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Maintaining U.S. Leadership in Aeronautics Breakthrough Technologies to Meet Future Air and Space Transportation Needs and Goals (1998) / Chapter Skim
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Appendix A: Statement of Task
Pages 105-108

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... The identified technologies can be expected to represent high risk, but potentially very high payoff investments. Technologies with potential military, as well as civil, applications may be considered if they are appropriate potential components of NASA's advanced basic R&D program.
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