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Additional Editor Is Harold J. Brodie. Additional Contributors Are
Lucie-Blair Hodges Geckler, Charles W. Hagen, Jr., Bayard L.
Hammond, Adolph Hecht, And Louise Brandau Preer. Indiana University
Publications, Science Series No. 16.
Additional Editor Is Harold J. Brodie. Additional Contributors Are
Lucie-Blair Hodges Geckler, Charles W. Hagen, Jr., Bayard L.
Hammond, Adolph Hecht, And Louise Brandau Preer. Indiana University
Publications, Science Series No. 16.
A new source of funding for astronomy stemmed from the creation of
the National Science Foundation (NSF) in 1950. Astronomers were
quick to take advantage of the opportunities this provided to found
new observatories. In this 1997 book, the science and politics of
the establishment, funding, construction and operation of the Kitt
Peak National Observatory (KPNO) and the Cerro Tololo
Inter-American Observatory (CTIO) by the Association of
Universities for Research in Astronomy (AURA) are seen from the
unique perspective of Frank K. Edmondson, a former member of the
AURA board of directors. AURA was asked to manage the Sacramento
Peak Observatory (SPO) in 1976, and in 1983 the National Solar
Observatory (NSO) was formed by merging the SPO and the KPNO solar
programs. In 1981 NASA chose AURA to establish and operate the
Space Telescope Science Institute (STScI). This is a personal
account of a period of major innovation in American optical
astronomy.
A new source of funding for astronomy stemmed from the creation of
the National Science Foundation (NSF) in 1950. Astronomers were
quick to take advantage of the opportunities this provided to found
new observatories. In this 1997 book, the science and politics of
the establishment, funding, construction and operation of the Kitt
Peak National Observatory (KPNO) and the Cerro Tololo
Inter-American Observatory (CTIO) by the Association of
Universities for Research in Astronomy (AURA) are seen from the
unique perspective of Frank K. Edmondson, a former member of the
AURA board of directors. AURA was asked to manage the Sacramento
Peak Observatory (SPO) in 1976, and in 1983 the National Solar
Observatory (NSO) was formed by merging the SPO and the KPNO solar
programs. In 1981 NASA chose AURA to establish and operate the
Space Telescope Science Institute (STScI). This is a personal
account of a period of major innovation in American optical
astronomy.
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