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Defending spaceflight - The echoes of Apollo
被引：6
|作者：
Rovetto, Robert J.
[1
,2
]
机构：
[1] Univ Maryland, College Pk, MD 20742 USA
[2] SUNY Buffalo, Buffalo, NY 14226 USA
来源：
关键词：
Spaceflight;
Human spaceflight;
Manned spaceflight;
NASA;
Space policy;
Philosophy of space exploration;
Space exploration;
Space science;
SPACE;
EXPLORATION;
D O I：
10.1016/j.spacepol.2015.05.007
中图分类号：
D81 [国际关系];
学科分类号：
030207 ;
摘要：
This paper defends, and emphasizes the importance of, spaceflight, broadly construed to include human and unmanned spaceflight, space science, exploration and development. Within this discourse, I provide counter-replies to remarks by physicist Dr. Steven Weinberg against my previous support of human spaceflight. In this defense of peaceful spaceflight I draw upon a variety of sources. Although a focus is human spaceflight, human and unmanned modes must not be treated as an either-or opposition. Rather, each has a critical role to play in moving humanity forward as a spacefaring species. In the course of this communication, I also stress the perennial role of space agencies as science and technology-drivers, and their function to provide a stable and unified platform for space programs. (C) 2016 Published by Elsevier Ltd.
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页码：68 / 78
页数：11
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