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Measuring Precision Powers Space, Defense and Industry
The text explains that a tiny one millionth inch error in a gyroscope could derail a lunar mission by thousands of miles. It highlights the U S Commerce Department National Bureau of Standards as the nation's standard setter, with labs in Washington and Boulder. Researchers cover atomic physics to building science and repeatedly confront requests for greater accuracy to aid science, defense and peaceful innovation.
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U. S. Commerce Department
National Bureau of Standards
Bureau
Washington, D.C
Boulder
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