We rarely learn anything Earth-shaking from space labs, says Philip Ball - which is why inexpensive missions like Foton-M3 are the way to go.
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Ball, P. Space experiments should be done on the cheap. Nature (2007). https://doi.org/10.1038/news070924-13
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