Cover Image

Expanding flight research : capabilities, needs, and management options for NASA's Aeronautics Research Mission Directorate /

Bibliographic Details
Main Author: Osburg, Jan (Author)
Format: Book
Language:English
Published: Santa Monica, Calif. : RAND Corporation, [2016]
Series:Research report (Rand Corporation) ; RR-1361-NASA.
Subjects:
United States. > National Aeronautics and Space Administration. > Aeronautics Research Mission Directorate.
Aeronautics > Research > United States.
Table of Contents:
  • Preface
  • Figures and Tables
  • Summary
  • Acknowledgments
  • Abbreviations
  • Chapter 1: Introduction: Study Approach and Scope
  • Caveats and Limitations
  • Organization of This Report
  • Chapter 2: NASA ARMD Flight Research Needs, Capabilities, and Strategic Gaps: Trends in Flight Research Needs
  • Flight Research Capabilities Available to ARMD
  • Analysis of Capability Gaps and Excess
  • Summary of Findings
  • Chapter 3: Additional Factors Affecting ARMD Flight Research: ARMD Budgets
  • Flight Test Infrastructure
  • Workforce Capabilities
  • Some Findings from a Recent National Academies Study Still Apply
  • Summary of Findings
  • Chapter 4: Management Options: Approach Framework
  • Discussion of Management Options
  • Other Management Options Examined
  • Chapter 5: Assessment of Management Options: Scenario-Based Assessment of the "Increase Partnering" Management Option
  • Synergies Between Management Options
  • External Experts' Rating of Management Options
  • Summary
  • Chapter 6: Conclusions and Recommendations: Recommendations
  • In Closing
  • APPENDIXES: A. Further Considerations: Increase Partnering (MO‑06)
  • B. Further Considerations: Cross-Center Management (MO‑09)
  • References.