Sentences with phrase «about human exploration»

The concept fits in with my own ideas about human exploration of space, which I described in my book, Playing with Planets.

If NASA is serious about human exploration of Mars, then science measurements from a NeMO are essential, says Alfred McEwen, director of the Planetary Image Research Lab at the University of Arizona in Tucson and principal investigator of MRO's HiRISE.

Not exact matches

Through space exploration, most of what we do is look back at ourselves, and going to Mars will reveal more about what it means to be an earthling and a human.»

«We're not just about America going back to the moon; we're about American industry and American entrepreneurial spirit leading the rest of the world to an exciting era of human lunar exploration,» Stern said in a statement.

But despite MacIntyre's eloquent exploration of what makes a human life coherent, theologians tended to find more compelling what he says about the narrative coherence (or incoherence) of whole traditions.

But God has been speaking in secular ways to men and women through the ages; he has led them into more of the truth about the structure and functioning of the world in which they live; he is at work in the areas of human study, explorations research, and enquiry, which have given us this «new» world.

And then there's also all the research about human responses to spaceflight — I consider that exploration system testing, too.

«NEA Scout will perform a reconnaissance fly - by and take pictures of an asteroid to learn more about the risks and challenges they may pose to future human exploration missions,» said Les Johnson, NEA Scout's solar sail principal investigator at Marshall.

Noble as human exploration may be, we would know very little about anything in the cosmos much more distant than the moon were it not for robotic explorers.

In a 2012 paper Jacques Blamont, a founding director of the French space agency CNES, argued that people are losing interest in the human exploration of space «because spacefaring nations, and especially the USA, have clung on to outmoded cold war ways of thinking about it.

The European Space Agency (ESA) w3 is Europe's gateway to space, organising programmes to find out more about Earth, its immediate space environment, our Solar System and the Universe, as well as to co-operate in the human exploration of space, to develop satellite - based technologies and services, and to promote European industries.

The Mars Society is pleased to announce that former NASA Deputy Administrator Dr. Dava Newman will speak about current planning for human space exploration at the 20th Annual International Mars Society Convention, scheduled for September 7 - 10, 2017 at the University of California Irvine.

The Mars Society is pleased to announce that it has joined the online Marspedia project started by two other space advocacy groups - The Mars Foundation and The Moon Society - in an effort to build out a great resource for people of all ages to learn more about the planet Mars, promote the human and robotic exploration of the Red Planet and encourage STEM education.

Mammoth hemoglobin, for example, may reveal information about mammalian blood useful to treating human diseases, and potentially the future of human space exploration (such as surviving cold environments); but the mutations that create mammoth hemoglobin need to be brought back to life for such discoveries to happen.

The Asteroid Redirect Mission (ARM) was one key topic, both in terms of why Bolden is ignoring advice from the NASA Advisory Council (NAC) and more broadly about where it fits into the longer term plan for human exploration of Mars.

The all - inclusive annual ASE Planetary Congress, held in a different host country each year, has a long history as the premier forum for astronauts and cosmonauts from all spacefaring nations to meet and exchange information about their respective space agencies, human spaceflight operations and future plans for exploration beyond low earth orbit.

The European Space Agency (ESA) w2 is Europe's gateway to space, organising programmes to find out more about Earth, its immediate space environment, our Solar System and the Universe, as well as to co-operate in the human exploration of space, develop satellite - based technologies and services, and to promote European industries.

Contributing to the cause of the Mars Society will assist us in continuing our on - going efforts to inspire and educate the world about the importance of human exploration of the planet Mars, as we have been doing since 1998.

The Mars Society, the world's largest space advocacy group dedicated to the human exploration and settlement of the planet Mars, seeks to educate and inform the public, the media and the government about the importance of exploring Mars and the need to create a second home for humanity on the Red Planet.

For more information about NASA human spaceflight and exploration, visit: http://www.nasa.gov/exploration.

While the exploration of human sexuality is always an area of great interest, this study in particular speaks volumes about the progress we've made in gender equality and reminds us how much there is still to learn about the nature of female pleasure.

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What surprised me about the movie is that it's not as much of a thriller (although it delivers scares aplenty) as it is an exploration of grief and human nature.

