megascienceEtymologyFrom mega- + science.nounAn area of scientific inquiry which is so complex and/or expensive that international collaboration is required to investigate it.“The international agenda includes: 1) using U.S. leadership in S&T to support foreign policy objectives including global stability and sustainable development; 2) strengthening American S&T in an increasingly interdependent world; 3) using international cooperation in S&T to our international economic goals; and 4) enhancing international cooperation in large-scale and complex science programs (me”