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Appendix C: Sampling of International Laboratories Engaged in Extraterrestrial Sample Analysis
Pages 94-111

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... a comprehensive listing of all laboratories outside the United States where analyses of extraterrestrial samples are carried out. Laboratories in the table were selected based on discussion among the committee members.
From page 95...
... , 1 multichannel are covered by technicians, the government Planetary materials gas chromatograph, the maintenance 2 postdoctoral through Materials, including 2 gas source mass fee charged to the fellows, Okayama Okayama meteorites and spectrometers for machine allowed 3 technical University and University at return samples noble gas analyses through annual budget staff. the Institute Misasa from Hayabusa.
From page 96...
... and their components. Natural History In situ Two multicollector Spot service paid 3 professors, 0 Sciences analyses of SIMS (CAMECA by soft money no technical Isotope Imaging extraterrestrial IMS-1270+SCAPS, grants obtained by staff.
From page 97...
... and Hayabusa2. Canada University of Meteorite 2 EPMAs, 2 SEMs, Service contract for 1 faculty, 8 ~6 FTE-based Alberta curation lab 1 TIMS, 1 ICP-MS, both EPMAs, both technical staff funded.
From page 98...
... synchrotron analytical purposes. highly customized techniques funding agencies light source Measurements on infrastructure, which and particular including facility.
From page 99...
... technical staff. remaining 7 included in the AMS isotopes staff positions CFI-MSI budget (14C, 3H, 10Be, are funded and recharge.
From page 100...
... fellow. Stable isotope laboratory with a gas source mass spectrometer and a gas chromatograph.
From page 101...
... Space Science variable Mars post-doctoral (CRESS) chamber.
From page 102...
... The institute is currently setting up ultra-clean laboratory and mass spectrometry facilities for meteorite and future sample return mission analyses.
From page 103...
... basically through a lump rate of 350€/ day instrument time, which PIs charge to the individual projects. If PIs have enough funded projects, this works out quite well, and PIs actually save some money.
From page 104...
... , lunar samples SEM, 1 quadrupole the analyses. Repairs there is an money via Clermont- for their ICP-MS with laser are performed by engineer with CNRS or the Ferrand mineral and ablation capabilities, permanent staff a permanent university trace elements 1 MC-ICPMS, 2 (engineers)
From page 105...
... 1 senior university, with funding model interplanetary for analyzing lecturer, 2 buy-back from means that dust particles, micron to submicron research grant income. technical staff and returned samples such as fellows, 2 employment is samples from presolar grains, technical staff, facilitated by the Genesis cometary dust, and 4 research income, and Stardust material brought postdoctorates, but their jobs are missions.
From page 106...
... TABLE C.1 Continued 106 People Institutionally Primary Use of Major Employed by Funded Technical Institution Facility Instrumentation Service Contracts Institution a Support Comments Natural History Chemical and 2 quadrupole 1 staff Museum, London isotopic analyses ICP-MS, 1 ion scientist, of meteorites. chromatograph, 1 6 technical CT scanner, 1 FE- staff.
From page 107...
... This is staff, mainly by the expectation processing, on gas source underwritten by the 9 internal funds of that funding and studying IRMS, 1 nanoSIMS, university, although in postdoctorates, the university. for technical extraterrestrial 1 custom-built the past several years, 12 graduate staff should be materials, Finesse mass a greater emphasis students.
From page 108...
... through hard analyses of contract for a while, money (full meteorites and paid from a PI start-up time university lunar samples. (14 years ago)
From page 109...
... O, H, N and applications, noble gases) , and helps in situ isotope train users.
From page 110...
... / institute support, Swiss SNF "R'equip," ERC and so on grants. Institut für Isotopic and 1 TIMS, 1 MC-ICP- Service contracts 3 full-time Technical staff Geologie and trace element MS, 1 CAMECA paid via user fees and research staff, supported by the Center for Space analyses of 1280 SIIMS (housed contribution from the 1.5 full-time university.
From page 111...
... a Includes those involved with extraterrestrial analyses only; does not include undergraduate research assistants, and "faculty" are ladder faculty, not research scientists, who may be con sidered faculty in some institutions.


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