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===Purpose===
 
===Purpose===
  
Scientific American, “The Future of Space Exploration” (October 2007)
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* Scientific American, “The Future of Space Exploration” (October 2007)
  
Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. “I Have a Dream” [http://www.americanrhetoric.com/speeches/mlkihaveadream.htm]
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* Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. “I Have a Dream” [http://www.americanrhetoric.com/speeches/mlkihaveadream.htm]
  
Ted Nodhaus, Michael Shellenberger, Break Through (Houghton Miffin, 2007)
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* Ted Nodhaus, Michael Shellenberger, Break Through (Houghton Miffin, 2007)
  
Thom Hartman, Cracking the Code (Berrett-Koehler, 2007)
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* Thom Hartman, Cracking the Code (Berrett-Koehler, 2007)
  
 
==The Great Problems of the 21st Century==
 
==The Great Problems of the 21st Century==
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===The Hockey Stick===
 
===The Hockey Stick===
  
“An Inconvenient Truth”, [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/An_Inconvenient_Truth]
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* “An Inconvenient Truth”, [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/An_Inconvenient_Truth]
  
Senator Clinton’s “Innovation Agenda”, [http://www.hillaryclinton.com/feature/innovation/]
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* Senator Clinton’s “Innovation Agenda”, [http://www.hillaryclinton.com/feature/innovation/]
Senator Obama’s “American Leadership in Space” [http://www.spaceref.com/news/viewsr.html?pid=26647]
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* Senator Obama’s “American Leadership in Space” [http://www.spaceref.com/news/viewsr.html?pid=26647]
  
“The Prophet of Climate Change: James Lovelock, (Rolling Stone, October 17, 2007)
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* “The Prophet of Climate Change: James Lovelock, (Rolling Stone, October 17, 2007)
 
[http://www.rollingstone.com/politics/story/16956300/the_prophet_of_climate_change_james_lovelock]
 
[http://www.rollingstone.com/politics/story/16956300/the_prophet_of_climate_change_james_lovelock]
  
Brian Fagan, The Great Warming, Climate Change and the Raise and Fall of Civilizations, (Bloomsbury Press, 2008)
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* Brian Fagan, The Great Warming, Climate Change and the Raise and Fall of Civilizations, (Bloomsbury Press, 2008)
Brian Fagan, The Little Ice Age 1300-1850, (Basic Books, 2000)
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* Brian Fagan, The Little Ice Age 1300-1850, (Basic Books, 2000)
  
Howard E. McCurdy, Inside NASA (Johns Hopkins, 1994)
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* Howard E. McCurdy, Inside NASA (Johns Hopkins, 1994)
Brenda Forman, “The Politics of Space Science Funding”, GSFC Engineering Colloquium 1998,
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* Brenda Forman, “The Politics of Space Science Funding”, GSFC Engineering Colloquium 1998,
 
[http://ecolloq.gsfc.nasa.gov/archive/1998-Spring/announce.forman.html]
 
[http://ecolloq.gsfc.nasa.gov/archive/1998-Spring/announce.forman.html]
  
 
===Hubbert’s Peak===
 
===Hubbert’s Peak===
  
[“Hubbert’s Peak”, http://www.princeton.edu/hubbert/]
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*“Hubbert’s Peak”, [http://www.princeton.edu/hubbert/]
Kenneth S. Deffeyes, Hubbert's Peak: The Impending World Oil Shortage (Princeton, 2003)
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* Kenneth S. Deffeyes, Hubbert's Peak: The Impending World Oil Shortage (Princeton, 2003)
Kenneth S. Deffeyes, Beyond Oil: The View from Hubbert's Peak (Hill, 2006)
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* Kenneth S. Deffeyes, Beyond Oil: The View from Hubbert's Peak (Hill, 2006)
Matthew R. Simmons, Twilight in the Desert (Wiley, 2005)
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* Matthew R. Simmons, Twilight in the Desert (Wiley, 2005)
  
National Security Space Office, “Space-Based Solar Power, As an Opportunity for Strategic Security”, [http://www.nss.org/settlement/ssp/library/nsso.htm]
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* National Security Space Office, “Space-Based Solar Power, As an Opportunity for Strategic Security”, [http://www.nss.org/settlement/ssp/library/nsso.htm]
  
Harrison H. Schmitt, Return to the Moon: Exploration, Enterprise, and Energy in the Human Settlement of Space (Springer, 2006)
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* Harrison H. Schmitt, Return to the Moon: Exploration, Enterprise, and Energy in the Human Settlement of Space (Springer, 2006)
  
 
===The Population Bomb===
 
===The Population Bomb===
  
United Nations World Population Estimates, [http://esa.un.org/unpp/]
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* United Nations World Population Estimates, [http://esa.un.org/unpp/]
Wikipedia, “The Limits to Growth” [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Limits_to_Growth]
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* Wikipedia, “The Limits to Growth” [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Limits_to_Growth]
D. H. Meadows, Jorgen Randers, Dennis L. Meadows, Limits to Growth, The 30-Year Update (Earthscan, 2004 edition)
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* D. H. Meadows, Jorgen Randers, Dennis L. Meadows, Limits to Growth, The 30-Year Update (Earthscan, 2004 edition)
  
