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Science vs. Exploration: A Piggyback Solution?
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| Topic: Moon to Mars |
03/29/07 |
| Summary: 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 |
| Summary: 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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Dust-busting, Lunar Style
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| Topic: Moon to Mars |
03/26/07 |
| Summary: As NASA makes plans to send humans back to the moon, this time to live and work for extended periods of time, one of the most vexing problems they may be faced with is dust. To explore the potential problems, the NASA Engineering and Safety Center held a Lunar Dust Workshop. |
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SMART Lunar Bases
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| Topic: Moon to Mars |
03/09/07 |
| Summary: The SMART-1 spacecraft has investigated an area of the Moon that could be a good location to conduct future lunar science studies and to prepare humans for missions to Mars. |
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Risking Radiation
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| Topic: Moon to Mars |
03/03/07 |
| Summary: Small devices for continually monitoring radiation risk and exposure will help ensure the safety of astronauts on long-duration missions to the Moon and Mars. |
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Walking Tall
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| Topic: Moon to Mars |
02/17/07 |
| Summary: New research on locomotion stability may aid in designing spacesuits with better mobility for astronauts on future exploration missions to the Moon and Mars. |
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Copernicus and the Wild Goose Chase
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| Topic: Moon to Mars |
01/11/07 |
| Summary: From "Astrobiology Magazine, European edition" is a story that describes the first science fiction stage play. It's a rainy day in London, April 1706. A gentleman eager to impress his lady decides to take her to the opera. Once seated in the theatre they are delighted by an extravagant show which features flying geese on wires, a Spanish gentleman of indiscriminate morality, and giant lunar royalty. |
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Astrobiologist Awarded
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| Topic: Moon to Mars |
12/20/06 |
| Summary: Dr. Joshua Lederberg, a Nobel-winning microbiolgist whose advice helped create NASA's early biology programs, will receive the Medal of Freedom, the United States' highest civilian honor. |
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Why the Moon?
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| Topic: Moon to Mars |
12/05/06 |
Summary: NASA on Monday unveiled the initial elements of the Global Exploration Strategy and a proposed U.S. lunar architecture, two critical tools for achieving the nation's vision of returning humans to the Moon.
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A Hitchhiker's Guide to Astrobiology
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| Topic: Moon to Mars |
12/04/06 |
| Summary: 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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