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Forging the Future of Space Science: The Next 50 Years (2010)

Chapter: Christopher F. Chyba

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Suggested Citation:"Christopher F. Chyba." National Research Council. 2010. Forging the Future of Space Science: The Next 50 Years. Washington, DC: The National Academies Press. doi: 10.17226/12675.
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CHRISTOPHER CHYBA is professor of astrophysical sciences and international affairs at Princeton University, where he directs the Program on Science and Global Security at the Woodrow Wilson School. His work in international security emphasizes nuclear and biological weapons policy, arms control, and nonproliferation. His scientific research focuses on solar system physics, planetary exploration, and astrobiology. Dr. Chyba has co-directed Stanford University’s Center for International Security and Cooperation, held the Carl Sagan Chair for the Study of Life in the Universe at the SETI Institute, served on the White House staff from 1993 to 1995. Dr. Chyba received the Presidential Early Career Award was named a MacArthur Fellow for his work in both international security and planetary science. Dr. Chyba has served on the executive committee of NASA’s Space Science Advisory Committee. President Obama appointed Dr. Chyba as a member of the President’s Council of Advisors on Science and Technology.

Suggested Citation:"Christopher F. Chyba." National Research Council. 2010. Forging the Future of Space Science: The Next 50 Years. Washington, DC: The National Academies Press. doi: 10.17226/12675.
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From September 2007 to June 2008 the Space Studies Board conducted an international public seminar series, with each monthly talk highlighting a different topic in space and Earth science. The principal lectures from the series are compiled in Forging the Future of Space Science. The topics of these events covered the full spectrum of space and Earth science research, from global climate change, to the cosmic origins of life, to the exploration of the Moon and Mars, to the scientific research required to support human spaceflight.

The prevailing messages throughout the seminar series as demonstrated by the lectures in this book are how much we have accomplished over the past 50 years, how profound are our discoveries, how much contributions from the space program affect our daily lives, and yet how much remains to be done. The age of discovery in space and Earth science is just beginning. Opportunities abound that will forever alter our destiny.

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