Biological and Physical Space Research Laboratory Science Review 2002

Documentation of the internal science research at the Biological and Physical Space Research Laboratory as presented in a review to Dr. Ann Whitaker, MSFC Science Director, in July 2002. These presentations have been revised and updated as appropriate for this report. The report documents flight and ground experiments in microgravity materials science and biotechnology science and space radiation. All of the work described includes significant scientific contributions by internal scientists (usually as principal or co-investigator on the research grant). Much of the research is in collaboration with external scientists. All the funding was provided as the result of competitive proposals evaluated by internal or external peer review processes. The external flight and ground research that our laboratory supports for the NASA program will be reviewed in a separate report.