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Suggested Citation: "2. Science Objectives." National Research Council. 1988. Astronomy and Astrophysics: Space Science in the Twenty-First Century -- Imperatives for the Decades 1995 to 2015. Washington, DC: The National Academies Press. doi: 10.17226/750.

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Suggested Citation: "2. Science Objectives." National Research Council. 1988. Astronomy and Astrophysics: Space Science in the Twenty-First Century -- Imperatives for the Decades 1995 to 2015. Washington, DC: The National Academies Press. doi: 10.17226/750.

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Suggested Citation: "2. Science Objectives." National Research Council. 1988. Astronomy and Astrophysics: Space Science in the Twenty-First Century -- Imperatives for the Decades 1995 to 2015. Washington, DC: The National Academies Press. doi: 10.17226/750.

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Suggested Citation: "2. Science Objectives." National Research Council. 1988. Astronomy and Astrophysics: Space Science in the Twenty-First Century -- Imperatives for the Decades 1995 to 2015. Washington, DC: The National Academies Press. doi: 10.17226/750.

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Suggested Citation: "2. Science Objectives." National Research Council. 1988. Astronomy and Astrophysics: Space Science in the Twenty-First Century -- Imperatives for the Decades 1995 to 2015. Washington, DC: The National Academies Press. doi: 10.17226/750.

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Suggested Citation: "2. Science Objectives." National Research Council. 1988. Astronomy and Astrophysics: Space Science in the Twenty-First Century -- Imperatives for the Decades 1995 to 2015. Washington, DC: The National Academies Press. doi: 10.17226/750.

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Suggested Citation: "2. Science Objectives." National Research Council. 1988. Astronomy and Astrophysics: Space Science in the Twenty-First Century -- Imperatives for the Decades 1995 to 2015. Washington, DC: The National Academies Press. doi: 10.17226/750.

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Suggested Citation: "2. Science Objectives." National Research Council. 1988. Astronomy and Astrophysics: Space Science in the Twenty-First Century -- Imperatives for the Decades 1995 to 2015. Washington, DC: The National Academies Press. doi: 10.17226/750.
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Suggested Citation: "2. Science Objectives." National Research Council. 1988. Astronomy and Astrophysics: Space Science in the Twenty-First Century -- Imperatives for the Decades 1995 to 2015. Washington, DC: The National Academies Press. doi: 10.17226/750.
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Suggested Citation: "2. Science Objectives." National Research Council. 1988. Astronomy and Astrophysics: Space Science in the Twenty-First Century -- Imperatives for the Decades 1995 to 2015. Washington, DC: The National Academies Press. doi: 10.17226/750.
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Suggested Citation: "2. Science Objectives." National Research Council. 1988. Astronomy and Astrophysics: Space Science in the Twenty-First Century -- Imperatives for the Decades 1995 to 2015. Washington, DC: The National Academies Press. doi: 10.17226/750.
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Suggested Citation: "2. Science Objectives." National Research Council. 1988. Astronomy and Astrophysics: Space Science in the Twenty-First Century -- Imperatives for the Decades 1995 to 2015. Washington, DC: The National Academies Press. doi: 10.17226/750.
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Suggested Citation: "2. Science Objectives." National Research Council. 1988. Astronomy and Astrophysics: Space Science in the Twenty-First Century -- Imperatives for the Decades 1995 to 2015. Washington, DC: The National Academies Press. doi: 10.17226/750.
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Suggested Citation: "2. Science Objectives." National Research Council. 1988. Astronomy and Astrophysics: Space Science in the Twenty-First Century -- Imperatives for the Decades 1995 to 2015. Washington, DC: The National Academies Press. doi: 10.17226/750.
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Suggested Citation: "2. Science Objectives." National Research Council. 1988. Astronomy and Astrophysics: Space Science in the Twenty-First Century -- Imperatives for the Decades 1995 to 2015. Washington, DC: The National Academies Press. doi: 10.17226/750.
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Suggested Citation: "2. Science Objectives." National Research Council. 1988. Astronomy and Astrophysics: Space Science in the Twenty-First Century -- Imperatives for the Decades 1995 to 2015. Washington, DC: The National Academies Press. doi: 10.17226/750.
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Suggested Citation: "2. Science Objectives." National Research Council. 1988. Astronomy and Astrophysics: Space Science in the Twenty-First Century -- Imperatives for the Decades 1995 to 2015. Washington, DC: The National Academies Press. doi: 10.17226/750.
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Suggested Citation: "2. Science Objectives." National Research Council. 1988. Astronomy and Astrophysics: Space Science in the Twenty-First Century -- Imperatives for the Decades 1995 to 2015. Washington, DC: The National Academies Press. doi: 10.17226/750.
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