Space Exploration - Why? Remarks from the 2008 Von Braun Symposium

摘要

Good Afternoon, and thank you to Mr. Hale, to our other speakers, and to our organizers. We have heard a great deal -this morning in the Ares Panel, from Dr. Griffin's excellent talk at lunch, and again this afternoon - about Exploration, Constellation, the construction of a new transportation system named Ares, and returning to the Moon. And as far as this panel goes, I'm last. So, I want to focus on something we've all touched on, that's integrated to all the topics we've seen to this point, and the one thing that we often struggle mightily to articulate: The answer to the question "WHY?"