Sentences with phrase «on human exploration»

Even as the Obama administration is turning its back on human exploration of the moon, a small but persistent group of entrepreneurs are pursuing their own plans to embrace it.

The directive I am signing today will refocus America's space program on human exploration and discovery... This time we will not only plant our flag and leave our footprint.

Not exact matches

Only after the Falcon Heavy is rigorously tested and SpaceX manages to deliver on its promises of cheaper space launches, a return to the moon, and a mission to Mars (or fail to, for that matter) will we be able to say for sure which rocket was the true champion of human space exploration.

On March 1, the heads of the International Space Station met in Quebec City and discussed how to advance human space exploration.

In an interview published on Business Insider, the billionaire emphasized space exploration as imperative for human survival.

BOEM seeks a wide array of input, including information on the economic, social, and environmental values of all OCS resources, as well as the potential impact of oil and gas exploration and development on other resource values of the OCS and the marine, coastal, and human environments.

For anyone who remembers the palpable excitement of Apollo - era space exploration, today's space industry represents an opportunity to rekindle the ambitions of decades past; to finally witness the evolving potential of a human presence on other planets, and to meaningfully participate in the current space renaissance by investing in compelling entrepreneurial space ventures.

Despite some clear failures, his architectural exploration of the influence of aesthetics on the human spirit took him to places most modernists wouldn't go.

Her crowning achievement, Mind: An Essay on Human Feeling, is paradigmatic of the «Post-Whiteheadian» philosophizing this volume celebrates, and it is most appropriate that her spirit, as well as her title, hover over these explorations of «Philosophy After Whitehead.»

The next step for human space exploration after the International Space Station is to send astronauts on a Near Earth Asteroid by 2025, as planned by NASA.

It's hard to think of any modern human activity that has had more of a multiplicative impact on the imagination than space exploration.

Opportunities for exploration of new methods do not often occur in the course of human rights partnerships, which tend to rely on proven methodologies to produce actionable evidence.

Advanced communications systems to support robots and humans during exploration systems, leveraging on our long heritage in space telecommunications in Canada

BUSH: The president set ambitious goals in space, starting with the completion of the troubled International Space Station by 2010, a base on the moon as early as 2015, and «human exploration of Mars and other destinations.»

On 28 November, William Gerstenmaier, associate administrator for NASA's human - exploration division, presented plans to test the agency's next generation of heavy - lift rockets with trips to the vicinity of the Moon in 2017 and 2021.

On Devon Island in Canada's high Arctic, volunteers and private organizations work with NASA and ESA to make the human exploration of Mars a reality.

THE US risks losing its edge in human space exploration and faces the humbling prospect of relying on outsiders to put its astronauts into space.

In this two - hour PBS special (a fine companion to The Life of Super-Earths), NOVA combines cutting - edge planetary science with the thrill of human exploration, putting astronomers and astrobiologists «on location» across the solar system as they explain the scientific search for life on other worlds.

Amid the fresh scientific questions emerging on Earth — and sweeping budget cuts for space exploration — Congress in 1984 gave NASA a new mandate: increase «human knowledge of the Earth.»

During its first free flight test at night, Morpheus (a Human Exploration and Operations MD project) tests NASA's ALHAT and an engine that runs on liquid oxygen and methane, which are green propellants.

He carries over that book's sense of wonder and wit in this intelligent, intimate exploration of human anatomy that draws on history, philosophy and his own experiences in operating rooms and ERs.

These issues of astronaut health «must be dealt with now before fundamental decisions are reached concerning the appropriate time for humans to move away from Earth on voyages of exploration,» Ronald White, former associate director of the National Space Biomedical Research Institute in Houston, wrote in a recent paper.

Since 2013, exploration and survey of around 70 cave systems — part of an interdisciplinary study of past human activity on Mona Island — has revealed that Mona's caves include the greatest diversity of preserved indigenous iconography in the Caribbean, with thousands of motifs recorded in darkzone chambers far from cave entrances.

The next NASA mission planning to use an MMRTG is the Mars 2020 rover, due to be launched as part of NASA's Journey to Mars, to seek signs of past life on the Red Planet, test technology for human exploration, and gather samples of rocks and soil that could be returned to Earth in the future.

