Sentences with phrase «robotic exploration program»

And the robotic exploration program is already providing a big bang for NASA's buck, discovering hidden water on the moon, possible signs of life on Mars, and tropical storms on Titan just in the past year.

Some of the savings from defunding the ISS would feed into NASA's return to the moon, chiefly a new lunar robotic exploration program as well as a «Deep Space Gateway» in lunar orbit that would serve as a staging ground for operations on the surface.

Having worked in an exciting robotic exploration program that has extended humanity's reach from Mercury to the edge of the solar system, we wondered whether we might find technical solutions for some of NASA's political and budgetary challenges.

The letter from the Coalition for Space Exploration thanks the committee for its support of human and robotic exploration programs (specifically mentioning the James Webb Space Telescope as an «exploration science mission»), but «we remain concerned that by flat funding SLS, Orion and other Exploration program levels... the bill would unintentionally constrain progress toward accelerating program content from Exploration Mission - 2 [EM - 2] to be included in Exploration Mission - 1 [EM - 1] in 2018.

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The full day program showcased women leaders in the fields of robotics, space exploration, energy and sustainability from the University of California and Lockheed Martin.

The Administration's space exploration plans got off to a controversial start with the Augustine Commission and the decision to end the Constellation program and refocus on robotic science missions.

By adapting ideas from robotic planetary exploration, the human space program could get astronauts to asteroids and Mars cheaply and quickly

As a leading exopaleontologist, Farmer serves on a half - dozen committees that oversee NASA's program of robotic exploration of the solar system.

As part of its effort to find asteroids hazardous to Earth and destinations for future robotic and human exploration, NASA's NEO program will continue to search for even better potential targets for ARM.

But while the lunar timeline and the Ares program are under scrutiny by a blue - ribbon panel of independent experts convened by the White House, the robotic precursor to human exploration continues apace.

During her 2008 campaign Clinton said she was «committed to a space exploration program that involves robust human spaceflight to complete the Space Station and later human missions, expanded robotic spaceflight probes of our solar system leading to future human exploration, and enhanced space science activities.»

Among Goldin's other innovations were new programs of robotic exploration focused on Mars and the Moon, and the Origins program to understand how the Universe has evolved and how common life is on other worlds.