NASA Reorganization Consolidates Science

The National Aeronautics and Space Administration has announced a reorganization that will consolidate its science functions and replace its space-science chief with the director of the Goddard Space Flight Center.

The new structure, unveiled late last month, will combine earth and space sciences in a new office of science and will absorb biological and physical sciences in a new exploration-systems office. Edward J. Weiler, the current space-science administrator, will swap jobs with

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