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4 Rationales for the Space Program: Science, Technology, and Exploration
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... Osborn ctiscussect the life sciences program, a small component of NASA's science program, which includes research on fundamental biological processes that are dependent on gravity for development or function or both, those aspects of physiology and behavior that are affected by microgravity environments, and medical and applied biosciences that are relevant either to flight safety or to Tong-term human survival and performance in space. She said these sciences should have a high priority in the life sciences program if there is a true commitment to human exploration of space.
From page 20...
... The economic benefits of exploration are unpredictable, but they always follow. Huntress remarked that science is the principal product of the robotic program, which has a solid basis of support inside and outside the Washington beltway, and referred to the inspiration and productivity of the space science program in his written abstract.2 However, he noted that decisions on the human exploration program will be macle more on societal than on scientific grouncts.3 When a decision is macle to continue human exploration beyond Tow Earth orbit it will provide an opportunity for science, and that science should be the force in defining the goals for human exploration.
From page 21...
... "I'm a successfully flown and returned space life sciences experiment," he quipped. He said that we, as a nation, have to confront the ethics of sending our astronauts into space.
From page 22...
... Fisk remarked that problems with the Herman exploration program imply risks and humans can clear with risks. Yet, he noted, we have 5 See Space Studies Board, National Research Council, A Strategy for Research in Space Biology and Medicine in the New Century, National Academy Press, Washington, D.C., 1998; Space Studies Board, National Research Council, Factors Affecting the Utilization of the International Space Station for Research in the Biological and Physical Sciences, National Academies Press, 2002.
From page 23...
... How do we take a culture that is risk-averse and create a space program that unclerstancts risks, accepts risks, and has a role for humans? Huntress noted that if the human spaceflight program tract a clear goal and destination, then there would be more tolerance for risk on the part of the public.


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