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... With the notable and important exceptions of its Astrophysical Theory and Space Physics Theory programs, NASA tends to support research focused on its missions. This has led to better support for space plasma physics, where much of the data is mission-relevant, than it has for plasma astrophysics, where fund {National Research Council, Astronomy Survey Committee, Astronomy and Astrophysics for the 1980s, National Academy Press, Washington, D.C., 1982.
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  • plasma physics
  • magnetic field
  • space plasma
  • plasma astrophysics
  • ion plasmas

  • magnetic fields
  • fusion plasmas


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