# Presentation: 157123

## Presentation to the NASA EnvironmentalCompatibility Workshop IV

- Robert Pearce
- Director, Goals Division
- Office of Aero-Space Technology

*www.aero-space.nasa.gov*

## Outline

- Policy
- National Science and Technology Council (NSTC) Priorities
- Investment Principles
- Plan
- NSTC R&D Plan
- Environment
- Roles & Responsibilities
- A win - win situation
- and then reality set in....

## Policy

- Relevant National Science and Technology Council Priorities
- US Global Climate Change Research
- Climate Change Technology
- Aviation
- Safety
- Security
- Efficiency
- Environmental Technologies

## Investment Principles

- Federal R&D Investments Should:
- Sustain and nurture America’s world-leading science and technology enterprise
- Strengthen science, mathematics, and engineering education
- Focus on activities that require a Federal presence to attain national goals
- Promote international cooperation in S&T

## Investment Principles

- The Administration Will:
- Favor investments that focus on long-term, potentially high-payoff activities and outcomes that would not occur without Federal support
- Ensure that the government-wide portfolio of R&D investments establishes a desireable balance among the fields of science
- Maximize the efficiency and effectiveness of Federal R&D investments
- Encourage funding within budget guidance
*Funding above guidance levels will require a compelling rationale that the activity is important, that the agency is the best one to conduct the activity, and that funds from lower priority programs cannot be substituted*

## National R&D Plan For Aviation Safety, Security, Efficiency and Environmental Compatibility

**Thrusts**
**	****Programs**
**	****	****Outcomes**

- Safety

- Security

- NAS Efficiency

- Env. Compatibility

**Unanimous Federal Agency Support for the Plan **

## Environmental Compatibility

- Vision
- Safe, affordable aircraft operations with no environmental constraints on growth
- Thrusts
- Local Air Quality
- Global Climate Change
- Noise Reduction

## Environment - Roles and Responsibilities

- Scientific understanding of issues
- Technical feasibility of mitigation
- Economic reasonableness of solutions

- NASA - University - FAA -
-   EPA - Industry

- Industry - FAA - EPA -
-    State/Local Gov’t

- NASA - Industry - FAA -
-   University

## Creating a win-win situation

- Affordable, R&D solutions to decrease noise and emissions can create a win-win situation for the economy and the environment

- Unconstrained operationsdecreases costs
- Unconstrained operationssupport transportationdemand

- _Economy_

- Decreased noise supportsimproved community
- quality of life
- Decreased emissions protectsour local and global climate

- _Environment_

## ...and then reality set in...

- The aviation growth rate and large, current fleet will require very significant technology advances and breakthroughs to make an impact
- NASA’s limited budget forces us to cut back and address only the most pressing, near-term priorities
- Capacity and Safety
- NASA’s primary role in S&T but limited resources leaves major hole in aviation environmental policy
- Industry’s limited resources, and the requirements for near-term action limit their long-term investment

- As things currently stand, we will not achieve our long-term goals in environmental compatibility

## Moving forward

- How do we fill the gap....
- Is this a sufficiently compelling problem that needs to be addressed in the context of the overall Federal S&T investment?
- Can we achieve a new partnership between government and industry to help fill the gap?