Sentences with phrase «term human space»

Instead, the asteroid initiative was designed to advance long - term human space exploration in a time when the budget doesn't exist for human missions to the Moon.

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Whiteheadians seem able to imagine such ecstatically spanned unities - across - time on the so - called «microscopic» scale of the «specious present,» but give up on the idea as the scope of the temporal disclosure space is widened to the scale of human lifetime and of generations.7 But worse than this from the point of view of Heidegger's temporal problematic, by submitting the ecstatic unities of their «specious presents» to the before / after ordering and metric properties of linear time, at least in terms of their mutually external relations and arrangements, they give back ontologically every advantage they gained from the use of an cc - static - temporal disclosure horizon in the first place, even though it was only the single horizon of presence.

The way of distinction, therefore, puts a positive valuation on the time - space continuum and, though it sees divine redemption as the remaking of history into something new, it can not conceive of divine - human interaction in other than historical terms which preserve the qualitative difference between God and man.

makes no sense to you cause you think in worldly terms... you make God to be only human and nothing more... experiencing ONL yin human terms of time and space as we do... God is beyond that... he can still be in control and we still have free will.

Along with dualistic mythology several developments in scientific thought since the seventeenth century have contributed to the exorcism of mind from nature: first, there is the cosmography of classical (Newtonian) physics picturing our world as composed of inanimate, unconscious bits of «matter» needing only the brute laws of inertia to explain their action; second, the Darwinian theory of evolution with its emphasis on chance, waste and the apparent «impersonality» of natural selection; third, the laws of thermodynamics (and particularly the second law) with the allied cosmological interpretation that our universe is running out of energy available to sustain life, evolution and human consciousness; fourth, the geological and astronomical disclosure of enormous tracts of apparently lifeless space and matter in the universe; fifth, the recent suggestions that life may be reducible to an inanimate chemical basis; and, finally, perhaps most shocking of all, the suspicion that mind may be explained exhaustively in terms of mindless brain chemistry.

If humans ever embark on long - term space flights, we'll need a way to reproduce.

«Biofilms were rampant on the Mir space station and continue to be a challenge on the International Space Station, but we still don't really know what role gravity plays in their growth and development,» said Cynthia Collins, Ph.D., principal investigator for the study and assistant professor in the Department of Chemical and Biological Engineering at the Center for Biotechnology and Interdisciplinary Studies at the Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute in Troy, N.Y. «Before we start sending astronauts to Mars or embarking on other long - term spaceflight missions, we need to be as certain as possible that we have eliminated or significantly reduced the risk that biofilms pose to the human crew and their equipment.&rspace station and continue to be a challenge on the International Space Station, but we still don't really know what role gravity plays in their growth and development,» said Cynthia Collins, Ph.D., principal investigator for the study and assistant professor in the Department of Chemical and Biological Engineering at the Center for Biotechnology and Interdisciplinary Studies at the Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute in Troy, N.Y. «Before we start sending astronauts to Mars or embarking on other long - term spaceflight missions, we need to be as certain as possible that we have eliminated or significantly reduced the risk that biofilms pose to the human crew and their equipment.&rSpace Station, but we still don't really know what role gravity plays in their growth and development,» said Cynthia Collins, Ph.D., principal investigator for the study and assistant professor in the Department of Chemical and Biological Engineering at the Center for Biotechnology and Interdisciplinary Studies at the Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute in Troy, N.Y. «Before we start sending astronauts to Mars or embarking on other long - term spaceflight missions, we need to be as certain as possible that we have eliminated or significantly reduced the risk that biofilms pose to the human crew and their equipment.»

This study that has been ongoing since 2013, Study of the Impact of Long - Term Space Travel on the Astronauts» Microbiome, Microbiome for short, investigates how space travel affects the human immune system and an individual's microbiome, which is the collection of microbes that live in and on the human body at any given Space Travel on the Astronauts» Microbiome, Microbiome for short, investigates how space travel affects the human immune system and an individual's microbiome, which is the collection of microbes that live in and on the human body at any given space travel affects the human immune system and an individual's microbiome, which is the collection of microbes that live in and on the human body at any given time.

After his flight with Zero Gravity, Hawking told reporters that «the long - term survival of the human race requires that we spread into space.»

Cucinotta said the findings show a tremendous need for additional studies focused on cosmic ray exposures to tissues that dominate human cancer risks, and that these should begin prior to long - term space missions outside the Earth's geomagnetic sphere.

