2008 Annual Report - NASA Airborne Science Program
2008 Annual Report - NASA Airborne Science Program
2008 Annual Report - NASA Airborne Science Program
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Figure 26<br />
<strong>Airborne</strong> <strong>Science</strong> <strong>Program</strong> budget breakdown<br />
<strong>NASA</strong> Headquarters is responsible for<br />
determining program direction and content<br />
through the strategic planning and budget<br />
formulation processes. The program office<br />
is the interface to the <strong>Science</strong> Mission<br />
Directorate ensuring that program activities<br />
and investments support the broader agency<br />
when possible. A major change in the<br />
program this past year was to remove core<br />
aircraft from the catalog and manage them<br />
individually.<br />
Implementation of the major program<br />
elements takes place at the various research<br />
centers.<br />
Ames Research Center is the lead for<br />
airborne science mission management. This<br />
includes field campaign management and<br />
logistics through the Earth <strong>Science</strong> Project<br />
Office, and sensor support and development<br />
of interface standards through the <strong>Airborne</strong><br />
<strong>Science</strong> and Technology Laboratory. Ames<br />
manages the ASP flight request process, and<br />
future mission and platform requirements<br />
definitions. Ames also managed the<br />
development of the SIERRA under the New<br />
Technology and Platform Development effort.<br />
Dryden Flight Research Center leads the<br />
operation and maintenance of the core DC-<br />
8 and ER-2 aircraft. They also operate and<br />
maintain aircraft in the new technology and<br />
platform development area, including the<br />
Global Hawks, Ikhana and G-III. Another area<br />
Dryden has been actively engaged in is overthe-horizon<br />
network and communications<br />
research and development. Dryden<br />
oversees the cooperative agreement with<br />
the University of North Dakota’s National<br />
Suborbital Education and Research Center.<br />
Dryden also manages the Dryden Aircraft<br />
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