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Science 7 July 2000:
Vol. 289. no. 5476, p. 23
DOI: 10.1126/science.289.5476.23a
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ASTROBIOLOGY:
Ames's Proposal for Lab Triggers Battle at NASA

Andrew Lawler

Officials at NASA's Ames Research Center in Moffett Field, California, would like to trade the use of part of their land for a new building largely dedicated to NASA's nascent astrobiology program, the core of which is a 2-year-old virtual institute based at Ames. Although some scientists applaud the idea, others say that it undermines the idea of a virtual institute and that operating costs would take money away from higher priorities. Two panels have offered conflicting opinions, which may be aired at a meeting next week.

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