But it does not delve into several near - term issues that senators are likely to raise with Bolden, such as cost overruns on satellite projects, retirement of the space shuttle, and an expensive new human launcher now in the works.

The invitation - only Pioneering Space National Summit, held in February in Washington, D.C., yielded a declaration that «the long - term goal of the human spaceflight and exploration program of the United States is to expand permanent human presence beyond low - Earth orbit and to do so in a way that will enable human settlement and a thriving space economy.&rSpace National Summit, held in February in Washington, D.C., yielded a declaration that «the long - term goal of the human spaceflight and exploration program of the United States is to expand permanent human presence beyond low - Earth orbit and to do so in a way that will enable human settlement and a thriving space economy.&rspace economy.»

Synthetic biology for recycling human waste into nutraceuticals and materials: closing the loop for long - term space travel.

Their mission is giving scientists an opportunity to study the long - term effects of space on the human body.

Scientists around the world conducting research into what actually exists in ocean depths, as well as: the impacts of fishing and other human activities on these deep unknown spaces and species; and what types of improved management options may help to conserve these natural assets (and their contribution to planetary and human wellbeing) for the long term.

While the International Space Station has provided an opportunity to study the longer - term effects of zero gravity, the Moon, which has one - sixth the gravity of Earth, might provide a better indication of how humans would fare on Mars.

In terms of Human Space Flight and Starflight, which is what the public is interested in, it is an interesting problem.

This activity focuses on the history of space exploration, both human and robotic, and allows students to understand the progress made in terms of space travel over the past 70 years.

Toyota Space Touch also manages to break new ground in terms of human - machine interface.

Rakowitz reflects on the presence of many bodies within constructed shared spaces to formulate a more inclusive concept of the term «citizen,» including humans, plants and animals.

This statement makes sense, given the complexity of Thater's subject matter: the networked entanglements between human and other, species and habitat, viewer and viewing space, zebra and zeal (the last a term of venery for a group of zebras).

The work relates to my interest on a simple level, of the appearance of a functional form in relation to the body and space, but also incorporates anthropometry — the scientific study of the measurements and proportions of the human body — and ideas about permutation, the body as a fluid term for encapsulation, intervention, figuration, and the politics of exposure.

Continuing his investigation into what he terms «social geometry» — the intersection of physical space with human thought and behavior — Lionni trains his eye on seemingly banal images, objects, and substances, filtering them through a variety of meticulous processes in order to focus our attention on their oft - overlooked

Looking at a map of metropolitan areas and how much space they occupy, in terms of impact on the record, I wonder if they couldn't be thought of more as a human ecosystem — say on the scale of fossil reefs.

The other would be to ramp up climate and space observations (instead of shredding budgets for relevant agencies), to boost the human capacity for resilience to climate extremes of all sorts, whatever the cause (a mantra on this blog), and to keep up a sustained energy quest to build a menu that works for the long haul — an imperative that is utterly sensible regardless of short - term ups and downs in temperature.

If human populations can and will LASE in terms of consciousness then surely it would be wise to LASE outward into space on a magic Geothermal carpet of ENERGY.

The collaboration with the U.S. - based wellness real estate and technology firm was announced at MIPIM in Cannes, France, and underlines the long - term commitment of the firms to transform indoor environments into spaces that help nurture, sustain and promote human health and well - being.

But that's actually an understatement by Gallup, since more than 97 % of the world's climatologists say that those carbon gases, which are given off by humans» burning of carbon - based fuels, are causing this planet's temperatures to rise over the long term, as those carbon gases accumulate in the atmosphere and also block the heat from being radiated back into outer space.

But if is 1000 times it's also exciting in terms of lower cost of * getting * humans into space.

With Arc, our spaces can be net positive and our world can perform at the highest levels possible in terms of energy, water, resources and human health.

Short - term natural climate variations could also affect the long - term human - induced climate change signal and vice-versa, because climate variations on different space and timescales can interact with one another.

The American Chemical Society says, «Eduardo Nicolau, Carlos R. Cabrera and colleagues point out that human waste on long - term journeys into space makes up about half of the mission's total waste.

Further, firms with the most human capital leverage will nonetheless be stuck with vast expanses of Class A office space under lease terms negotiated during the salad days.

It's a human committee of graphics experts that decides just how important each and every game setting (including jargon - filled terms like Screen Space Ambient Occlusion) will be when it comes to the quality of the final moving images.