NASA: what now?

This month marks 50 years since Yuri Gagarin first ventured into space in the Vostok 1 mission, and 30 years since NASA's first shuttle flight. As the shuttle Endeavour prepares for its final flight, seven experts outline what NASA's priorities need to be.

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Published in:Nature (London) 2011-04, Vol.472 (7341), p.27-29
Main Authors: Bushnell, Dennis, Garneau, Marc, Logsdon, John M, Sagdeev, Roald, Lu, Ed, Mountain, Matt, Stephenson, Neal
Format: Article
Language:English
Subjects:
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Accident investigations
Astronauts - trends
Beliefs, opinions and attitudes
Budget deficits
comment
Free enterprise
Humanities and Social Sciences
Launching
Mars
Minor Planets
Moon
multidisciplinary
Private sector
Research - economics
Research - trends
Robotics - economics
Robotics - trends
Science
Science (multidisciplinary)
Scientists
Solar system
Space exploration
Space Flight - economics
Space Flight - trends
Space shuttles
Space stations
Space telescopes
Spacecraft - economics
Technological change
United States
United States National Aeronautics and Space Administration - economics
United States National Aeronautics and Space Administration - trends
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Summary:This month marks 50 years since Yuri Gagarin first ventured into space in the Vostok 1 mission, and 30 years since NASA's first shuttle flight. As the shuttle Endeavour prepares for its final flight, seven experts outline what NASA's priorities need to be.
ISSN:0028-0836
1476-4687
DOI:10.1038/472027a