Word: space
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Dates: during 1980-1989
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Gilbert and others had speculated that those researchers who participated in the program would receive unfair advantages, such as special consideration in tenure decisions, more laboratory space and more grad students, for bringing in money to the University...
...other professors see obstacles ahead forthe space program. "The real problem lies in alack of long-range goals for NASA, which have notyet been defined by President Reagan," saidGiovanni G. Fazio, lecturer in astronomy. "What weneed is presidential direction...
...Hubble Space Telescope, which will belaunched via shuttle in February 1990, will allowastronomers to see objects in better detail thanbefore, according to Professor of Astronomy RobertP. Kirshner...
Some Harvard scientists pointed out thatunmanned space missions would facilitate betterrersearch by allowing greater risks to be taken,but they noted that public support for NASA isdependent on manned missions...
...Science is only a small part. The glamour isreal and people are much more interested [inmanned missions]," Kirshner said. "Without mannedmissions, NASA will lose its support. Because bothpresidential candidates support the space station,NASA will have a future," Dalgarno said...