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In spite of recent successes (such as the Hubble telescope, the Planck satellite, the Mars rover Curiosity, the Hayabusa, Rosetta and Dawn missions, etc.), space exploration appears to be slowing down. Yet exploration is both an ability and a necessary part of human existence. It requires tapping into the imaginary and resisting dogmatic temptations, and it requires perpetual evolution and even revolution of humans, their cultures and societies.
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Arnould, J. (2016). An Urgent Need to Explore Space. In: Schwartz, J., Milligan, T. (eds) The Ethics of Space Exploration. Space and Society. Springer, Cham. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-319-39827-3_11
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