«Our multi-ethnic exploration of innate and adaptive immunity highlights a remarkable level of sharing across human populations of genetic variation influencing immune function, while identifying interesting instances of genetic effects on immune function that are specific to a population,» said Nir Hacohen, PhD, MGH and the Broad Institute, study author.

Put another way, the human brain appears capable of toggling back and forth between exploration and exploitation, depending on the demands of the task.

In January the Mars Exploration Rovers Spirit and Opportunity touched down, the first time since Pathfinder in 1997 that humans have had a mechanical representative on the surface of Mars.

The President has on numerous occasions confirmed his commitment to human space exploration, and the goal of ensuring that the nation is on a vigorous andsustainable path to achieving our boldest aspirations in space.

Speaking at a breakout session prior to the formal start of the LPSC gathering last week, Apollo 17 moon walker and geologist Jack Schmitt reflected on the value of human exploration of the moon.

Pushing the limits of human exploration has always been risky, yet after each space tragedy, presidents and pundits conclude that the program must go on.

«The single most important issue to address on Phobos regarding the future human exploration of Mars is the question of water,» says Pascal Lee, chairman of the Mars Institute, a research organization.

Part of President Obama's FY 2014 budget request for NASA, the asteroid initiative capitalizes on activities across the agency's human exploration, space technology and science programs.

The increase comes as part of the Administration's proposed reshuffling of priorities on human space exploration.

Exploration and surveys of around 70 cave systems — part of an interdisciplinary study of past human activity on Puerto Rico's Mona Island — revealed that Mona's caves include the greatest diversity of preserved indigenous iconography in the Caribbean, with thousands of motifs recorded in dark zone chambers far from cave entrances.

The plan drew criticism from several members of Congress, particularly those representing districts where NASA is a major economic force, and left many experts concerned that exploration would be hamstrung without the kinds of definite goals on which Constellation had been built — notably returning humans to the moon by 2020.

NASA's first workshop on human landing sites, held in Houston in October 2015, identified more than 40 «exploration zones» within 50 degrees latitude of the equator, where astronauts could do science and potentially access raw materials for building and life support, including water.

After the Moon, Mars is the next candidate for human exploration, and the dream of landing a crew on Mars is likely to be realised sooner or later.

The purpose of this study is to collect data on the viability of edible plants grown in microgravity, supporting further human space exploration by contributing to the future goal of maintaining an available supply of fresh produce for crew members.

NASA can now focus on transformative technology and push human exploration on to new frontiers.

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.

Any future human exploration of the Moon will involve supply structures, rockets, and other equipment being parked on the surface for long periods of time, even if living quarters are underground.

«In contrast, widely popular «moon first, then Mars» architectures are a reverse of the historical experience of human exploration on Earth.»

The Hubble Space Telescope has an eye on storms across the solar system, but the weather on Mars is chief among the challenges NASA faces as we plan for human exploration of the Red Planet in the 2030s.

In a recent paper titled «On the likelihood of non-terrestrial artifacts in the Solar System», published in the journal Acta Astronautica, myself and co-author Ravi Kopparapu discuss the likelihood that human exploration of the Solar System would have uncovered any non-terrestrial artifacts.

They seek to assist human exploration and the discovery of beneficial resources, whether in Low Earth Orbit (LEO), on the moon, in deep space or on Mars.

William Gerstenmaier, associate administrator for Human Exploration and Operations at NASA, said in a statement, «To reach Mars, we'll rely on new technologies and advanced capabilities proven through the Asteroid Initiative.

She Chairs the Scientific Advisory Board (SAB) of NASA's Translational Research Institute (TRI) at Baylor College of Medicine in Houston, charged with researching and developing innovative approaches to reduce risks to humans on long - duration exploration missions, including NASA's Journey to Mars.

Late last night, Mars Science Laboratory (MSL) Curiosity successfully navigated its way through Seven Minutes of Terror and touched down on the surface of the Red Planet, heralding a new age of extraterrestrial exploration that will eventually result in the human colonization of Mars.

Human exploration of planets and moons in the solar system has thus far taken place on dry land, thanks largely to the lack of liquid water on most celestial bodies.

The implication of these results for future Mars exploration endeavors, including a human presence, and speculation on the broader implications for the possibility of life elsewhere in the Universe, is provided.