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Setting Priorities for Space Research: Opportunities and Imperatives (Chapter 5)
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... CHAPTER 2 The acquisition of information, the creation of knowledge, and the development of CHAPTER 3 understanding are the objectives of scientific research in space and provide CHAPTER 4 strong motivation and purpose for the broader space program. For, as Aristotle CHAPTER 5 observed so long ago, "all men by nature desire to know." And thus a consensus about priorities and an agenda for space research focusing on the most important opportunities for new understanding will yield magnificent benefits for science and for the nation.
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