Shooting for the Moon

descriptionPublicationkeyboard_double_arrow_right Article 01 Jul 2009 English Publisher:Springer Science and Business Media LLCJournal:Nature, volume 460, pages 314-315 (issn: 0028-0836, eissn: 1476-4687,

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Authors: Richard, Monastersky;

doi: 10.1038/460314a

pmid: 19606113

Shooting for the Moon

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Abstract

The Apollo programme inspired thousands of people to pursue careers in science. Today, they still support human spacefaring — but baulk at the price. Richard Monastersky reports on the results of a Nature poll.

Keywords

Europe, United States National Aeronautics and Space Administration, Astronauts, History, 20th Century, Space Flight, Moon, History, 21st Century, Research Personnel, United States

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