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National Aeronautics
and Space Administration
2003 Strategic Plan
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National Aeronautics and Space Administration
Table of Contents
iii Letter from the Administrator
1 NASA Strategy
7 Achieving Our Vision and Mission
7 Agency Goals
10 Implementing Strategies
10 Transforming NASA
11 As Only NASA Can
12 Mission I: To Understand and Protect Our Home
13 Goal 1: Understand Earth’s system and apply Earth-system science to improve the prediction of climate,
weather, and natural hazards.
14 Goal 2: Enable a safer, more secure, efficient, and environmentally friendly air transportation system.
15 Goal 3: Create a more secure world and improve the quality of life by investing in technologies and
collaborating with other agencies, industry, and academia.
17 Mission II: To Explore the Universe and Search for Life
18 Goal 4: Explore the fundamental principles of physics, chemistry, and biology through research in the unique
natural laboratory of space.
19 Goal 5: Explore the solar system and the universe beyond, understand the origin and evolution of life, and
search for evidence of life elsewhere.
21 Mission III: To Inspire the Next Generation of Explorers
22 Goal 6: Inspire and motivate students to pursue careers in science, technology, engineering, and mathematics.
23 Goal 7: Engage the public in shaping and sharing the experience of exploration and discovery.
24 Space Flight Capabilities
25 Goal 8: Ensure the provision of space access and improve it by increasing safety, reliability, and affordability.
26 Goal 9: Extend the duration and boundaries of human space flight to create new opportunities for
exploration and discovery.
26 Goal 10: Enable revolutionary capabilities through new technology.
29 Scenarios for the Future
Appendices
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