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... In the field of microgravity research, the committee believes enhanced interaction between these offices, for example in reviewing proposed experiments, would increase the effectiveness of the national effort.
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... While the amount of peak power available would remain unchanged, the total energy available would increase in proportion to the increased duration of the Shuttle mission. The committee found that over 85 percent of proposed experiments could be accommodated with a 16-day mission, and that a 28-day mission would accommodate virtually all of the remainder.
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... The committee believes the data base in this area is too limited to provide adequate information to make a final judgment. The committee found that the available and tentatively manifested experiments, power levels, anticipated flight durations, and the microgravity environment of the NASA Shuttle-based facilities would not impose serious constraints on the experiments planned by OSSA and OCP in the period from 1990 to 1996, recognizing that planning for the later years is far from firm.
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... Although the potential benefits to the nation of microgravity experimentation lie in the future, the committee believes it is important to continue to explore this new frontier of human knowledge and to begin to build the foundation for eventual commercial exploitation of the space environment.
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