While it's not fair to throw a front - wheel - drive vehicle up against a Trail Rated Jeep, its inclusion in the crossover class does
imply more capability away from the pavement than your average sedan.
Coordination between NASA and the NSF can be advantageous because (1) the sheer scale of many modern astronomical investigations requires a coordinated national, if not international, effort; (2) the enormous increase in technical, computer, and Web - based
capability reduces the barriers to cooperation; and (3) the growing sophistication of researchers» investigations
implies that coordination across wavelength bands and across disciplines is required to produce a deeper and
more fundamental understanding of the objects and processes under study.