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NASA Unveils Global Exploration Strategy and Lunar Architecture
Category: Vision News 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. The Global Exploration Strategy focuses on two overarching issues: Why we are returning to the moon and what we plan to do when we get there. The strategy includes a comprehensive set of the reasons for embarking upon human and robotic exploration of the moon. NASA's proposed lunar architecture focuses on a third issue: How humans might accomplish the mission of exploring the moon.Read more about this itemPosted: December 4, 2006.
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Why The Moon?
Category: Vision News If you asked 100 people why we should return to the moon, you'd probably get 100 answers - or more! Over the past year, NASA posed this question not just to 100 people, but to more than 1,000 from around the world. Scientists, engineers, commercial entrepreneurs, space advocates, and the general public all provided answers to this intriguing question.Read more about Why The Moon?Posted: December 4, 2006.
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2nd Space Exploration Conference
Category: Vision News As a community, we now face the challenge of implementing the Vision for Space Exploration. How we meet this challenge and the decisions we make now will help define our nation?s space programs for decades to come. The 2nd Space Exploration Conference on December 4-6, 2006 in Houston Texas, will address how to make the Vision for Space Exploration a long-term reality.Read more about 2nd Space Exploration ConferencePosted: December 4, 2006.
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NASA's Exploration Workshop Kicks Off Strategy Development
Category: Vision News
Why are we going to the moon? What will we do when we get there? Approximately 200 participants from 13 countries grappled with these questions during NASA's Exploration Strategy Workshop, which concluded Friday.
The four-day workshop was the first in a series of activities planned for 2006 focusing on defining a strategy for lunar exploration, including the role of the moon as a stepping stone to Mars and other destinations.
Attendees included participants from federal agencies, aerospace companies, academia and entrepreneurial space commercialization companies. International participation brought attendees from Australia, Canada, China, the United Kingdom, France, Germany, India, Italy Japan, South Korea, Russia and Ukraine.
Workshop materials are now available.
View this sitePosted: May 16, 2006.
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Critical Thinking: Preparing for the Unknown
Category: Vision News Recently, NASA Administrator Mike Griffin sat down with The Futures Channel to talk to teachers and students about the vision for space exploration--why he thinks it?s important, and what students need to bring to the table if they want to participate. Whether you are provisioning a sailing ship for a voyage to the New World, planning the exploration of the solar system, or figuring out how to get ready for your own future in a changing world, critical thinking skills can help you prepare for the unknown.View this site (non-NASA link)Posted: February 15, 2006.
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ESAS Final Report Available
Category: Vision News
The National Aeronautics and Space Administration's Exploration Systems Architecture Study (ESAS) Final Report documents the analyses and findings of the 90-day Agencywide study. Work on this study began in May 2005 and was completed in July 2005.
The ESAS Final Report presents analysis and recommendations concerning technologies and potential approaches related to NASA's implementation of the Vision for Space Exploration. Project and contract requirements will likely be derived, in part, from the ESAS analysis and recommendations. However, the analysis and recommendations contained herein do not represent a set of project or contract requirements and are not binding on the U.S. Government unless and until they are formally and expressly adopted as such.
View this sitePosted: January 18, 2006.
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