Dawn Survey Orbit Phase, First orbital phase |
Dawn Survey Orbit Phase, First orbital phase |
Jul 17 2011, 09:09 AM
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Senior Member Group: Members Posts: 1729 Joined: 3-August 06 From: 43° 35' 53" N 1° 26' 35" E Member No.: 1004 |
I think it's time we start a new thread
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Aug 2 2011, 10:41 PM
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Member Group: Members Posts: 933 Joined: 4-September 06 From: Boston Member No.: 1102 |
I am a US government grant supported scientist studying microbial genomes. My NIH grants stipulate that I make all raw sequence data available to the scientific community within hours. Biomedical research is just as competitive as the space sciences and we do just fine publishing our results ahead of the competition.
Scientists on the Mer, Casini and Phonex missions seem to have been able to publish their papers in Science and Nature without UMSF or other scientists scooping them. As a scientist who is highly competitive in US government supported research and who makes raw data available freely, I don't understandwhat the Dawn PI could be thinking. He clearly is not trying to follow in the footsteps of Steve Squyres or Carl Sagan. He clearly is not interested in public outreach or public support for NASA at a time when public support is dearly needed. He is not interested in helping young scientists jump in and use his data. How unbelievably disappointing. Floyd Dewhirst, DDS, PhD Senior Member of Staff The Forsyth Institute Professor, Department of Oral Medicine, Infection and Immunity, Faculty of Medicine Harvard University -------------------- |
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