Washington, DC" } @BOOK{NAP title = "Assessment of Solar System Exploration Programs--1991", url = "https://nap.nationalacademies.org/catalog/12323/assessment-of-solar-system-exploration-programs-1991", year = 1991, publisher = "The National Academies Press", address = "Washington, DC" } @BOOK{NAP title = "Assessment of Planned Scientific Content of the CRAF Mission: Letter Report (1987)", url = "https://nap.nationalacademies.org/catalog/12339/assessment-of-planned-scientific-content-of-the-craf-mission-letter", year = 1987, publisher = "The National Academies Press", address = "Washington, DC" } @BOOK{NAP author = "National Research Council", title = "Solar and Space Physics: Space Science in the Twenty-First Century -- Imperatives for the Decades 1995 to 2015", isbn = "978-0-309-03848-5", url = "https://nap.nationalacademies.org/catalog/755/solar-and-space-physics-space-science-in-the-twenty-first", year = 1988, publisher = "The National Academies Press", address = "Washington, DC" } @BOOK{NAP author = "National Research Council", title = "A New Science Strategy for Space Astronomy and Astrophysics", isbn = "978-0-309-05827-8", url = "https://nap.nationalacademies.org/catalog/5873/a-new-science-strategy-for-space-astronomy-and-astrophysics", year = 1997, publisher = "The National Academies Press", address = "Washington, DC" } @BOOK{NAP author = "National Research Council", title = "Exploration of Near Earth Objects", isbn = "978-0-309-06083-7", abstract = "Comets and asteroids are in some sense the fossils of the solar system. They have avoided most of the drastic physical processing that shaped the planets and thus represent more closely the properties of the primordial solar nebula. What processing has taken place is itself of interest in decoding the history of our solar neighborhood. Near-Earth objects are also of interest because one or more large ones have been blamed for the rare but devastating events that caused mass extinctions of species on our planet, as attested by recent excitement over the impending passage of asteroid 1997 XF11.The comets and asteroids whose orbits bring them close to Earth are clearly the most accessible to detailed investigation, both from the ground and from spacecraft. When nature kindly delivers the occasional asteroid to the surface of Earth as a meteorite, we can scrutinize it closely in the laboratory; a great deal of information about primordial chemical composition and primitive processes has been gleaned from such objects.This report reviews the current state of research on near-Earth objects and considers future directions. Attention is paid to the important interplay between ground-based investigations and spaceborne observation or sample collection and return. This is particularly timely since one U.S. spacecraft is already on its way to rendezvous with a near-Earth object, and two others plus a Japanese mission are being readied for launch. In addition to scientific issues, the report considers technologies that would enable further advances in capability and points out the possibilities for including near-Earth objects in any future expansion of human exploration beyond low Earth orbit.", url = "https://nap.nationalacademies.org/catalog/6106/exploration-of-near-earth-objects", year = 1998, publisher = "The National Academies Press", address = "Washington, DC" } @BOOK{NAP author = "National Research Council", title = "Working Papers: Astronomy and Astrophysics Panel Reports", isbn = "978-0-309-04383-0", abstract = "This volume contains working papers on astronomy and astrophysics prepared by 15 non-National Research Council panels in areas ranging from radio astronomy to the status of the profession.", url = "https://nap.nationalacademies.org/catalog/1635/working-papers-astronomy-and-astrophysics-panel-reports", year = 1991, publisher = "The National Academies Press", address = "Washington, DC" } @BOOK{NAP author = "National Research Council", title = "Exploring the Trans-Neptunian Solar System", isbn = "978-0-309-06041-7", abstract = "In the last decade, our knowledge of the outer solar system has been transformed as a result of the Voyager 2 encounter with Neptune and its satellite Triton and from Earth-based observations of the Pluto-Charon system. However, the planetary system does not simply end at the distance of Pluto and Neptune. In the past few years, dozens of bodies have been discovered in near-circular, low inclination orbits near or beyond the orbit of Neptune. These bodies are now believed to be directly related to each other and to Pluto, Charon, and Triton, and as a class they define and occupy the inner boundary of a hitherto unexplored component of the solar system, the trans-neptunian region. Exploring the Trans-Neptunian Solar System reviews current understanding of the trans-neptunian solar system and makes recommendations for the future exploration of this distant realm.", url = "https://nap.nationalacademies.org/catalog/6080/exploring-the-trans-neptunian-solar-system", year = 1998, publisher = "The National Academies Press", address = "Washington, DC" } @BOOK{NAP author = "National Research Council", title = "Priorities in Space Science Enabled by Nuclear Power and Propulsion", isbn = "978-0-309-10011-3", abstract = "In 2003, NASA began an R&D effort to develop nuclear power and propulsion systems for solar system exploration. This activity, renamed Project Prometheus in 2004, was initiated because of the inherent limitations in photovoltaic and chemical propulsion systems in reaching many solar system objectives. To help determine appropriate missions for a nuclear power and propulsion capability, NASA asked the NRC for an independent assessment of potentially highly meritorious missions that may be enabled if space nuclear systems became operational. This report provides a series of space science objectives and missions that could be so enabled in the period beyond 2015 in the areas of astronomy and astrophysics, solar system exploration, and solar and space physics. It is based on but does not reprioritize the findings of previous NRC decadal surveys in those three areas.", url = "https://nap.nationalacademies.org/catalog/11432/priorities-in-space-science-enabled-by-nuclear-power-and-propulsion", year = 2006, publisher = "The National Academies Press", address = "Washington, DC" } @BOOK{NAP author = "National Research Council", title = "Pneumatic Dust Control in Grain Elevators: Guidelines for Design Operation and Maintenance", url = "https://nap.nationalacademies.org/catalog/18634/pneumatic-dust-control-in-grain-elevators-guidelines-for-design-operation", year = 1982, publisher = "The National Academies Press", address = "Washington, DC" } @BOOK{NAP author = "National Research Council", title = "Astronomy and Astrophysics for the 1980's, Volume 2: Reports of the Panels", isbn = "978-0-309-03334-3", url = "https://nap.nationalacademies.org/catalog/550/astronomy-and-astrophysics-for-the-1980s-volume-2-reports-of", year = 1983, publisher = "The National Academies Press", address = "Washington, DC" }