Why we need space travel

Giovanni Bignami
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Giovanni Bignami: Giovanni Bignami is at the Institute for Advanced Study of Pavia (IUSS), Lungo Ticino Sforza 56, 27100 Pavia, Italy, and Accademia dei Lincei, Rome, Italy. He was chairman of the ESA Space Science Advisory Committee from 2003 to 2006. giovanni.bignami@gmail.com

Nature, 2009, vol. 460, issue 7253, 325-325

Abstract: Giovanni Bignami reflects on the people who persuaded him that we must send humans beyond Earth's orbit to inspire public and political support for science.

Date: 2009
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