Rationales for Space Exploration
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5 min readMay 30, 2020
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Read an excerpt from The Value of Science in Space Exploration, where author James S. J. Schwartz discusses the rationale behind the need for space travel and exploration.
Space exploration is expensive and full of risk. Even with recent cost reductions stemming from increased competition among launch vehicle manufacturers, reliable payload delivery to low-Earth orbit (LEO) remains well in excess of 2,000…
