Survey of Astronomy and Astrophysics for the 1990's

该奖项为一项新的天文学和天体物理学调查提供 NSF 部分资金，该调查将满足 1990 年代该领域的需求。 将在美国国家科学院的支持下成立一个委员会，负责编写优先事项确定报告。 一群领先的天文学家聚集在一起考虑新天文学调查的必要性和性质，得出的结论是，需要八到十个小组来解决科学领域问题并为天文学界的广泛参与提供机制。 天文学和天体物理学定期调查的发布始于惠特福德委员会，该委员会于 1962 年开始工作，并于 1964 年发布报告。格林斯坦报告于 1969 年开始，于 1972 年完成；实地委员会于1978年开始工作，并于1982年发表报告。现在是时候为1990年代准备另一份十年报告了。 普林斯顿大学的约翰·巴考尔博士被任命领导这项工作。

This award provides the NSF portion of funding for a new survey of astronomy and astrophysics which will address the needs of the field for the 1990's. A committee will be created under the auspices of the National Academy of Sciences and charged with preparing a priority-setting report. A group of leading astronomers that was convened to consider the need for and nature of a new astronomy survey concluded that eight to ten panels would be required to address scientific areas and to provide a mechanism for broad involvement of the astronomy community. The issuing of periodic surveys of astronomy and astrophysics began with the Whitford Committee, which commenced work in 1962 and issued a report in 1964. The Greenstein report was begun in 1969 and was completed in 1972; the Field Committee started its work in 1978 and issued a report in 1982. It is now time to prepare another decade report for the 1990's. Dr. John Bahcall at Princeton University has been named to lead the effort.