Space can’t wait | Nature

Access through your institution Buy or subscribe Sir We applaud Alexander Harcourt (_Nature_ 387, 340; 340 1997) for emphasizing the value of exploring the world around us. Pressure abounds

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AFFILIATIONS * American Society for Gravitational and Space Biology) Department of Plant Pathology & Crop Physiology Louisiana State University, President, Baton Rouge, 70803, Louisiana,

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ABOUT THIS ARTICLE CITE THIS ARTICLE Musgrave, M., Hopkin, R. Space can’t wait. _Nature_ 388, 823 (1997). https://doi.org/10.1038/42121 Download citation * Issue Date: 28 August 1997 * DOI:

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