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To: KevinDavis
"Cool..."

Not particularly. If NASA thinks this stuff is "cutting edge" analytical technology, they aren't keeping up with the state of the art very well GC's and Mass spectrometers have already been significantly reduced in size. For VOA, current GC technology can be built about the size of a cigar box .

4 posted on 06/08/2005 5:42:06 PM PDT by Wonder Warthog (The Hog of Steel)
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It must be 'space-rated', which is to say it must have a developer and a multi-million dollar contract.


5 posted on 06/08/2005 6:11:21 PM PDT by RightWhale
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