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Feb 11, 2018

Space exploration should be an initiative of nations, not just some rich guy

Posted by in categories: neuroscience, policy, space travel

Maybe it’s because Robert Lepage is touring The Far Side of the Moon to the Adelaide Festival. Or that a new Star Trek is on TV. Or maybe it’s because I feel like the only person alive who really – really – liked Luc Besson’s Valerian, but space, fantasies of the final frontier, and the real voyages that human beings may yet dare to make into it are very much on my mind. This week saw a number of news items concerning our tentative outreach to the stars that, for all their frustrating revelations, might yet prick the aspiration for space missions back into the popular policy consciousness…

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  1. Bennie Beaver says:

    I don’t believe it’s necessary to defend Elon Musk over the idiotic rant in this flighty effort for persuasion. I’m confident most people understand the difference between this view of Musk, NASA, etc., and the facts.

    Elon Musk is the best thing since apple pie for futuristic thinking, clean energy, space adventure, discovery, research, and other innovative projects for a better world.….….