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5 Science Community's Perceptions About the Research and Data Analysis Programs
Pages 58-62

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... The task group makes the following observations: · There was a significant increase in net space research in the late 1980s corresponding, in part, to resumption of launch activity after the Challenger accident. · During this same period, the percentage of net space research declined from 48 percent of total awards to universities in FY 1986 to 36 percent in FY 1995.
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From page 59...
... 1lNational Science Foundation, Report on the NSF Merit Review System, FY 1996.
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From page 60...
... Field centers do contract with universities and industry for some of their research. Approximately 65 percent of OSS expenditures occur at the Goddard Space Flight Center and at JPL; approximately 85 percent of OES expenditures occur at Goddard Space Flight Center and at JPL, 12For many years, NASA has operated an integrated system of peer review for science investigator selection in response to formal notices of flight or other research opportunities from both universities and NASA centers.
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From page 61...
... Although JPL's status as an FFRDC precludes it from being treated identically with the NASA civil service centers, data concerning its in-house science programs could be collected and distributed like those of the field centers. In addition to JPL, several nonprofit institutions are involved in space research for which very few detailed data are reported.
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... 5.1 RESOURCE ALLOCATION Perception of Reduced Funding for Data Analysis NASA has transferred much of the responsibility for data analysis from MO&DA accounts that had been part of flight projects to the general R&DA programs. This approach may allow flight projects to appear less costly because the expense no longer appears in the flight budget, but researchers note that these savings are illusory because the data must still be analyzed for the nation to benefit from the mission.
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