Moon-Mars: The Elephant in the Attic

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Apr 2005

adsabs.harvard.edu/cgi-bin/nph-data_query?bibcode=2005eostr..86..143l&link_type=abstract

EOS Transactions, AGU, Volume 86, Issue 14, p. 143-143

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Earth scientists have an elephant in the attic, and although some have been mumbling about it, few are speaking out in public. The elephant is the new Presidential vision for America's civil space program that envisages manned lunar missions within two decades and an eventual manned mission to Mars-the ``Moon-Mars'' vision, for short. This elephant is not just peacefully sleeping; it is actively carousing around up there, threatening to bring drastic changes to the house, changes that could threaten vital research in the Earth sciences. Prior to careful consideration of feasibility or unintended consequences, NASA has moved rapidly to restructure itself in response to the new vision. These changes run the risk of preempting much of the work of a current National Research Council (NRC) panel assessing space-based needs and priorities for the Earth sciences (http://qp.nas.edu/decadalsurvey).

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