Astronomy and Astrophysics for the 1980's, Volume 1 Report of the Astronomy Survey Committee (1982) / Chapter Skim
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APPENDIXES
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Appendixes
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can carry out their missions with maximum costeffectiveness within such relatively brief exposure times. Free-flying satellites often present the most advantageous means for carrying out major scientific programs, permitting dedicated, noninterfering payloads and observing lifetimes ranging up to years.
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A space platform appears to offer many advantages to other scientific areas as well, such as biomedical research and materials processing. Regardless of the influence of such other fields on possible platform design, the Astronomy Survey Committee urges that at least one line of space-platform evolution be guided strongly by the needs of observational astronomy.
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Appendixes would be expected to place few constraints on platform characteristics and the choice of neighboring experiments. Various scientific study groups have already identified many astronomical missions that would appear to be substantially more costeffective if flown on a space platform, rather than on Spacelab or a free-flying satellite.
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PERSONNEL 1. Minorities The Panel endorses the recommendations made by the American Astronomical Society's Committee on Ethnic Minorities to encourage young members of ethnic minorities to study astronomy.
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3. Dual-Career Couples The Panel recommends appropriate modification of remaining nepotism rules, the granting of permission to scientists employed part-time to act as Principal Investigators on contracts and grants, and the liberalization of institutional policies governing shared jobs.
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Finally, the Panel notes the importance of attracting outstanding scientists to work within the federal funding agencies and of opportunities for temporary agency service under the Intergovernmental Personnel Act. The welfare of the entire astronomical community depends critically on the wisdom and foresight of scientific decisions made within federal agencies.
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A number of state universities have been notably successful in obtaining funds specifically designated for astronomy from their state legislatures. Private institutions have also provided substantial support for astronomy; a number have been particularly successful in maintaining strong research programs i spite of the inroads of inflation.
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KRAUSHAAR, University of Wisconsin DIETRICH MUEEEER, University of Chicago REUVEN RAMATY, NASA Goddard Space Flight Center DAVID SCHRAMM, University of Chicago KIP THORNE, California Institute of Technology CARE E FICHTEE, NASA Goddard Space Flight Center, ex officio ARTHUR B
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STROM, Kitt Peak National Observatory PANEL ON RADIO ASTRONOMY PATRICK THADDEUS, NASA Goddard Institute for Space Studies and Columbia University, Chairman BERNARD BURKE, Massachusetts Institute of Technology MARSHALL COHEN, California Institute of Technology FRANK DRAKE, Cornell University MORTON ROBERTS, National Radio Astronomy Observatory JOSEPH TAYLOR, Princeton University WILLIAM J WELCH, University of California, Berkeley DAVID WILKINSON, Princeton University ROBERT WlESON, Bell Laboratories Consultant GEORGE A .
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LARSON, Yale University JAYCEE M MEAD, NASA Goddard Space Flight Center RICHARD H
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HUDSON, University of California, San Diego STUART D . J O RDAN, NASA Goddard Space Flight Center MUKUE R
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GUNN, Princeton University, Chairman DOUGLAS EARDLEY, Harvard-Smithsonian Center for Astrophysics PETER OILMAN, National Center for Atmospheric Research RUSSELL M KULSRUD, Princeton University DAVID PINES, University of Illinois, Urbana
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HINNERS, Smithsonian Institution JEREMIAH OSTRIKER, Princeton University PATRICK THADDEUS, NASA Goddard Institute for Space Studies and Columbia University CHARLES H TOWNES, University of California, Berkeley BENJAMIN M
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EUVE Extreme Ultraviolet Explorer satellite GRIST Grazing Incidence Solar Telescope GRO Gamma Ray Observatory HEAO High Energy Astronomical Observatory IRAS Infrared Astronomy Satellite (Explorer) ISPM International Solar Polar Mission lUE International Ultraviolet Explorer satellite KAO Kuiper Airborne Observatory EDR Large Deployable Reflector (in space; infrared/submilli meter)
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Search for Extraterrestrial Intelligence STRTF Shuttle Infrared Telescope Facility SOT Solar Optical Telescope (Space Shuttle facility) SSB Space Science Board SSXTF Solar Soft X-Ray Telescope Facility ST Space Telescope (optical/ultraviolet)
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