Bibliography of SSB Reports Relevant to the Planetary Sciences

2000

"Interim Assessment of Research and Data Analysis in NASA's Office of Space Science," letter sent to Dr. Edward Weiler, NASA associate administrator for space science, from Space Studies Board Chair John McElroy

Assessment of Mission Size Trade-offs for NASA's Earth and Space Science Missions, Ad Hoc Committee on the Assessment of Mission Size Trade-offs for Earth and Space Science Missions

Preventing the Forward Contamination of Europa, Task Group on the Forward Contamination of Europa

"On Scientific Assessment of Options for the Disposal of the Galileo Spacecraft," letter sent to Dr. John Rummel, NASA planetary protection officer, from SSB Chair Claude Canizares and Committee on Planetary and Lunar Exploration Chair John Wood, June 28

"On the Space Science Enterprise Draft Strategic Plan," letter sent to Dr. Edward Weiler, associate administrator for NASA's Office of Space Science, from SSB Chair Claude Canizares, May 26

"On Assessment of NASA's 2000 Science and Mission Roadmap," letter sent to Dr. Carl Pilcher, science program director for NASA's Solar System Exploration Divison, from SSB Chair Claude Canizares and Committee on Planetary and Lunar Exploration Chair John Wood, April 21

"On Continuing Assessment of Technology Development in NASA's Office of Space Science," letter sent to Dr. Edward Weiler, associate administrator for NASA's Office of Space Science, from Task Group on Technology Development in NASA's Office of Space Science Chair Daniel Fink and SSB Chair Claude Canizares, March 15

1999

U.S.-European-Japanese Workshop on Space Cooperation: Summary Report, Committee on International Space Programs, Space Research Committee of the Science Council of Japan, and the European Space Science Committee of the European Science Foundation

A Science Strategy for the Exploration of Europa, Committee on Planetary and Lunar Exploration

A Scientific Rationale for Mobility in Planetary Environments, Committee on Planetary and Lunar Exploration

1998

Failed Stars and Super Planets: A Report Based on the January 1998 Workshop on Substellar-Mass Objects, Steering Group for the Workshop on Substellar-Mass Objects

Assessment of Technology Development in NASA's Office of Space Science, Task Group on Technology Development in NASA's Office of Space Science

Supporting Research and Data Analysis in NASA's Science Programs: Engines for Innovation and Synthesis, Task Group on Research and Analysis Programs

Evaluating the Biological Potential in Samples Returned from Planetary Satellites and Small Solar System Bodies, Task Group on Sample Return from Small Solar System Bodies

U.S.-European Collaboration in Space Science, Committee on International Space Programs

Exploring the Trans-Neptunian Solar System, Committee on Planetary and Lunar Exploration

The Exploration of Near-Earth Objects, Committee on Planetary and Lunar Exploration

1997

Lessons Learned from the Clementine Mission, Committee on Planetary and Lunar Exploration

Mars Sample Return: Issues and Recommendations, Task Group on Issues in Sample Return

1996

"On Scientific Assessment of NASA's Mars Sample-Return Mission Options," Committee on Planetary and Lunar Exploration, letter sent to Dr. Jurgen Rahe, science program director for NASA's Solar System Exploration Division, December 3

"On Scientific Assessment of NASA's Solar System Exploration Roadmap," Committee on Planetary and Lunar Exploration, letter sent to Dr. Jurgen Rahe, science program director for NASA's Solar System Exploration Division, August 23

Review of NASA's Planned Mars Program, Committee on Planetary and Lunar Exploration

1995

A Science Strategy for Space Physics, Committee on Solar and Space Physics with the Board on Atmospheric Sciences and Climate's Committee on Solar-Terrestrial Research

A Scientific Assessment of a New Technology Orbital Telescope, Task Group on BMDO New Technology Orbital Observatory

The Role of Small Missions in Planetary and Lunar Exploration, Committee on Planetary and Lunar Exploration

Managing the Space Sciences, Committee on the Future of Space Science

1994

An Integrated Strategy for the Planetary Sciences: 1995-2010, Committee on Planetary and Lunar Exploration

"On the Advanced X-ray Astrophysics Facility and Cassini Saturn Probe," letter to Presidential Science Adviser John Gibbons from SSB Chair Claude Canizares and Former Chair Louis Lanzerotti, July 5

1992

Biological Contamination of Mars: Issues and Recommendations, Task Group on Planetary Protection

"On the Solar System Exploration Division's 1991 Strategic Plan," Committee on Planetary and Lunar Exploration, letter sent to Dr. Wesley T. Huntress, Jr., director for NASA's Solar System Exploration Division, January 14

"On the CRAF/Cassini Missions," Space Studies Board, letter sent to Dr. Lennard A. Fisk, associate administrator for NASA's Office of Space Science and Applications, March 30

"On Robotic Lunar Precursor Missions of the Office of Exploration," Committee on Planetary and Lunar Exploration, letter to Dr. Michael D. Griffin, associate administrator for NASA's Office of Exploration, August 21

