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Budget Hike Not Enough to Save Hubble 52 minutes ago Science - AP<P><I>By MARCIA DUNN, AP Aerospace Writer</I> <P>CAPE CANAVERAL, Fla. - With the moon on its horizon, NASA (news - web sites) sees a slight increase in the budget proposed by President Bush (news - web sites) on Monday, but it's not enough to save the Hubble Space Telescope (news - web sites). <P>
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 <P>Only $93 million in the space agency's $16.45 billion budget would go toward Hubble's survival: $75 million to develop a kamikaze robot that would steer the orbiting observatory into the ocean at the end of its lifetime, and $18 million to try to eke out as much scientific observing time as possible from the telescope through clever remote controlling. <P><P>No money is in the budget to send either a robotic repairman or shuttle astronauts to Hubble to extend its lifetime, a decision that is sure to anger astronomers and members of Congress. Late last year, a National Academy of Sciences (news - web sites) panel recommended one final visit to Hubble by astronauts. <P><P>The proposed budget for NASA — 2.4 percent higher than last year's — sets aside $9.6 billion for science, aeronautics and exploration, and $6.7 billion for exploration capabilities. That includes $4.5 billion for the space shuttle program, on track for resuming flights this year for the first time since the 2003 Columbia disaster, and $1.85 billion for the international space station. <P><P>Just over a year ago, Bush announced a new exploration vision for NASA geared around returning astronauts to the moon by 2020. Everything now revolves around that. <P><P>NASA Administrator Sean O'Keefe said even though the space agency is not getting as much money as envisioned by the president a year ago, a 2.4 percent budget increase is "rather remarkable" given the federal deficit and the spending cuts elsewhere in the government. <P><P>As for Hubble, O'Keefe said the National Academy of Sciences panel presented such a bleak assessment of a robotic mission to install new parts on the space telescope that it made little sense to presume success and, consequently, no money was put aside for such an endeavor. <P><P>"We'll see. In a month's time, there may be an epiphany," O'Keefe said. "But I think it's going to be a very difficult mountain, a steep hill, to climb." <P><P>O'Keefe reiterated his long-held view that a shuttle flight to Hubble poses too many dangers in the wake of the Columbia catastrophe. <P><P>"It is a judgment call and this is a judgment call that is my responsibility for however period of time that I reside here," said O'Keefe, who will leave NASA in less than two weeks to assume the chancellor's job at Louisiana State University. </P>

数量考核逼使中青年教师论文分段发 (查看原文)//-->新华网     作者：杨凯军 李鹏翔     在日前举行的武汉大学院士、文科资深教授座谈会上，著名生物学家杨弘远院士对现在高校中普遍存在的浮躁学术风气提出批评。他指出，现行的一些评价机制给身处教学科研一线的中青年教师带来很大压力，甚至影响其治学态度，许多人为求数量考核竟将研究成果分阶段发表。

    杨弘远院士表示，如果中青年教师整日被各种表格、会议缠身，他们还有精力搞研究吗？问题出在政策导向上。现在很多高校对教师一年一考核，而且考核指标多是发表论文数量、出版著作数量等，这直接影响了中青年教师的潜心治学，许多人不得不“化整为零”，将研究成果分阶段发表，但整体质量不高。

    杨弘远院士向记者表示，目前，高校的中青年教师承受一定的压力是应当的，但他们更需要的是内在动力，外来的压力不妥当会产生副作用。严格考核是需要的，但不能以数量指标代替质量，使一些教师的论文发表成了“达标”项目，以篇数定英雄，而不在乎更高水平、更深领域的研究和发展。

    杨弘远院士建议，考核期能否拉长到3年，并与聘任制结合起来。同时，提高中青年教师的待遇，给中青年学者创造一个更为宽松的学术环境，切实有利于高素质人才的培养，有利于培育真正具有世界竞争力的研究成果。领导和决策部门也应当认真研究考核机制，统筹数量与质量的关系。