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4 CONCLUSIONS
Pages 46-47

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... However, we must also consider ab initio that the enabling research has a purpose above and beyond the simplistic, but prime, goal of achieving human presence and implied elementary survival. If a Moon/Mars program is to accomplish more than merely establishing a human presence in space, then achieving the Copyright © National Academy of Sciences.
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... The involvement of the scientific community is needed to help set the goals for purely robotic missions, to analyze both scientific and engineering data, to structure appropriate tasks for humans, and to assist in the optimal integration of human and robotic activities. This pervasive requirement for scientific input mandates that the piloted spaceflight community develop a new understanding of and attention to the conduct of space science.
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