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Appendix B Statement of Task
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From page 47... ... B Statement of Task Background NASA supports an array of astronomy centers, which are intended to maximize the scientific output and productivity of space astronomy missions by facilitating the scientific community's access to and use of space observatories. Most centers provide a number of supporting roles, which often include some of the following: • Reviewing observing time or archival data use proposals, • Scheduling observing time allocations and campaigns, • Operating the observatory, • Monitoring and managing scientific instrument and/or spacecraft systems performance, • Defining and developing analysis software, • Performing data processing, • Issuing grants, • Providing technical assistance for guest observers, • Developing and managing data archives, • Facilitating communications between the research community and NASA on behalf of specific space missions, and • Performing public affairs, outreach, and education activities. The first such center, the Space Telescope Science Institute (STScI) , was put in place in response to the SSB report Institutional Arrangements for the Space Telescope (NAS, 1976) Read the entire page →
From page 48... ... PORTALS TO THE UNIVERSE Current centers span a significant range of sizes, from the STScI, which has an annual budget of about $98 million and about 450 staff members, to smaller efforts with budgets ~$10 million and no more than about 20 staff members. Statement of task The study will include the following tasks: 1. Conduct a comparative review of current astronomy science centers in terms of the kinds of roles and services that they provide, their size (e.g., budget, staff) Read the entire page →

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... B Statement of Task Background NASA supports an array of astronomy centers, which are intended to maximize the scientific output and productivity of space astronomy missions by facilitating the scientific community's access to and use of space observatories. Most centers provide a number of supporting roles, which often include some of the following: • Reviewing observing time or archival data use proposals, • Scheduling observing time allocations and campaigns, • Operating the observatory, • Monitoring and managing scientific instrument and/or spacecraft systems performance, • Defining and developing analysis software, • Performing data processing, • Issuing grants, • Providing technical assistance for guest observers, • Developing and managing data archives, • Facilitating communications between the research community and NASA on behalf of specific space missions, and • Performing public affairs, outreach, and education activities. The first such center, the Space Telescope Science Institute (STScI) , was put in place in response to the SSB report Institutional Arrangements for the Space Telescope (NAS, 1976)

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... PORTALS TO THE UNIVERSE Current centers span a significant range of sizes, from the STScI, which has an annual budget of about $98 million and about 450 staff members, to smaller efforts with budgets ~$10 million and no more than about 20 staff members. Statement of task The study will include the following tasks: 1. Conduct a comparative review of current astronomy science centers in terms of the kinds of roles and services that they provide, their size (e.g., budget, staff)

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Appendix B Statement of Task Pages 47-48

Appendix B Statement of Task
Pages 47-48