News and Events Impact of Space on Society: keynote address by former SSB Chair Lennard Fisk to the 37th COSPAR Scientific Assembly, Montreal, July 14, 2008 View webcasts and presentations of the International Public Seminar Series presented to commemorate the 50th anniversary of the International Geophysical Year and the Space Studies Board.
Current Studies Read brief description of studies here or view the full study record via the links below. The Role and Scope of Mission-Enabling Activities in NASA's Space and Earth Science Missions Radioisotope Power Systems Rationale and Goals of the U.S. Civil Space Program Review of Planetary Protection Requirements for Mars Sample-Return Missions Heliophysics Performance Assessment Science Opportunities Enabled by NASA's Constellation System The Societal and Economic Impacts of Severe Space Weather Events: A Workshop	Reports 2008 Ensuring the Climate Record from the NPOESS and GOES-R Spacecraft: Elements of a Strategy to Recover Measurement Capabilities Lost in Program Restructuring and link to meeting presentations Science Opportunities Enabled by NASA's Constellation System: Interim Report United States Civil Space Policy: Summary of a Workshop Opening New Frontiers in Space: Choices for the Next New Frontiers Announcement of Opportunity Space Studies Board Annual Report 2007 Space Science and the International Traffic in Arms Regulations: Summary of a Workshop 2007 Assessment of the NASA Astrobiology Institute Grading NASA's Solar System Exploration Program: A Midterm Review Options to Ensure the Climate Record from the NPOESS and GOES-R Spacecraft: A Workshop Report and link to meeting presentations NASA's Beyond Einstein Program: An Architecture for Implementation The Limits of Organic Life in Planetary Systems Portals To The Universe: The NASA Astronomy Science Centers The Scientific Context for Exploration of the Moon: Final Report An Astrobiology Strategy for the Exploration of Mars Decadal Science Strategy Surveys: Report of a Workshop Building a Better NASA Workforce: Meeting the Workforce Needs for the National Vision for Space Exploration Exploring Organic Environments in the Solar System A Performance Assessment of NASA's Astrophysics Program Earth Science and Applications from Space: National Imperatives for the Next Decade and Beyond VIEW ALL REPORTS BY PUBLICATION YEAR	Meetings 2008 September 8-10 Review of Planetary Protection Requirements for Mars Sample-Return Missions, Washington, DC 22-23 Committee on Earth Studies, Boulder, CO October 28-30 Committee on Origins and Evolution of Life, Irvine, CA November 5-7 Rationale and Goals of the U.S. Civil Space Program 18-20 Space Studies Board, Irvine, CA December 3-5 Rationale and Goals of the U.S. Civil Space Program 2009 January 13-15 Rationale and Goals of the U.S. Civil Space Program