Imagine hoisting a sail and being out there in space. It's a beautiful idea, and it conjures up the idea of the great sailing ships and whole notion of exploration.
"Louis Dill Friedman" is an American astronautics engineer and space spokesperson. He was born in New York and raised in the Bronx. Dr. Friedman was a co-founder of The Planetary Society with Carl Sagan and Bruce C. Murray.
More Louis Friedman on Wikipedia.Everything we pour into the shuttle is an investment in the past.
We have been listening for alien signals for decades. It's time we started to watch for signals as well.
NASA's robotic exploration program is being flat-lined.
These deaths are huge because of the symbolism.
If you don't keep the Mars mission out front, people are going to ask, why are we returning to the moon? It's got to be because we're extending ourselves into the solar system.
The strong support for space exploration in the Congress is very welcome, especially at a time when there are so many other budget pressures.
Resources in space may one day be useful in space. But you're not going to revolutionize the economy on Earth.
The shuttle was a terrific technical success, but it was a programmatic disaster.
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