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8 Coming to Closure
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... The rate of learning in human spaceflight has to be greater than in other areas, given its level of investment and high risk. To learn most effectively, Stone said that the United States should move away from the occasional, large systems with very Tong development times and move toward systems that tackle these frontiers on shorter time scales.
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From page 39...
... Referring to the Space Act, Freilich said NASA is supposed to be a technology development agency, among its other responsibilities, but it floes not send out missions that use the newest possible technology. Somehow NASA has lost sight of how best to develop the newest technology, and this affects the willingness of the next generation of scientists and engineers to work in the space program.
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... There are five space activities in the United States: national reconnaissance; military space; commercial space; unmanned space and Earth science; and human spaceflight. The first four have clearly clefinect goals and motivations.
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... Fisk concluclect his summary by saying that he was struck by the possibility that the time may have come when the science community, in the broadest sense, might embrace the idea that there is in fact a role for the human spaceflight program and then steer it in the direction of efforts that will produce valid science using science in the broadest sense of the word for exploration. If the community can say "we want to do this", if the community can say "we as a group of scientists, we as the leaclers of the scientific community, believe this country should invest in that activity" and then be prepared to stanct up and say how to do it, to make a case to the world that this is a valid use of the nation's resources, then that will be a significant milestone.
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... Ingber elaborated on Freilich's comments about technology development. Advanced technology development is what is important, not just to the space aspects of national security and commercial successes, but to the broader national security and commercial needs of the United States as well.
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