Capabilities for the future : an assessment of NASA laboratories for basic research / Committee on the Assessment of NASA Laboratory Capabilities, Laboratory Assessments Board, Space Studies Board, Aeronautics and Space Engineering Board, Division on Engineering and Physical Sciences, National Research Council of the National Academies.

"Over the past 5 years or more, there has been a steady and significant decrease in NASA's laboratory capabilities, including equipment, maintenance, and facility upgrades. This adversely affects the support of NASA's scientists, who rely on these capabilities, as well as NASA's ability to make the...

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