She was only going to fly once in her life. The thing that NASA learned most fundamentally from that is we really need to have individuals on board who have accepted the risk associated with space fright and are willing to make that a career.
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I wish them well. I hope it opens up this capability to the public. I wish it were more revolutionary.Roger Launius
This architecture for reaching the Moon is certainly one that makes possible a return, but it is also one among several approaches that could have been successful,
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Without that political will, discovery and exploration cannot take place at an aggressive rate.
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The Apollo program was about flags and footprints, and it was effective in helping to win the Cold War with the Soviet Union. The Apollo leadership also managed to tack on some science activities, but they were definitely afterthoughts. But those times have passed, and we must move beyond the Apollo concept to embrace a more engaging and sustained approach. I hope this program is successful in doing this. I will be properly ecstatic if program officials are successful in doing so.
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If science is the driver, what scientific activities are going to dominate Decisions on this will affect the structure of the science effort as a whole, the landing site selection, the nature of robotic predecessors, the types of experiments developed, and a host of other issues that require sustained thought and planning.
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