Augustine Commission
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The Augustine Commission was a U.S. panel of experts convened in 2009 to reassess NASA’s human spaceflight plans and recommend sustainable strategies for future exploration.
All labels observed (2)
| Label | Occurrences |
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| Augustine Commission canonical | 1 |
| Augustine II Committee | 1 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T7994174 — resolving that mention is where its identity was fixed. The disambiguator weighed these candidate entities and picked the highlighted one (or “None”, minting a new entity). This is how homonymy is resolved: the same surface form can point to different entities.
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Entity disambiguation (via context triple)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Augustine Commission Context triple: [Constellation program, reviewedBy, Augustine Commission]
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A.
Pontifical Commission for the Revision of the Eastern Code
The Pontifical Commission for the Revision of the Eastern Code was a Vatican body tasked with drafting and updating the universal canon law code for the Eastern Catholic Churches.
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Pike Committee
The Pike Committee was a 1975 U.S. House of Representatives committee chaired by Otis Pike that investigated abuses and oversight failures within American intelligence agencies during the same period as the Senate’s Church Committee.
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C.
Egmont Committee
The Egmont Committee is the governing and coordinating body within the Egmont Group that oversees its strategic direction, membership, and operational activities related to international financial intelligence cooperation.
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D.
1540 Committee
The 1540 Committee is a subsidiary body of the UN Security Council tasked with monitoring and promoting global implementation of measures to prevent the proliferation of weapons of mass destruction to non-state actors.
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E.
Committee for Church and Society
The Committee for Church and Society is a body within the Assembly of Canonical Orthodox Bishops of the United States of America that addresses social, ethical, and public policy issues from an Orthodox Christian perspective.
- F. None of above. chosen
- G. Unsure - the case is ambiguous/there is not enough information to decide.
NED2
Entity disambiguation (via description)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Augustine Commission Target entity description: The Augustine Commission was a U.S. panel of experts convened in 2009 to reassess NASA’s human spaceflight plans and recommend sustainable strategies for future exploration.
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A.
Pontifical Commission for the Revision of the Eastern Code
The Pontifical Commission for the Revision of the Eastern Code was a Vatican body tasked with drafting and updating the universal canon law code for the Eastern Catholic Churches.
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B.
Pike Committee
The Pike Committee was a 1975 U.S. House of Representatives committee chaired by Otis Pike that investigated abuses and oversight failures within American intelligence agencies during the same period as the Senate’s Church Committee.
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C.
Egmont Committee
The Egmont Committee is the governing and coordinating body within the Egmont Group that oversees its strategic direction, membership, and operational activities related to international financial intelligence cooperation.
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D.
1540 Committee
The 1540 Committee is a subsidiary body of the UN Security Council tasked with monitoring and promoting global implementation of measures to prevent the proliferation of weapons of mass destruction to non-state actors.
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E.
Committee for Church and Society
The Committee for Church and Society is a body within the Assembly of Canonical Orthodox Bishops of the United States of America that addresses social, ethical, and public policy issues from an Orthodox Christian perspective.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (50)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
United States federal advisory commission
ⓘ
space policy review panel ⓘ |
| alsoKnownAs |
Augustine II Committee
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linked to:
Augustine Commission
Review of U.S. Human Space Flight Plans Committee ⓘ |
| appointedBy |
President Barack Obama
ⓘ
linked to:
Barack Obama
|
| chairperson | Norman R. Augustine ⓘ |
| chairTitle | Chairman ⓘ |
| convenedBy |
Barack Obama administration
ⓘ
linked to:
Barack Obama presidency
|
| convenedInYear | 2009 ⓘ |
| country |
United States
ⓘ
linked to:
United States of America
|
| endDate | 2009-10-22 ⓘ |
| establishedBy |
National Aeronautics and Space Administration
ⓘ
linked to:
NASA
Office of Science and Technology Policy ⓘ |
| evaluatedDestination |
International Space Station
ⓘ
Mars ⓘ Moon ⓘ near-Earth asteroids ⓘ |
| evaluatedProgram |
Ares I launch vehicle
ⓘ
linked to:
Ares I
Ares V launch vehicle ⓘ
linked to:
Ares V (cancelled)
Constellation program ⓘ Orion crew exploration vehicle ⓘ
linked to:
Orion spacecraft
|
| finalReportDate | 2009-10-22 ⓘ |
| finalReportDeliveredTo |
NASA Administrator Charles F. Bolden Jr.
ⓘ
linked to:
Charles F. Bolden Jr.
President Barack Obama ⓘ
linked to:
Barack Obama
|
| focus |
NASA strategic planning
ⓘ
U.S. space exploration policy ⓘ human spaceflight ⓘ |
| found |
Constellation program was not executable within projected budgets
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linked to:
Constellation program
|
| hasOfficialName | Review of United States Human Space Flight Plans Committee ⓘ |
| influenced |
NASA human spaceflight policy in the 2010s
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U.S. National Space Policy debates ⓘ |
| language | English ⓘ |
| location | Washington, D.C. ⓘ |
| mandate |
assess NASA’s human spaceflight plans
ⓘ
assess budgetary realism of NASA exploration plans ⓘ evaluate options for U.S. human spaceflight beyond low Earth orbit ⓘ recommend sustainable strategies for future human space exploration ⓘ |
| memberCount | 10 ⓘ |
| namedAfter | Norman R. Augustine ⓘ |
| producedDocument | Review of U.S. Human Space Flight Plans Committee Final Report ⓘ |
| recommendedConcept | flexible path exploration strategy ⓘ |
| recommendedPolicy |
extension of International Space Station operations
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greater use of commercial launch services for low Earth orbit access ⓘ increased NASA human spaceflight budget ⓘ |
| reportsTo |
NASA Administrator
ⓘ
President of the United States ⓘ |
| sector | civil space ⓘ |
| startDate | 2009-05-07 ⓘ |
| subjectArea |
public administration
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space policy ⓘ |
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Subject: Augustine Commission Description of subject: The Augustine Commission was a U.S. panel of experts convened in 2009 to reassess NASA’s human spaceflight plans and recommend sustainable strategies for future exploration.
Referenced by (2)
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linked to: Augustine Commission