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Published online 1 October 2008 | Nature 455, 577 (2008) | doi:10.1038/455577a
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Teams merge for dark-energy mission
Competition scrapped in favour of joint venture.
A competition between groups hoping to design a space telescope to investigate how the Universe is expanding over time has been scrapped by NASA and the US Department of Energy (DoE).
Instead, the agencies are pursuing a government-built, government-led design for the Joint Dark Energy Mission (JDEM), which may accommodate elements from all three of the teams.
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