"On the NASA/SDIO Clementine Moon/Asteroid Mission," Committee on Planetary and Lunar Exploration, letter sent to Dr. Simon P. Worden, deputy of technology for the Strategic Defense Initiative Office, and Dr. Wesley T. Huntress, Jr., director of NASA's Solar System Exploration Division, August 21

"On the Restructured Cassini Mission," Committee on Planetary and Lunar Exploration and Space Studies Board, letter sent to Dr. Lennard A. Fisk, associate administrator for NASA's Office of Space Science and Applications, October 19

1991

Assessment of Solar System Exploration Programs—1991, Committee on Planetary and Lunar Exploration

1990

International Cooperation for Mars Exploration and Sample Return, Committee on Cooperative Mars Exploration and Sample Return

The Search for Life's Origins: Progress and Future Directions in Planetary Biology and Chemical Evolution, Committee on Planetary Biology and Chemical Evolution

Strategy for the Detection and Study of Other Planetary Systems and Extrasolar Planetary Materials: 1990-2000, Committee on Planetary and Lunar Exploration

Update to Strategy for Exploration of the Inner Planets, Committee on Planetary and Lunar Exploration

"On the Scientific Viability of a Restructured CRAF Science Payload," Committee on Planetary and Lunar Exploration and Space Studies Board, letter sent to Dr. Lennard A. Fisk, associate administrator for NASA's Office of Space Science and Applications, August 10

1988

Space Science in the Twenty-First Century: Imperatives for the Decades 1995 to 2015—Planetary and Lunar Exploration, Task Group on Planetary and Lunar Exploration

Space Science in the Twenty-First Century: Imperatives for the Decades 1995 to 2015—Overview, Steering Group on Space Science in the Twenty-First Century

"Assessment of Impact on Integrated Science Return From the 1992 Mars Observer Mission," Committee on Planetary and Lunar Exploration, letter sent to Dr. Geoffrey A. Briggs, director of NASA's Solar System Exploration Division, July 12

"Assessment of the CRAF and Cassini Science Missions," Committee on Planetary and Lunar Exploration, letter sent to Dr. Geoffrey A. Briggs, director of NASA's Solar System Exploration Division, September 1

1987

"Assessment of Planned Scientific Content of the CRAF Mission," Committee on Planetary and Lunar Exploration, letter sent to Dr. Geoffrey A. Briggs, director of NASA's Solar System Exploration Division, May 27

1986

A Strategy for Exploration of the Outer Planets: 1986-1996, Committee on Planetary and Lunar Exploration

Remote Sensing of the Biosphere, Committee on Planetary Biology and Lunar Exploration

United States and Western Europe Cooperation in Planetary Exploration, Joint Working Group on Cooperation in Planetary Exploration

"Assessment of Planned Scientific Content of the LGO, MAO, and NEAR Missions," letter sent to Dr. Geoffrey A. Briggs, director of NASA's Solar System Exploration Division, from Committee on Planetary and Lunar Exploration Chair Robert Pepin, May 14

1985

An Implementation Plan for Priorities in Solar-System Space Physics, Committee on Solar and Space Physics

"Assessment of Planned Scientific Content of the CRAF Mission," Committee on Planetary and Lunar Exploration, letter sent to Dr. Geoffrey A. Briggs, director of NASA's Solar System Exploration Division, May 31

1981

Origin and Evolution of Life: Implications for the Planets: A Scientific Strategy for the 1980s, Committee on Planetary Biology and Lunar Exploration

1980

Solar-System Space Physics in the 1980s: A Research Strategy, Committee on Solar and Space Physics

Strategy for the Exploration of Primitive Solar-System Bodies: Asteroids, Comets, and Meteoroids: 1980-1990, Committee on Planetary and Lunar Exploration

1979

"The Science of Planetary Exploration" (reprinted from The National Research Council in 1979), Committee on Planetary and Lunar Exploration Chair Eugene H. Levy and member Sean C. Solomon

1978

Recommendations on Quarantine Policy for Mars, Jupiter, Saturn, Uranus, Neptune and Titan, Committee on Planetary Biology and Lunar Exploration

Strategy for Exploration of the Inner Planets: 1977-1987, Committee on Planetary and Lunar Exploration

1977

Post-Viking Biological Investigations of Mars, Committee on Planetary Biology and Lunar Exploration

1976

Report on Space Science 1975, Space Science Board

1971

Outer Planets Exploration 1972-1985, Space Science Board

1970

Venus: Strategy for Exploration, Space Science Board

1969

Lunar Exploration: Strategy for Research 1969-1975, Space Science Board

The Outer Solar System: A Program for Exploration, Space Science Board

1968

Planetary Astronomy: An Appraisal of Ground-Based Opportunities, Panel on Planetary Astronomy

Planetary Exploration 1968-1975, Space Science Board

1966

Space Research: Directions for the Future, Space Science Board

1965

Space Research: Directions for the Future Part I, Space Science Board

1962

A Review of Space Research, Space Science Board

1961

The Atmospheres of Mars and Venus, Dr. William W. Kellogg and Dr. Carl Sagan, Ad Hoc Panel on Planetary Atmospheres

1960

Science in Space, Chapter 4, "The Moon," and Chapter 5, "The Planets"