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The problem with orbital processing of high risk planetary sample is that if some sign of danger did turn up, we would be left with the task of trying to make sure the contaminated lab module (and probably the entire Space Station) never reentered Earth's atmosphere with its dangerous passengers -- and that would be very expensive indeed with the need to regularly reboost it back into higher Earth orbit for an indefinite period.

Cameron Park - June 4, 2001
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