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Space Processing Viewed by a Scientist-Astronaut

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  26 February 2011

Taylor G. Wang
Taylor G. Wang*
Affiliation:
Jet Propulsion Laboratory, California Institute of Technology, Pasadena, CA 91109
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Abstract

Space Processing is a fledgling and somewhat controversial subject. The scientific community as well as NASA have not yet quite made up their minds as to what to do with Space Processing. The scientific society views Space Processing with some suspicion, and rightfully so. They're not sure whether this is something real or just a Class “A” con job. NASA has made a lot of promises to this program and has delivered very little. Space Processing has a good chance of becoming a self-fulfilled prophecy. Therefore, responsibility is laid on the shoulders of those of us who believe in this program to convince the scientific community that there is something real there and lobby NASA that they should either “put up or shut up.” This is one of the reasons why I took up the challenge to fly in the Space Shuttle and to live and train with these “Space jocks” for a total of about three years.

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Research Article
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MRS Online Proceedings Library (OPL) , Volume 87: Symposium O – Materials Processing in the Reduced Gravity Environment of Space , 1986 , 3
Copyright
Copyright © Materials Research Society 1987

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