The Moon and the New Presidential Space Vision |
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Authors: | Paul D. Spudis |
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Affiliation: | (1) President’s Commission on Implementation of US Space Exploration Policy and Applied Physics Laboratory, Johns Hopkins University, 11100 Johns Hopkins Road, Laurel, 20723-6099, MD, USA |
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Abstract: | The new US Vision for Space Exploration is briefly described, with particular emphasis on the place of lunar exploration. The value of humans in the exploration of the Moon is discussed, and it is argued that people offer significant advantages over robots for the purposes of scientific exploration. The Vision provides a new rationale for space activities, one aimed at both broadening our knowledge base and, in the longer term, of increasing prosperity by providing access to the material and energy resources of the Solar System. |
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Keywords: | Human spaceflight lunar exploration Mars exploration space policy Vision for Space Exploration |
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