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CASIS Awards Two Materials Sciences Grants
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CASIS Awards Two Materials Sciences Grants

CASIS is steadily expanding its portfolio of research to be conducted aboard the International Space Station. On March 14, it issued a Request for Information looking for partners to assist with expanding the scope of non-embryonic stem cell research.  The RFI specifically seeks organizations with expertise in payload development and integration which can make the process […]

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Slaying the Dragons of Mars
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Slaying the Dragons of Mars

Source : RIA Novosti In his groundbreaking book,  The Case for Mars,  Robert Zubrin discussed the role of “dragons” in influencing perception of the various hazards of travelling to and living on the Red Planet.  It is an analogy drawn from the beginning of European mapmaking  early in the age of exploration and the tendency to assign all sorts of horrors […]

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