Mars Society conference report: Griffin and Elon not ready for K2 summit push, MountEverest.net

“How do we motivate students to study astrobiology if this science is not favored in the budget?” asked a teacher. “If they want to work for government money, they must look at what the government wants – not what they think it should want. If they want to work with something the government doesn’t want, they’ll have to find other money to fund it,” Griffin stated.”

  • What Griffin Thinks – and the Academy Says – About Astrobiology, earlier post
  • NASA Advisory Council Science Committee Presentation 18 May 2006
  • Saving Astrobiology at NASA, SpaceRef

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