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2001 IN CONTEXT

Nature 414, 841 (20 December 2001) | doi:10.1038/414841a

Big science: Down to Earth with a bump

David Adam & Tony Reichhardt

For NASA, 2001 was the year in which the space odyssey that is the International Space Station ran into serious trouble. The script is hastily being rewritten, with the goal of controlling this blockbuster's budget.