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Nature 420, 593-594 (12 December 2002) | doi:10.1038/420593a

NASA roadmap charts route to a quarter-century of exploration

Tony Reichhardt

NASA is making preliminary plans for a multibillion-dollar programme to study black holes, dark matter and other cosmic exotica from spaceborne observatories.Called 'Beyond Einstein', the initiative would be modelled on the agency's Origins programme, which focuses on galaxy and planet formation and the search for life in the Universe.