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> January 16, 2004:
Hour One: Bush Return
to Moon/Cancer and Wound Healing
This week, President Bush set a goal for the U.S. space program of returning to the moon by the year 2020. He also proposed a permanent moon base as a launching point for crewed missions to Mars. In this hour, we'll talk about how to get back to the moon: is the NASA way the only way?
Plus, how the spread of cancer is like wound healing gone awry.
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Guests: Return to Moon
Rick Tumlinson
Founder, Space Frontier Foundation
Executive Director, FINDS (The Foundation
for the International
Non-Governmental Development of Space)
North Hollywood, California
Greg Klerkx
Author,
"Lost in Space: The Fall of NASA and the Dream of a New Space Age"
(Pantheon, 2004)
Former Senior Manager, The SETI Institute
London, United Kingdom
Cancer and Wound Healing
Howard Chang
Department of Biochemistry
Stanford University School of Medicine
Stanford, California
Archived Audio:
Cancer biology:
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Return to the Moon:
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Related Links:
Newsday.com
- Bush: Moon Return by 2015
USATODAY.com
- Bush proposes manned mission to moon by 2015
NASA
Reorganizes to Address Bush's Moon /Mars Plan
Cancer
linked to faulty healing
Wound-healing
genes influence cancer progression, say Stanford
Books/Articles Discussed:
"Return
to the Moon: for the right reasons, in the right way" by Rick Tumlinson
"Lost in Space: The Fall of NASA and the Dream of a New Space Age" by Greg Klerkx. (Pantheon, 2004.
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