NASA Response to NASA Advisory Council Recommendations from April 2013

National Aeronautics and Space Administration
Office of the Administrator
Washington, DC 20546-0001 

July 15,2013 

Dr. Steven W. Squyres
Chairman NASA Advisory Council
Washington, DC 20546 

Dear. Sr. Squyres:

Enclosed are NASA’s responses to the nine recommendations from the NASA Advisory Council meeting held April 24-25, 2013, at NASA Headquarters. Please do not hesitate to contact me if the Council would like further background on the responses. I appreciate the Council’s thoughtful consideration leading to the recommendations and welcome its continued findings, recommendations, and advice concerning the U.S. civil space program.

I look forward to working closely with you and members ofthe Council in the future.

Sincerely,

[signed]
Charles F. Bolden, Jr. Administrator

Enclosures:

– 2013-01-01 (HEOC-01) Demonstrate and Articulate the Justification and Strategy for NASA’s New Asteroid Initiative
– 2013-01-02 (AC-Ol)  Unmanned Aircraft Systems in the National Airspace System Project  Demonstration Mission 
– 2013-01-03 (SC-Ol)  Recovering the Planetary Exploration Program
– 2013-01-04 (SC-02)  Augmented Search for Small Asteroids
– 2013-01-05 (CSC-Ol)  Space Act Agreement Internal Coordination

– 2013-01-06 (CSC-02)  Explore Expanded Use ofCooperative Research  Development Agreements 

Enclosures (1.2 mb PDF)