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A New Direction for NASA

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Gary Boas

Feb. 12, 2010 — Children and adults alike have long dreamt of traveling to the stars and encountering exotic alien life. From H.G. Wells to the pulp magazines of the 50s, from Flash Gordon to Futurama, space has proved an excellent stomping ground for the fertile imagination, source material for endless speculation about what is and what could be. And since John F. Kennedy pointed to the moon in the early 1960s, efforts to send men and women into space have come to embody what is best about the American character — the indefatigable spirit of adventure, the willingness to take on any challenge no...Read full article

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    Published: February 2010
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    astronomy
    The scientific observation of celestial radiation that has reached the vicinity of Earth, and the interpretation of these observations to determine the characteristics of the extraterrestrial bodies and phenomena that have emitted the radiation.
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