Life on Mars

摘要

For many, our exploration of the cosmos seems to hinge on grand and singular theoretical observations and technological achievements such as those of Galileo and Einstein. We are fascinated by paradigm-shifting discoveries and personal stories — the oppressed astronomer, the quirky professor. Yet in the arena of global science and engineering, it often takes the less flashy, more mundane development of good policy and follow-on infrastructure to maintain and sustain those changes, and to enable even more discoveries.