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Tag: Neil Armstrong

The Turtle Wins the (Inner)Space Race

We (people of westernized civilization at large) have been discussing, with disbelief, the disproportionate investments made by government and the private sector into space exploration versus ocean exploration for a half a century. Since my departure from duty on Lee Stocking Island – one of the NOAA Undersea Research Centers (NURC) in 2006, which served as the closest thing…

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humans’ place in frontier exploration

I received an e-invite a few days ago to participate in an online event that suggested participants will be “exploring the ocean without leaving the shore“. Of course this peaked my interests, so I followed some web links around and arrived at the statement, “Just imagine Neil Armstrong never leaving his desk in Houston yet…

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one small step…

This week marked our loss of the first man on the moon, Neil Armstrong. It goes without saying that a fitting tribute is due. James Clash offers a fitting tribute here on Bloomberg. While I never had an opportunity to meet Armstrong, his influences on manned exploration more broadly, and my own work, runs deep.…

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