Biospherics Research 



Recommendation 



• The Biospherics Research Program should plan a larger role in interagency 

 cooperation, especially among the agencies with interests in global research. 



— Interagency cooperation should be encouraged through NASA's partici- 

 pation in such a body as the Committee on Earth Sciences, under the 

 Office of Science and Technology Policy. 



— Participation should be facilitated by an internal NASA advisory group 

 on Earth System Science, with members drawn from the Program Man- 

 ager ranks. 



— A clear line of communication should be established between any 

 internal NASA advisory group and the NASA representative to the 

 Committee on Earth Sciences. 



Reference List 



1. National Academy of Sciences. Space Science Board. Committee on Planetary 

 Biology and Chemical Evolution. 1981. Origin and Evolution of Life — 

 Implications for the Planets: A Scientific Strategy for the 1980's. Washington, 

 DC: National Academy Press. 



2. National Academy of Sciences. Space Science Board. Committee on Planetary 

 Biology. 1986. Remote Sensing of the Biosphere. Washington, DC: National 

 Academy Press. 



3. National Academy of Sciences. Commission on Physical Sciences, Mathematics, 

 and Resources. U.S. Committee for an International Geosphere-Biosphere 

 Program. 1986. Global Change in the Geosphere-Biosphere: Initial Priorities for 

 an IGBP. Washington, DC: National Academy Press. 



4. National Aeronautics and Space Administration Advisory Council. Earth System 

 Sciences Committee. January 1988. Earth System Science: A Closer View. 

 Washington, DC: National Aeronautics and Space Administration. 



5. National Academy of Sciences. Commission on Engineering and Technical 

 Systems. Space Applications Board. 1985. Remote Sensing of the Earth from 

 Space: A Program in Crisis. Washington, DC: National Academy Press. 



6. National Commission on Space. May 1986. Pioneering the Space Frontier. New 

 York: Bantam Books. 



7. Ride, Sally K. August 1987. Leadership and America's Future in Space. 

 Washington, DC: National Aeronautics and Space Administration. 



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