Re: [OT] Columbia

At 3:05 PM -0500 2/3/03, laserlight@quixnet.net wrote:
>I have the opportunity to write an editorial on the benefits of the
space
>program (ie "why spending it Up There makes more sense than putting it
into
>social programs").  I can wander around the web looking for the data
but I
>figured it's likely someone on this List can point me in the right
>direction.  Suggestions?

Well, for one materials research in microgravity can yield 
interesting results that you can't duplicate on the surface with 
gravity. For example,
http://www.uah.edu/HTML/Research/ResRev/MMS/story5.html
http://www.nas.edu/ssb/mgoppappendb.htm

http://cwisdb.cc.kuleuven.ac.be/research/T/team241211.htm
       
http://cwisdb.cc.kuleuven.ac.be/research/P/3E02/project3E020399.htm

http://mgnews.msfc.nasa.gov/Fall99/sciprogramreport.html
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