Survey of Astronomy and Astrophysics for the 1990's

这一奖项提供了美国国家科学基金会的一部分资金，用于一项新的天文学和天体物理学调查，该调查将满足1990年S的领域需求。一个委员会将在美国国家科学院的主持下成立，负责编写一份确定优先顺序的报告。为审议新的天文调查的必要性和性质而召集的一批主要天文学家得出的结论是，将需要八至十个小组来处理科学领域的问题，并为天文学社区的广泛参与提供一个机制。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年发布了一份报告。格林斯坦报告始于1969年，于1972年完成；外地委员会于1978年开始工作，并于1982年发表报告。现在是为1990年的S撰写另一份十年报告的时候了。普林斯顿大学的约翰·巴克尔博士已被任命为这项工作的负责人。

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.