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What's Exploration Worth?
StarTalk Radio
English - August 17, 2009 19:55 - 51 minutes - 47 MB - ★★★★★ - 12.9K ratingsScience astrophysics astrophysicist astronomer astronomy cosmos space climate science nature startalk earth science Homepage Download Apple Podcasts Google Podcasts Overcast Castro Pocket Casts RSS feed
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When the economy takes a downturn, should we still go up into space? NASA missions aren’t cheap—sending astronauts into low Earth orbit or to the Moon, sending robotic spacecraft to explore the planets, and launching telescopes into space can cost millions or even billions of dollars. Lou Friedman, director of the Planetary Society, argues that even when the dollar is dear, the quest to explore our universe is priceless.
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