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Exploration
Moon to Mars
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| Targeting a Lunar Bulls-Eye |
| Topic: Moon to Mars |
05/29/08 |
| Using Earth-based radar, scientists have studied ejecta material from the moon's Orientale impact basin. The new data has implications for future robotic and human missions to explore the lunar south pole. |
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| A Vision for Exploration |
| Topic: Moon to Mars |
03/31/08 |
| Bernard Foing is chief scientist of the European Space Agency´s Research and Scientific Support Department. He sees exploration of our Moon as only the first step toward understanding the potential for life in our solar system and beyond. |
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| Science vs. Exploration: A Piggyback Solution? |
| Topic: Moon to Mars |
03/29/07 |
| Which is a better investment, science or exploration? The question is almost as old as the space program itself, and answering it won´t get any easier as humans move toward establishing a lunar base. But could science be an inevitable outgrowth of exploration? |
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| A Hitchhiker's Guide to Astrobiology |
| Topic: Moon to Mars |
12/04/06 |
| You're an astrobiologist standing in the centre of a vast, empty expanse of rock and dust pockmarked with impact craters. In order to accomplish your task, you've packed an entire suitcase. The question is what did you bring? |
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| How Safe is Travel to Mars? |
| Topic: Moon to Mars |
10/23/06 |
| A "worst-case" analysis shows that during a trip to and from Mars, astronauts would be exposed to levels of deadly radiation that are considered unacceptable by today´s standards. The danger arises from galactic cosmic radiation and the rare but dangerous storms of protons from the sun. |
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| Linking the Earth to the Moon |
| Topic: Moon to Mars |
08/03/06 |
| Apollo turned our distant moon into the very edge of the human frontier, and rocks collected during that mission helped reveal the moon's evolutionary history. In this essay, Bernard Foing describes current scientific research that continues to teach us about the history of the moon. |
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| Europeans psych themselves up for a trip to Mars |
| Topic: Moon to Mars |
04/27/06 |
| The European Space Agency doesn´t have any concrete plans to send humans to Mars, but they´ve already begun making preparations for the trip. A small Italian-French crew is currently spending a year in a remote Antarctic research station, to learn how to handle the individual psychological problems and the stresses on group dynamics that can occur under such difficult, isolated conditions. |
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| Peaks of Eternal Light |
| Topic: Moon to Mars |
11/24/05 |
| If a planet or moon has only a slight rotational tilt, a tall mountain or crater rim can be forever bathed in sunlight. In 1994, NASA's Clementine mission found candidates for such "peaks of eternal light" on the moon's north and south poles. |
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| EANA Budapest Blog |
| Topic: Moon to Mars |
11/14/05 |
| The European Astrobiology Network Association (EANA) brings various voices to discuss astrobiology issues and missions. Scientists from the 17 member nations recently met in Budapest, Hungary. This blog by Astrobiology Magazine's Leslie Mullen provides an overview of the workshop. |
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| Riding in Magnetic Bubbles |
| Topic: Moon to Mars |
12/12/04 |
| It's the year 2027 and NASA's Vision for Space Exploration is progressing right on schedule. The first interplanetary spacecraft with humans aboard is on course for Mars. However, halfway into the trip, a gigantic solar flare erupts, spewing lethal radioactive protons directly at the spacecraft. |
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