“…Solar-terrestrial research is important to many practical problems facing numerous technologies on, and flying above, Earth. The new decadal survey of solar and space physics (see http://sites.nationalacademies.org/SSB/ CurrentProjects/ SSB_056864 and Lanzerotti [2010]) recognizes this and has established an active working group, "Research to Operations/ Operations to Research" (R2O/O2R). The establishment of this working group is a significant advancement over the more ad hoc treatment of R2O/O2R issues in the first decadal survey, in 2002.…”