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Nature 391, 736 (19 February 1998) | doi:10.1038/35722

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Government officials on both sides of the Atlantic are optimistic that private industry will pay to use the space station for its own research projects. And a generous portion of onboard resources — laboratory space, electrical power, crew time, and the like — has been set aside for this purpose; now all that is needed is customers.