Evaluation of the National Aerospace Initiative

by: National Research Council (Author),Division on Engineering and Physical Sciences(Author),Air Force Science and Technology Board(Author),Committee on the National Aerospace Initiative(Author)

Publisher: National Academies Press

Publication Date: 2004/7/16

Language: English

Print Length: 146 pages

ISBN-10: 0309091756

ISBN-13: 9780309091756

Book Description

The National Aerospace Initiative (NAI) was conceived as a joint effort between the Department of Defense (DOD) and the National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA) to sustain the aerospace leadership of the United States through the acceleration of selected aerospace technologies:hypersonic flight, access to space, and space technologies. The Air Force became conceed about the NAI’s possible consequences on Air Force programs and budget if NAI program decisions differed from Air Force priorities. To examine this issue, it asked the NRC for an independent review of the NAI. This report presents the results of that assessment. It focuses on three questions asked by the Air Force:is NAI technically feasible in the time frame laid out; is it financially feasible over that period; and is it operationally relevant.

About the Author

The National Aerospace Initiative (NAI) was conceived as a joint effort between the Department of Defense (DOD) and the National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA) to sustain the aerospace leadership of the United States through the acceleration of selected aerospace technologies:hypersonic flight, access to space, and space technologies. The Air Force became conceed about the NAI’s possible consequences on Air Force programs and budget if NAI program decisions differed from Air Force priorities. To examine this issue, it asked the NRC for an independent review of the NAI. This report presents the results of that assessment. It focuses on three questions asked by the Air Force:is NAI technically feasible in the time frame laid out; is it financially feasible over that period; and is it operationally relevant.

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