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Science 7 February 2003:
Vol. 299. no. 5608, p. 797
DOI: 10.1126/science.299.5608.797
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SPACE PROGRAM:
Scientists Mourn Many Losses

Andrew Lawler

The space shuttle Columbia was a flying Noah's ark of rats, crickets, and fish for biological studies, and it also was packed with experiments for a dozen other disciplines. In the wake of its destruction, scientists are confronted with a double loss--that of astronauts they knew personally and the data they had worked so hard to collect.

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