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An Assessment of the Solar and Space Physics Aspects of NASA's Space Science Enterprise Strategic Plan (1997) / Chapter Skim
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... The National Academy of Sciences is a private, nonprofit, self perpetuating society of distinguished scholars engaged in scientific and engineering research, dedicated to the furtherance of science and technology and to their use for the general welfare. Upon the authority of the charter granted to it by the Congress in 1863, the Academy has a mandate that requires it to MENU advise the federal government on scientific and technical matters.
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... Functioning in accordance with general policies determined by the Academy, the Council has become the principal operating agency of both the National Academy of Sciences and the National Academy of Engineering in providing services to the government, the public, and the scientific and engineering communities. The Council is administered jointly by both Academies and the Institute of Medicine.
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