Geospace: The naturally occurring plasma laboratory

While the societal relevance of space physics drives most research in field, this paper argues for merit addressing problems that are core to plasma physics, regardless discipline or application society. The geospace environment is a unique, naturally occurring laboratory can be used investigating basic processes. Ground and satellite-based observations provide important data understanding processes such as transport, charge-neutral interactions, collisions, turbulence. These topics we show how these relevant broader community. This recommends improved funding lines examine fundamental environment. accomplished by annual solicitation NASA ROSES B.3 Heliophysics Theory, Modeling, Simulations (HTMS) program; consideration all proposals; creating pathway high-risk into science.