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Splitting Cargo and Crew
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| Topic: Moon to Mars |
10/04/04 |
| Summary: The next generation shuttle, designed to support eventual lunar stops on the way to Mars, may benefit from a NASA concept to separate crew and cargo in future missions. Before a crew is sent, the cargo will be waiting for them. |
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Footprints on the Moon
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| Topic: Moon to Mars |
08/29/04 |
| Summary: The Moon offers a unique preserved laboratory free from the weathering that ages the record of how life arose on Earth. Studying radiation and polar craters may be targets for the next human or robotic missions. |
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Citizen of the Solar System
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| Topic: Moon to Mars |
08/25/04 |
| Summary: NASA's David Morrison won the 2004 Carl Sagan medal from the Division for Planetary Sciences. He talked with Astrobiology Magazine about the risks and rewards of extending science beyond our biosphere. |
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I Want My Sci-TV
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| Topic: Moon to Mars |
06/23/04 |
| Summary: Americans love science in their movies and TV shows, yet recent reports indicate we are losing our scientific dominance to the rest of the world. Can science-themed entertainment get Americans off the couch and into the lab? |
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Moon to Mars: What's Beyond?
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| Topic: Moon to Mars |
06/17/04 |
| Summary: A blue-ribbon Presidential Commission has released its research findings on how best to get exploration initiatives aligned to a future moon or Mars agenda. Their results highlight the educational potential and the significance of living off the land as humans go where robots have pioneered. |
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The Tool Guy: Red Whittaker Responds
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| Topic: Moon to Mars |
05/24/04 |
| Summary: Carnegie Mellon's Robotics Institute has spawned advanced robots for exploration, with Red Whittaker often the one directing them into volcanoes or along the ocean floor. Whittaker responds to the questions from the Presidential Commission considering how best to explore the moon and Mars. |
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Andrew Cheng: One Giant Leap on an Asteroid
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| Topic: Moon to Mars |
05/22/04 |
| Summary: Dr. Andrew Cheng, 2001 project scientist for the first robotic landing on an asteroid, takes up the question: Should humans try to land on what many consider our nearest and best solar system targets, the asteroids? |
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Marianne Frey: Round Trip Survivor
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| Topic: Moon to Mars |
05/18/04 |
| Summary: Dr. Marianne Frey considers the spaceflight challenges to human physiology and psychology. Does it take more than just the 'right stuff' for humans to get to Mars? |
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Ray Bradbury: The Illustrated Spaceman
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| Topic: Moon to Mars |
05/16/04 |
| Summary: In viewing Earth, moon and Mars, few could or would ask to look ahead five hundred years. When presenting his views to the blue-ribbon Presidential Panel, author Ray Bradbury took on the challenge of imagining a moon base and a Mars' civilization. |
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