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Knowns and Unknowns in Exploration: Then and Now
Category: Vision News In the fourth in a series of essays on exploration, NASA's Chief Historian, Steven J. Dick, discusses the "Knowns and Unknowns in Exploration: Then and Now". How realistic is the new space exploration vision to go to the Moon, Mars and beyond? In light of current problems in the world, and budget problems at home, some have framed the goal as undesirable, or even undoable.View this site.Posted: November 15, 2004.
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Consequences of Exploration: Learning from History
Category: Vision News If it is true that a creative society must explore, it is also true that the same society must consider the consequences of its exploration. In the third in a series of essays on exploration NASA's Chief Historian, Steven J. Dick addresses. "Consequences of Exploration: Learning from History."View this site.Posted: October 29, 2004.
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Why We Explore: Risk and Exploration
Category: Vision News
The second in a series of essays on exploration, NASA's Chief Historian, Steven J. Dick discusses "How much risk should individuals and institutions take in the pursuit of exploration?"
It is a question that has been asked throughout history, and at NASA every day, most recently with the deliberations following the Columbia Space Shuttle accident and the cancellation of the Hubble Space Telescope shuttle servicing mission.
View this site.Posted: October 18, 2004.
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The Importance of Exploration
Category: Vision News
In the first in a series of essays on exploration by NASA's Chief Historian, Steven J. Dick, discusses the Importance of Exploration.
Is space exploration really desirable at a time when so much needs doing on Earth? It is an often-asked and serious question that requires a serious answer. In an ideal world only one argument is necessary, though in the real world some would argue it is not sufficient.
View this site.Posted: October 4, 2004.
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The Exploration Vision
Category: Vision NewsCategory: NASA is charting a bold new course into the cosmos, a journey that will take humans back to the Moon, and eventually to Mars and beyond.View this site.Posted: August 1, 2004.
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