Make Work Project?

I don't know if this is a make work project courtesy NASA, though it sounds an awful lot like it:

NASA has teamed up with two universities to study ways to reduce the adverse effects of space travel has on astronauts' physical health.

And what about all the years and years of data that we already have examining just that? What else can we learn?

Bupkis as far as I can tell. And if that's true, this is just a welfare for scientists. But If I'm wrong someone please correct me.