A surreal, absurdist mini-picaresque adventure about an aging father's attempt to reconnect with his disapproving daughter, Toni Erdmann is an immensely rich, deeply felt exploration of human relationships that draws you in and holds you fast for nearly three hours.

After a slow start, this film - about a former boy genius (George Clooney) and a current girl genius (Britt Robertson) traveling to a city outside time and space - becomes a delightful and thoughtful exploration of the ways in which the future, the concept and promise of it, function in human life.

But Lars and the Real Girl isn't about so much about the exploration of human foibles as it is about Dude's in love with a plastic vagina!

The bold new resources will take pupils on a fascinating exploration of the human body, teaching them about the science of eating and nutrition in a fun and accessible way.

Grade Level: 6 - 12 Journey Through the Galaxy, supported by Case Western University, features information and resources for teaching and learning about «our solar system, stars, extra-solar planets, the theories about the past and future of the universe, and human exploration of space.»

The Mars Diary aims to engage students in science by teaching them about real - life STEM projects that are exploring ways to get humans to Mars — in particular, the UK's human and robotics exploration programmes.

Following Facing History's unique methodology, the book also takes students on a parallel journey through an exploration of the universal themes inherent in a study of the Holocaust that raise profound and disturbing questions about human behavior.

What they have in common besides their great wealth is a deep pessimism about the future of Earth and an enormous optimism about space exploration as the only viable solution for the continuation of human kind.

- Publishers Weekly «The search for this killer feline serves as the narrative thrust for John Vaillant's fascinating exploration of the deteriorating relationship between humans and these menacing, now seriously threatened creatures... Whether read as an adventure story or as documentary about delicate ecosystems, The Tiger is a powerful book.

Gay's insightful exploration of this topic makes readers worry less about their occasional shortcomings and more comfortable with being human.

Poems about belly buttons, bones, and brains fill the pages of this decidedly quirky exploration of human anatomy.

Jonathan Safran Foer's new book, Eating Animals, is an eloquent exploration of something most sentient humans think about at some point in their lives: Just what exactly am I eating?

Besides, I don't know about you but I would rather read books where we see the strength of the human spirit, where freedom and exploration and exploding spaceships are more important than pushing some social agenda.

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This groundbreaking exhibition follows the artist's exploration of interlined topics, including a halting suite of works about 9/11; contemporary «history paintings» on life in America since the events of 9/11; homages to his friends, the women quilt makers of Gee's Bend, Ala.; memories of vanishing ways of life and his childhood in the the South; and evocations of human struggles for freedom.

Life drawing is now less about achieving a heroic, classical ideal and more about the quirky, the individual and the vulnerable, an exploration not only of the human form but also of the human condition.

Talk about a jumping off point for further exploration... One reason small businesses have an advantage over big box stores and chains is that they are human - scaled, or in your term, humanified.

Her work evolves from various interconnected personalities, and is highly rooted in a curiosity about and exploration of aspects of human uniqueness.

Exploration of the space frontier is ultimately about survival of the human species.

A reviewer in the NYT described it as «A protracted exploration of the aesthetic, social and spiritual dimensions of industrialization and globalization... Raises some sigificant and sobering questions about the impact that we, as humans, make on our environment» As Brett Wallach noted, «The landscape is as good as a book to get you thinking.»

Michael Schlesinger, a climate scientist at the University of Illinois, Urbana - Champaign, with decades of experience studying and teaching about global warming, read the post on psychoanalysts» exploration of the human response to climate change and responded with a query, as follows:

A reviewer in the NYT described it as «A protracted exploration of the aesthetic, social and spiritual dimensions of industrialization and globalization... raises some significant and sobering questions about the impact that we, as humans, make on our environment.»

The basis of the firm's work is a collective, rigorous exploration of fit and form, driven by ideas about function, place, the form - making process and the role of design in human settlement.

About a third of the human budget comes from fossil fuel exploration, where methane leaks from oil and gas wells during drilling, the researchers said in a press release.

Scripps Institution's own Jeff Severinghaus takes you on a thorough exploration of the record that greenhouse gases captured in ice for nearly a million years tells us, and explains what this reveals about current human activities and future conditions for our planet.