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1 day ago · 20 November 2024. There is a lot to keep track of when working in space. NASA via Getty Image. Astronauts aboard the International Space Station (ISS) had slower memory, attention and processing ...
Aug 30, 2021 · Spending on space supports highly skilled jobs, fuels technology advancements with practical applications, and creates business opportunities that feed back into the economy. This in turn grows the pool of public money that can be spent on solving the world’s most pressing problems.
1 day ago · Data for future space missions. The results showed that some cognitive domains were more susceptible to being impacted than others. "Even on Earth, processing speed, working memory, and attention ...
Jul 7, 2023 · Space psychology, a vital long-term field of study at NASA, is gaining special importance as humans prepare for long-distance space travel. Missions to the Moon, Mars, and beyond require...
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Humans did not evolve to go into space, but we go there anyway. That has led to the development of various technologies that feed back into the economy and improve our lives on Earth. Without space programs, we wouldn't have GPS, accurate weather prediction, solar cells, instantaneous global communication, or the ultraviolet filters in sunglasses a...
Speaking of saving lives, space exploration could save all our lives. The solar system has calmed down a lot since the early eons, but there are still an unknown number of big asteroids and comets out there that could smack into the planet and make the COVID-19 pandemic seem like a pleasant memory. It's not a matter of if another large asteroid hit...
There are currently over 8 billion humans, which is a lot. However, we're all crammed together on this one planet. If something happened to Earth, our species could be wiped out. For example, the aforementioned asteroid impact. Colonizing other bodies in the solar system (or building our own orbiting habitats) is a way to create a "backup" of human...
As the population continues its inexorable upward climb, the strain on our natural resources continues to increase. Current estimates project the world's population could peak at 10-12 billion around 2100, and those people will consume a lot of resources. The extraction of valuable minerals has led to many problems, including environmental damage a...
There are more practical reasons for space exploration, but one of the principal reasons we must continue is that exploring the unknown is core to the human experience. That's why humans number in the billions—from our earliest upright steps, we've endeavored to learn more about the world around us, allowing us to build a planet-spanning civilizati...
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And spending on space pays off. The money that governments spend on space programs positively impacts their economies. It supports highly skilled jobs, fuels technology, advancements and creates business opportunities that feed back into the economy.
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Aug 10, 2023 · While 65% of Americans said in the new Pew survey it was essential that NASA continue to be involved in space exploration, only 12% said that sending human astronauts to the Moon should be NASA...
