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21 March 2006 - 22:37 UTC

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More about NASA and space exploration

by Jack Grant

Here is an interesting discussion from Encyclopedia Astronautica on the Crew Exploration Vehicle that NASA is planning to use for the stepping stone missions to Mars that were mandated by President George W. Bush. I’m not sure I fully comprehend the reasoning behind Bush’s advocacy of this effort, but I will say that I am a big supporter of manned exploration of space, even if it is not as “economical” as the robotic missions.

We need to have human explorers, we need to have a dream of expansion beyond this planet, otherwise I fear hope will die and we will eventually be reduced to squabbling factions fighting over ever diminishing resources.

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21 March 2006 - 05:12 UTC

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CSI: NASA?

by Jack Grant

Technology developed by NASA is being used to help in crime scene analysis and documentation.

It is almost impossible to imagine all the spin-offs from technology development for space travel and exploration. One could argue the first portable computer was the navigation system used by the Apollo spacecraft to go to the moon.

Sometimes the benefits are difficult to link directly to what we spend, so we need to consider carefully what we cut and what we keep in our national budget.

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