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Exploration
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Containing ET
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| Topic: Moon to Mars |
05/28/07 |
| Despite stringent restrictions, international regulations do allow for living terrestrial organisms to be sent to Mars – and for martian rocks that may contain life to be returned to Earth. In this exclusive Astrobiology Magazine interview, NASA´s acting planetary protection officer, Dr. Cassie Conley, explains how it could be done. |
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Keeping It Clean
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| Topic: Moon to Mars |
05/21/07 |
| The job of a planetary protection officer is to make sure that humans don´t contaminate other worlds, and that Earth is kept safe from the potential harmful effects of extraterrestrial life. For NASA, that job is currently held by Dr. Cassie Conley. Astrobiology Magazine recently interviewed Conley to find out what she actually does. |
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Designing OPRA Glasses
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| Topic: Moon to Mars |
05/01/07 |
| University of Arkansas researchers will develop a probe for future planetary rovers that will help scientists study the history of the solar system by examining the properties of layers of material beneath the surface of the moon, Mars, comets and other planetary bodies. |
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Exploring Caves From 30 Feet in the Air
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| Topic: Moon to Mars |
04/30/07 |
| Underground caves could prove ideal as places for future human explorers to live on Mars. But first, someone has to find them. Jut Wynne is trying to figure out how. |
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Deflector Shields Up!
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| Topic: Moon to Mars |
04/21/07 |
| A team of scientists are preparing to construct an experimental magnetic shield that could be used to protect astronauts from radiation during long-duration space missions and possibly while on the surface of the Moon and Mars. |
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Zapping the Moon
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| Topic: Moon to Mars |
04/17/07 |
| Every month the Moon passes through the magnetic field of the Earth and becomes charged with static electricity. A new model suggests that this charging may increase after the year 2012, which could have implications for human lunar missions that are currently being planned for around 2020. |
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Assessing Aurora
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| Topic: Moon to Mars |
04/07/07 |
| Scientists in Europe are preparing for an ambitious program of exploration that includes the Moon and Mars. Europe's Aurora Programme endeavors to explore the solar system with numerous robotic missions, and to ultimately land humans on Mars in the 2030s. |
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Mars 500
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| Topic: Moon to Mars |
04/06/07 |
| Europe is preparing for Mars by sending a crew of six on a simulated Mars mission for 500 days. The mission will help pave the way for future missions to the Moon and Mars by providing important insight into the psychological and medical aspects of long-duration spaceflight. |
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Science vs. Exploration: A Piggyback Solution?
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| 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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Pizza Delivery in 9 Months or Less
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| Topic: Moon to Mars |
03/27/07 |
| Researchers have developed a software tool for modeling interplanetary supply chains in order to better understand the requirements for establishing human bases on the Moon and beyond. |
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