Tag Archives: Mars Science Laboratory
Setting Course for the Red Planet: Early Flyby Missions to Mars
Robotic exploration of Mars has been one of the persistent efforts of the space age. It began, just as lunar exploration had, in a race between the United States and the Soviet Unionto see who would be the first to … Continue reading
Posted in History, Politics, Science, Space
Tagged 1960s, cold war, History, Lyndon B. Johnson, Mariner 4, Mariner 6, Mariner 7, Mars exploration, Mars Science Laboratory, NASA, presidential power, public perceptions, public policy, Soviet Union, space science, U.S. Civil Space, William H. Pickering
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Thinking About Space Exploration: “Space 2012” on the Kojo Nnamdi Show
Howard McCurdy and I appeared on the Kojo Nnamdi Show on January 2, 2012, for a discussion of the Space Shuttle’s replacement, the discovery of extrasolar planets closer the size of Earth than anything yet discovered, the prospects for life … Continue reading
Posted in History, International Space Station, Lunar Exploration, Science, Space, Space Shuttle
Tagged Earth science, Europa, extrasolar planets, Io, Mars, Mars Science Laboratory, Moon, NASA, planetary science, public perceptions, public policy, space science, space shuttle, Titan, U.S. Civil Space
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