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Solar and Space Physics: A Science for a Technological Society
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Contents
SUMMARY
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PART I: REPORT FROM THE DECADAL SURVEY COMMITTEE
1 ENABLING DISCOVERY IN SOLAR AND SPACE PHYSICS
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Earth’s Dynamic Space Environment, 15
Framing the 2013-2022 Decadal Survey, 17
Key Science Goals for a Decade, 21
Key Science Goal 1, 22
Key Science Goal 2, 25
Key Science Goal 3, 27
Key Science Goal 4, 28
Optimizing a Science Program, 30
The Enabling Foundation, 31
Ground-Based Facilities, 31
Small Space Missions, 32
Moderate-Scale Space Missions, 33
Major Space Missions, 34
Implementation Strategies, 35
Funding Priorities for NASA’s Heliophysics Program, 35
Decision Rules, 35
A Decade of Transformative Science, 37
2 SOLAR AND SPACE PHYSICS: RECENT DISCOVERIES, FUTURE FRONTIERS
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Scope and Relevance of the Discipline, 38
A Decade of Heliophysics Discovery, 40
The Sun and Heliosphere, 40