| Author | Institution | Title | Summary | Panel Selection | FileName |
| Charles A. Fuller | University of California, Davis | Gravitational Physiology: Science, Subjects, Technology, and a Program | A description of scientific and programatic needs of the Space Life Science Community. | Animal and Human Biology (AHB)
Integrative and Translational Research for the Human System (ITRHS) | CharlesAFullerAHBITRHS.pdf |
| Joshua Zimmerberg, MD, PhD | National Institutes of Health | BASIC RESEARCH ON LIVING SYSTEMS IN SPACE FLIGHT IS CRITICALLY NEEDED | The best investment for federal funds of NASA is on research at the intersection of life sciences, engineering, planetary, and space sciences. NASA will never meet its goals for long-term space travel without fully investigating the effects of microgravity on living systems. | Animal and Human Biology (AHB)
Integrative and Translational Research for the Human System (ITRHS) | JOSHUAZIMMERBERGAHB.doc |
| Sami Asmar | Jet Propulsion Laboratory, California Institute of Technology | Radio Science Techniques for Solar System Tests of General Relativity | The BepiColombo Mercury Orbiter Radio-science Experiment team will carry out high precision tests of relativistic gravity. 4 PPN parameters will be significantly improved; the solar oblateness will be determined along with any possible rate of change of the gravitational constant. | Applied Physical Sciences (APS)
Fundamental Physical Sciences (FPS) | MORE-Radio Science Decadal White Paper 091031.pdf |
| Leslie Prufert-Bebout | NASA Ames Research Center | Multiple platforms for basic and applied research on cyanobacteria and microbial mixed ecosystems for space. | This submission describes an integrated, stepwise approach for promoting synergetic research on cyanobacteria and related terrestrial microbial ecosystems with dual goals of pursuing basic astrobiology, and applied (life support and ISRU potential) research objectives. | Plant and Microbial Biology Panel (PMBP) | LeslieEPrufert-BeboutPMBP_B.doc |
| Sami W. Asmar | Jet Propulsion Laboratory, California Institute of Technology | Radio Science Techniques for Solar System Tests of General Relativity | The BepiColombo Mercury Orbiter Radio-science Experiment team will carry out high precision tests of relativistic gravity. 4 PPN parameters will be significantly improved; the solar oblateness will be determined along with any possible rate of change of the gravitational constant. | Applied Physical Sciences (APS)
Fundamental Physical Sciences (FPS) | MORE-Radio Science Decadal White Paper 091030.pdf |
| Jeffrey R. Alberts | Indiana University | Public Space | This is an essay written in response to a newspaper editorial that challenged the value of the International Space Station. Many of the issues, as well as the underlying political and procedural forces remain current and relevant today. The space sciences and the public suffer as a result. | None of the above | JeffreyRAlberts.doc |
| Robert C. Morrow, Ph.D. | Orbital Technologies Corporation | Biomass Production System (BPS)/Plant Research Unit (PRU) Status | Description of a plant research payload with flight heritage that was developed for operation on ISS to conduct basic gravitational biology research, and metabolic experiments related to advanced life support system development. The history, capabilities, status and path to flight are described. | Plant and Microbial Biology Panel (PMBP)
Translation to Space Exploration Systems Panel (TSESP) | RobertCMorrowPMBPTSESP.pdf |
| Sandor L. Lehoczky | NASA Marshall Space Flight Center | Topics in Materials Science Research in Microgravity | Information is provided on a few selected research topics that could potentially benefit from performing solidification experiments from the liquid or vapor phases under microgravity conditions. | Applied Physical Sciences (APS) | SandorLLehoczkyAPS.doc |
| Jeffrey R. Alberts | Indiana University | The Value and Primacy of Developmental Biology in Space | The role of gravity at all stages of the life cycle has long been identified as a high-priority topic in the space life sciences. NASA should reinstate its commitment to studying mammalian development in space and in altered gravitational environments. The rewards will be significant for both fund | Animal and Human Biology (AHB) | JeffreyRAlbertsAHB.doc |
| Sky Shields | LaRouche PAC | The Significance of Biological Research in Space for the Development of a Unified Field Theory | This report argues the necessity for extended biological experimentation in space, and its indispensable role if we are ever to achieve a true unification of gravitational and electromagnetic phenomena. It includes reference to relevant work by V. I. Vernadsky. | Animal and Human Biology (AHB)
Fundamental Physical Sciences (FPS) | SkyJShieldsAHBFPS.pdf |
| Sharmila Bhattacharya | NASA Ames Research Center | Molecular and Physiological Pathways Uncovered by Drosophila Research in Altered Gravity | We outline the importance of the input that gravity-related research with Drosophila has provided to our understanding of molecular, genetic, cellular and physiological pathways of response and adaptation to new environmental conditions. | Animal and Human Biology (AHB) | Gravity-DrosophilaFnl2.pdf |
| Ruth K. Globus | NASA Ames Research Center | Research Needed for Artificial Gravity Regimen to Prevent Multi-System Deficits caused by Spaceflight | This paper describes the scientific rationale for replacing earth's gravity to avoid many health risks of lengthy stays in space. Recommendations are provided for fundamental and translational research to help define mechanisms, risks and key elements of a successful artificial gravity regimen. | Animal and Human Biology (AHB)
Integrative and Translational Research for the Human System (ITRHS) | RuthKGlobusAGBITRHS.pdf |
