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... • Spacecraft qualification equipment and facilities, as contrasted with equipment and facilities used for science and engineering research, are excluded. • The charge provides that NASA equipment and facilities be "compared to comparable laboratories elsewhere." However, study activity will not include benchmarking against other agency, university, or industry facilities; instead, comparisons with non-NASA analogues should be based on the expertise and experience of appointed committee members.
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