More background on this report is
here.
It appears it is focused on research programs that can only be carried out on the International Space Station (ISS), due to the microgravity environment.
They are trying to get NASA to:
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"elevate" the life and physical sciences programme, to similar levels as in the late 1990s
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Support for NASA's life and physical sciences programme has fallen steadily over the last decade. In 1996 the agency awarded around $500m for research in advanced life support and advanced space suits to fundamental physics but this fell to around $300m in 2001 and just $150m by 2010.
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The report says that the programme now has no "institutional home at NASA" and concludes that, as a result, the agency cannot take full advantage of the laboratory environment at the ISS.
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Its interesting that the report was produced by a committee co-chaired by a mechanical engineer, and a medical researcher … two very practical types.
Bert:
In isolation, your challenge may be unwinnable by those who would oppose it, but I think you may have made some off-topic assumptions about what they're really on about.
Cheers