Astronaut Stanley Love: Why Mars is Hard
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- Saturday January 29, 2022
- 11:00 am - 12:30 pm EST
- Dr. Stanley G. Love NASA Astronaut
- NASA
- Audience: Family
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Human explorers reached the Moon 50 years ago. At the time it seemed like we might get to Mars soon after. Why haven't we done it yet? In this presentation, Dr. Love gives an accessible and engaging account of the major challenges of human space flight and how they relate to our future exploration of Mars.
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