NASA Takes Aim At Bias In Grant Selection Process

Hubble Space Telescope
Credit: NASA
A funny thing happened when the Space Telescope Science Institute stripped names and identification data from requests for observing time on the Hubble Space Telescope (pictured). For the first time ever, the percentage of research grants awarded to women exceeded the fraction won by men. The Space...
Irene Klotz

Irene Klotz is Senior Space Editor for Aviation Week, based in Cape Canaveral. Before joining Aviation Week in 2017, Irene spent 25 years as a wire service reporter covering human and robotic spaceflight, commercial space, astronomy, science and technology for Reuters and United Press International.

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