June 2018
Publish or perish: the astronomer’s dilemma
...and performance. The notion of truth and the quest to push knowledge forward both result from astronomers’ curiosity to understand the universe In order to compare this evaluation with astronomers’ intrinsic motivation and values, I investigated what...
October 2015
Earth independence: new definitions of home on Mars missions and beyond
... Apollo or the wings of the space shuttle. In 2012, the Curiosity rover’s “Seven Minutes of Terror” to the Martian surface, which ... them safely back to the surface of Earth. The Curiosity rover has an instrument called RAD, which measured radiation...
March 2016
Exploration and cooperation at the heart of European space vision
...,” he states. “But the example of Rosetta demonstrates that the public likes to see risky activities, which shows curiosity as one of humanity’s strongest drivers. “To be risk adverse is not the right thing for the future,” he states. “So we need...
April 2018
Developing Mars
... Egg Rock detail from a photograph by NASA’s Curiosity rover, October 2016. Iron-nickel meteorite. [10] ... Encounter: Analysis of an Iron-Nickel Meteorite Found in Gale Crater by Curiosity. 11 Handbook, A. S. M. (2008). Volume 15 Casting. Materials ...
November 2018
Being human in space
... the potential accumulation of stress and anxiety. Exploration comes with the cost of braveness and insatiable curiosity. Asteroid starship The TU Delft Starship Team (DSTART) in the Netherlands is bringing together a wide variety of disciplines...
August 2019
Reinventing the space museum
...De Tokyo, Paris. Whilst there’s certainly nothing wrong with cultivating scientific curiosity in public youth, I believe that our failure to continue nurturing that curiosity in adults says a lot about our how we designate value to human achievements...
