European labs brace for German cuts: international collaboration

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Germany, the largest contributor to international European research labs, announced plans to reduce its contributions an average of 8% in the nation's latest budget. CERN and other labs are worried that the cuts will endanger ongoing projects and that other countries may follow Germany's lead.

Germany, International aspects, Research institutes, Science and technology policy, Laboratories

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NASA rethinks the space station

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Pres Bill Clinton has given engineers 90 days to develop scaled-down versions of the space station that will cost about $15 billion, half the price of the original design. Meanwhile, House Science Committee Chmn George Brown warned that none of the scaled-back versions will be approved.

Political aspects, United States. National Aeronautics and Space Administration, Freedom (Space station)

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U.S. space scientists look to Europe

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An increasing number of US researchers are submitting projects to the Horizon 2000 program. They are attracted by the coherent and regularized structure that European Space Agency head Roger Bonnet has developed.

Management, Biography, Space sciences, European Space Agency, Bonnet, Roger

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