For example, the Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences, the official journal of the National Academy of Sciences, allows NAS members submitting papers for publication in PNAS to select their own referees.

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Similarly in 1992 the U.S. National Academy of Sciences (NAS) put forward the idea of launching 55, 000 "solar sails" into orbit around the Earth, each with an area of 100 square kilometers, the sails collectively producing the same effect as Early's single glass panel.

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The President will be required to ask the National Academies (National Academy of Sciences (NAS), the National Academy of Engineering (NAE), the Institute of Medicine (IOM), and the National Research Council (NRC)) to conduct a one year study of existing accreditations and report after one year.

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