Committee on Astronomy and Astrophysics

国家科学院的这一奖项将为天文学和天体物理学委员会（CAA）提供部分支持。 NASA将为维持该委员会的剩余费用提供资金。 CAA的总体目标是鼓励天文学和天体物理学的科学进步，并协助联邦政府规划这些领域的项目。 CAA将在当前的十年调查基础上，“新世界，天文学和天体物理学的新视野”（NWNH），并监测其建议的最重要的科学和技术活动的优先事项的进展情况。 CAA将用来履行其职责的机制包括发起和监督报告生成研究、会议、电话会议、与机构代表和科学界的讨论以及研讨会等特别论坛。

This award to the National Academy of Sciences will provide partial support for the Committee on Astronomy and Astrophysics (CAA). NASA will fund the remainder of the cost of maintaining this committee. The overall objective of the CAA is to encourage scientific progress in astronomy and astrophysics and to assist the federal government in planning programs in these fields. The CAA will build on the current decadal survey of the field, "New Worlds, New Horizons in Astronomy and Astrophysics," (NWNH) and monitor the progress of its recommended priorities for the most important scientific and technical activities. Among the mechanisms the CAA will use to fulfill its charge are the initiation and oversight of report-generating studies, meetings, teleconferences, discussions with agency representatives and the scientific community, and special fora such as workshops.