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... found that certain critical scientific information is needed before humans can safely return to the Moon for extended periods and, eventually, undertake voyages to Mars.i In addition to the scientific challenges of ensuring human survival in space, CHEX found that a Moon/Mars program offers "opportunities for the participation of the scientific community."2 What are these opportunities? What, if any, scientific research is "enabled" by the existence of a program of human exploration of the Moon and Mars?
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... As the program evolves to include human exploration, the optimal mix of human and robotic activities is likely to include proximate human control of robots with a shorter time delay than can be achieved from Earth.
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