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Moon to Mars
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Punching Through the Night´s Curtain (Q & A, Part II)
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| Topic: Moon to Mars |
05/15/04 |
| What is the endgame in a quest to understand where in the universe we on Earth might fit in? The question hinges on one's view of what a true space-faring civilization or a multi-planet species might represent. |
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What Would a Martian Drive? (Q & A Part I)
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| Topic: Moon to Mars |
05/14/04 |
| Three leading space scientists discuss how best to search for life, given what we know today about Mars, history's lessons about human exploration and whether Mars is another place to plant a flag. |
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David Morrison: Waystations to Mars
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| Topic: Moon to Mars |
05/13/04 |
| Do asteroids make good candidates for testing mission profiles before trying to get humans on Mars? Dr. David Morrison considers the role of robots and humans, along with which targets might round out a priority list between the Moon and Mars. |
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Michael Carr: Bringing Mars Home
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| Topic: Moon to Mars |
05/11/04 |
| How important would it be to have a martian sample to pass around to the worlds' best laboratories, much the way that researchers share meteors and moon rocks today? According to Dr. Michael Carr, the stepwise goal of returning an interesting rock from Mars will hinge on mobility and robotics first. |
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Jonathan Lunine: Life Finder
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| Topic: Moon to Mars |
05/09/04 |
| Way beyond the horizon of currently planned missions is a place for what Dr. Jonathan Lunine describes as a 'life finder'. The question he poses in his testimony to the Presidential Commission on 'Moon To Mars and Beyond' centers on how one looks for another habitable Earth-like planet. |
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Thomas Stafford: Penmanship in Boxing Gloves
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| Topic: Moon to Mars |
05/04/04 |
| General Thomas Stafford presents his unique views on what it takes for humans to get to the moon and Mars. As a former astronaut, Stafford shows a characteristic attention to the fine details while never failing also to understand a bigger picture. |
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What's Next?
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| Topic: Moon to Mars |
05/02/04 |
| In this multipart lecture series, noted author Dr. Andrew Chaikin takes his unique historical perspective on the question of 'Can Humans Get to Mars?' In this final encore installment, what we have learned about the moon from robotic and remote sensing is laid out in a timeline towards the future. |
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Mars: Man or Machine?
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| Topic: Moon to Mars |
05/01/04 |
| In this multipart lecture series, noted author Dr. Andrew Chaikin takes his unique historical perspective on the question of 'Can Humans Get to Mars?' This third installment considers what kinds of landscape the first human on Mars might encounter. |
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Going Mobile
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| Topic: Moon to Mars |
04/30/04 |
| In this multipart lecture series, noted author Dr. Andrew Chaikin takes his unique historical perspective on the question of 'Can Humans Get to Mars?' This second installment addresses how one might want to remain mobile on another planet. |
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Hemorrhaging from the Fingertips
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| Topic: Moon to Mars |
04/29/04 |
| In this multipart lecture series, noted author Dr. Andrew Chaikin takes his unique historical perspective on the question of 'Can Humans Get to Mars?' This first installment introduces the twin problems of heavy-lift and human survival. |
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