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A new laboratory—How to work in it

SEP 01, 1965
The techniques of basic research in the space program, once primarily of geophysical interest, are finding new applications in other scientific areas. The question treated here is what promise do they hold for an experimental science like physics?
Homer E. Newell

It is not my intention to parade before you long lists of space missions, launch vehicles, spacecraft, and other hardware, budgets, schedules, and such—inseparable though these may be from space activities. Rather, the discussion to follow will dwell on science, with only just enough reference to those other aspects of the space program to illustrate how our growing national space capability is providing valuable tools, techniques, and opportunities for scientific research.

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Homer E. Newell, National Aeronautics and Space Administration.

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