| Laurence R. Harris | York University, Toronto, Ontario, Canada | Assessing the perceptual consequences of non-Earth environments | This white paper summarizes the need to measure the perceptual consequences of long-term exposure to reduced gravity environments. Such information is essential to establish astronaut comfort, optimum operational performance and for the design of appropriate living
spaces. | Animal and Human Biology (AHB)
Human Behavior and Mental Health Panel (HBMHP) | decadal survey harris.pdf |
| Robert W. Phillips | Colorado State University | Status of Biological Life Sciences Research in Space | All animals that fly or swim on Earth behave strangely in microgravity. They frantically turn somersaults or loops. This includes jellyfish, fish, tadpoles and birds. Fish on Skylab adapted to space in 18 days, rejecting vestibular control, while orienting to light. Hatched quail all died. | Animal and Human Biology (AHB) | RobertWPhillipsAHB.doc |
| Dr. M. A. Benjaminson | NSR-Touro Applied Bioscience Research Consortium | Microgravity impacts gene expression: implications for multigenerational Space Exploration | This paper describes the need for investigating the affects of chronic altered gravity on earth biota during long term Space exploration missions. | Plant and Microbial Biology Panel (PMBP) | MorrisABenjaminsonPMBP.doc |
| Neil Ashby | University of Colorado | Testing the Gravitational Time Delay Predictions of General Relativity | A new generation of clocks based on optical transitions in ions and atoms has
achieved a great improvement in the achievable accuracy of time measurements. A fundamental and extremely precise test of the General Theory of Relativity that can be carried out in space with such clocks is described | Fundamental Physical Sciences (FPS) | NeilAshbyFPS.pdf |
| Ke-Xun Sun | Stanford University | Nanosat Science Instruments for Modular Gravitational Reference Sensor (MGRS) | The Modular Gravitational Reference Sensor (MGRS)is a high performance core instrument for gravity sciences. We will use nanosats to test the key MGRS subsysems timely and cost effectively. | Applied Physical Sciences (APS)
Fundamental Physical Sciences (FPS) | KexunSunFPSAPS.pdf |
| Joseph S. Tash, Ph.D. | University of Kansas Medical Center | Decadal Survey- Appropriate Animal Models for Translational Research in Space | From the beginning of space flight, animal models have been a significant source of essential biomedical data to establish/confirm the health risks. The need for this resource of biomedical data is now lacking in Space Exploration planning but is critical for health risk countermeasure development. | Animal and Human Biology (AHB)
Integrative and Translational Research for the Human System (ITRHS) | Decadal Survey- Appropriate Animal Models for Translational Research in Space.doc |
| S. Pete Worden | NASA Ames Research Center | Technology Development for Fundamental Physics on Small Satellites | The Space-Time Asymmetry Research (STAR) project, a jointly-proposed concept by the NASA Ames Research Center, Stanford University, and international partners from Saudi Arabia, Germany, and the UK, will test isotropy and symmetry of space-time at unprecedented precision using small satellites. | Fundamental Physical Sciences (FPS) | SimonPWordenFPS.pdf |
| Patrick J. McGinnis | Space Medicine Association | Space Radiation Issues for Exploration Beyond Low Earth Orbit | Radiation is a prime issue for exploration beyound Low Earth Orbit | Integrative and Translational Research for the Human System (ITRHS) | patrick.j.mcginnisITRHS.doc |
| Eduardo Almeida | NASA Ames Research Center | The Effects of Microgravity on Cells | This paper describes cellular effects of altered gravity on cells. Recommendations are provided for ground and flight fundamental gravitational cell biology, to help define mechanisms of altered gravity at the cellular level, required for informing policy decisions on human space exploration. | Animal and Human Biology (AHB) | eduardoaalmeida AHB.doc |
| Sharmila Bhattacharya | NASA Ames Research Center | Molecular and Physiological Pathways Uncovered by Drosophila Research in Altered Gravity | We outline the importance and describe the input that gravity-related research with Drosophila has provided to our understanding of molecular, genetic, cellular and physiological pathways of response and adaptation to new environmental conditions. | Animal and Human Biology (AHB) | Gravity-DrosophilaFinal.pdf |
| Sami W. Asmar | Jet Propulsion Laboratory, California Institute of Technology | Radio Science Techniques for Solar System Tests of General Relativity | The BepiColombo Mercury Orbiter Radio-science Experiment team will carry out high precision tests of relativistic gravity. 4 PPN parameters will be significantly improved; the solar oblateness will be determined along with any possible rate of change of the gravitational constant. | Applied Physical Sciences (APS)
Fundamental Physical Sciences (FPS) | MORE-Radio Science Decadal White Paper 091017.pdf |
| Edward Wright | Teachers in Space | New Opportunities for Scientific Research Afforded by the Emerging Commercial Spaceflight Industry | A new commercial human spaceflight industry is now emerging. During the next decade, a range of commercial vehicles and facilities will become available, which can enable a range of scientific applications that have not been feasible or affordable in the past. | Integrative and Translational Research for the Human System (ITRHS)
Translation to Space Exploration Systems Panel (TSESP) | EdwardWrightITRHS-TSESP.pdf |
| David Urban | NASA Glenn Research Center | Combustion Science Research Opportunities in Low-gravity and Partial Gravity | This paper discusses the prior progress in low-gravity combustion research and the future opportunities in low-gravity and partial gravity for combustion and reacting systems research. | Fundamental Physical Sciences (FPS)
Translation to Space Exploration Systems Panel (TSESP) | DavidLUrbanFPSTSESP.docx |
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