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The Weekly Geek: What Would NASA Do?
Tags: NASA science For once (well, for once since the space shuttle program ended), NASA is totally on a roll. Curiosity has been an incredible, wondrous success, Sally Ride came out — sadly, posthumously, but it was wonderful to acknowledge that this true hero was also playing for our team – and now, the agency is looking for our opinions. Literally.
From Wired:
You can now offer advice on what NASA’s plans should be.
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