National Aeronautics R&D Policy - call for white paper participation
Rick Kwan
on April 24. The deadline for paper submission is May 11. I believe
this message was originally directed at members of AIAA TCs, but given
the professional involvement of SF section members in aeronautics, I
thought I'd post it here.
I have also uploaded an associated PDF
"aeroplan_whitepaper_outline.pdf" in the Files section of this Google
grioup. It should stay there at least until the whitepaper deadline
has passed. If you do submit a paper, please let us know about it.
You can post a follow-up note on this thread, or send private mail to
the chair (chair(at)aiaa-sf.org) and Public Policy Director
(pubpol(at)aiaa-sf.org). [You know where to put the "at" signs.]
We'll be curious to see what happens.
--Rick
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As many of you now know, the National Science and Technology Council's
(NSTC) Aeronautics Science & Technology Subcommittee (ASTS) is
currently
working on filing the requirements of Executive Order 13419 and of the
National Aeronautics and Space Administration Authorization Act of
2005 (PL
109-255) which requires the federal government to establish a new
National
Aeronautics Research and Development Policy. That plan is subject to
completion by 20 December 2007.
The ASTS held a briefing at the National Academies on 24 April to
announces
its process and structure for developing this new plan. In doing so,
it
unveiled its plans to gather and process technical input from the
public.
With such a short time frame to complete its work, the deadlines
provided
are very ambitious, and will require dedicated individuals providing
input
with very little lead time.
The first of those deadlines is for individuals who would like to
provide
white papers to the committee. The deadline for getting things in is
11
May. This is something that is going to require very short
turnaround, and
that is not a capability we have yet demonstrated as a group with one
paper,
much less several at one time. Once we have some papers in the hopper
though, they gave the impression that more opportunities to provide
input
will follow this initial call for papers.
Members are encouraged to send their papers in directly to the ASTS,
and to
cc TC chairmen and staff with those papers. As the process unfolds
there
should be opportunities to "group think" and develop AIAA White
Papers, TC
Position Papers, and perhaps even AIAA Position Papers from these
initial
drafts.
They have broken the process down into seven categories (six groups).
* Mobility
* National Security and Homeland Defense
* Aviation Safety
* Aviation Security
* RDT&E Infrastructure
* Energy and Environment
Papers would be submitted to the working groups in these categories,
including sending papers to multiple groups for those issues/
technologies
that span across groups. I have attached a pdf file of the
Aeronautics
Science & Technology Subcommittee¹s call for papers. That will
provide
more details. Among the things they will specifically be looking for,
the
papers should:
* articulate the most important aeronautics R&D challenges facing our
nation
* identify well defined technical aeronautics R&D goals and
objectives that
the nation should seek to address (with numerical targets if
appropriate)
by near-term (5 years), mid-term (5-10 years) and far-term (> 10
years);
and,
* propose promising R&D approaches to advance the future of national
aeronautics knowledge and/or capabilities.
Papers are encouraged to further identify the:
* Fundamental limitations and knowledge barriers of aeronautics R&D;
and
* Promising innovations and possible timelines.
The ASTS staff was very specific in saying that papers should not
include
any proprietary information. While the papers are being written for
the
consumption of the working group members, aspects of this process will
be
subject to Freedom of Information Act provisions.
The white papers should be no more than 3 pages in length, printed in
12
point font on 8 1/2 by 11 inch paper and should include telephone and
email
contact information. Those papers should be emailed to the addresses
provided in the pdf (that will be scanned and sent tomorrow).
We have also already discussed having members of the ASTS engage our
members
at upcoming AIAA conferences. That is something that we will have to
work
on to find the right venues, and availability of forums at those
events.
I will also be following up with a copy of the briefing that was
provided at
yesterday's briefing. For more information, members are encouraged to
visit
the ASTS website at http://www.ostp.gov/nstc/aeroplans/ . Should you
have
any questions, please contact me, and I will try to provide you with
any
additional information you may need.
Regards,
Steve
--
Steven Howell
American Institute of Aeronautics and Astronautics
1801 Alexander Bell Drive Suite 500
Reston, Virginia 20191-4344
703/264-7625 direct
703/264-7551 fax