UNIVERSE
SPACE EXPLORATION
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Using science and technology in space exploration
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Limiting space exploration and reducing costs
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Redesigning the space program and accommodating tourists
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Recognizing important benefits and understanding objectives
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Identifying the risks and rewards of space exploration
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Detailed explanation-1: -The intangible desire to explore and challenge the boundaries of what we know and where we have been has provided benefits to our society for centuries. Human space exploration helps to address fundamental questions about our place in the Universe and the history of our solar system.
Detailed explanation-2: -Without space programs, we wouldn’t have GPS, accurate weather prediction, solar cells, or the ultraviolet filters in sunglasses and cameras. There’s also medical research happening in space right now that could cure diseases and prolong human lives, and these experiments can’t be done on Earth.
Detailed explanation-3: -First, with telescopes, then with satellites, then space rovers, and ultimately with manned spacecraft. Humans have set foot on the moon, successfully landed rovers on Mars, and even photographed other galaxies. Take your classroom into the great beyond with these out-of-this-world resources.
Detailed explanation-4: -space science, body of scientific knowledge as it relates to space exploration; it is sometimes also called astronautics.