 
===Moore’s Law===
 
===Moore’s Law===
  
“Moore’s Law”, [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Moore%27s_Law]
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* “Moore’s Law”, [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Moore%27s_Law]
  
 
===Cost to LEO===
 
===Cost to LEO===
  
P. Dimotakis, “100 lbs to Low Earth Orbit (LEO): Small-Payload Launch Options” (MITER Corp. 1999)
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* P. Dimotakis, “100 lbs to Low Earth Orbit (LEO): Small-Payload Launch Options” (MITER Corp. 1999)
  
 
==The Great Themes of the 21st Century==
 
==The Great Themes of the 21st Century==
  
Scientific American, “50 Trends” (January 2008)
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* Scientific American, “50 Trends” (January 2008)
  
 
===The Century of Biology===
 
===The Century of Biology===
  
Freeman Dyson, The New York Review of Books, “Our Biotech Future”
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* Freeman Dyson, The New York Review of Books, “Our Biotech Future”
 
[http://www.nybooks.com/articles/20370?email]
 
[http://www.nybooks.com/articles/20370?email]
  
The National Research Council, “The Limits of Organic Life in Planetary Systems”, [http://www.nap.edu/catalog.php?record_id=11919]
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* The National Research Council, “The Limits of Organic Life in Planetary Systems”, [http://www.nap.edu/catalog.php?record_id=11919]
  
 
===The Century of Information===
 
===The Century of Information===
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==Winners and Losers==
 
==Winners and Losers==
  
MIT, Technology Review, “Special Reports, 10 Top Technologies 2008”
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* MIT, Technology Review, “Special Reports, 10 Top Technologies 2008”
 
[http://www.technologyreview.com/specialreports/specialreport.aspx?id=25]
 
[http://www.technologyreview.com/specialreports/specialreport.aspx?id=25]
  
NetworkWorld, “What are the 14 greatest engineering challenges for the 21st century?”
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* NetworkWorld, “What are the 14 greatest engineering challenges for the 21st century?”
 
[http://www.networkworld.com/community/node/25219]
 
[http://www.networkworld.com/community/node/25219]
  
Scientific American, “A Solar Grand Plan” (January 2008)
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* Scientific American, “A Solar Grand Plan” (January 2008)
  
The National Research Council, The Scientific Context for Exploration of the Moon,
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* The National Research Council, The Scientific Context for Exploration of the Moon,
 
[http://ssedso.gsfc.nasa.gov/initiatives/lunar/LESWG/pubs_presentations/misc/NAC_final_report.pdf]
 
[http://ssedso.gsfc.nasa.gov/initiatives/lunar/LESWG/pubs_presentations/misc/NAC_final_report.pdf]
  
Scientific American, “When markets Beat the Polls” (March 2008)
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* Scientific American, “When markets Beat the Polls” (March 2008)
  
 
==Conclusion for NASA==
 
==Conclusion for NASA==
 
   
 
   
 
[[Category:NASA]]
 
[[Category:NASA]]

Revision as of 16:19, 18 January 2012

The following materials were critical in the development of the Future Work for NASA entry:

Purpose

  • Scientific American, “The Future of Space Exploration” (October 2007)
  • Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. “I Have a Dream” [1]
  • Ted Nodhaus, Michael Shellenberger, Break Through (Houghton Miffin, 2007)
  • Thom Hartman, Cracking the Code (Berrett-Koehler, 2007)

The Great Problems of the 21st Century

The Hockey Stick

  • “An Inconvenient Truth”, [2]
  • Senator Clinton’s “Innovation Agenda”, [3]
  • Senator Obama’s “American Leadership in Space” [4]
  • “The Prophet of Climate Change: James Lovelock, (Rolling Stone, October 17, 2007)

[5]

  • Brian Fagan, The Great Warming, Climate Change and the Raise and Fall of Civilizations, (Bloomsbury Press, 2008)
  • Brian Fagan, The Little Ice Age 1300-1850, (Basic Books, 2000)
  • Howard E. McCurdy, Inside NASA (Johns Hopkins, 1994)
  • Brenda Forman, “The Politics of Space Science Funding”, GSFC Engineering Colloquium 1998,

[6]

Hubbert’s Peak

  • “Hubbert’s Peak”, [7]
  • Kenneth S. Deffeyes, Hubbert's Peak: The Impending World Oil Shortage (Princeton, 2003)
  • Kenneth S. Deffeyes, Beyond Oil: The View from Hubbert's Peak (Hill, 2006)
  • Matthew R. Simmons, Twilight in the Desert (Wiley, 2005)
  • National Security Space Office, “Space-Based Solar Power, As an Opportunity for Strategic Security”, [8]
  • Harrison H. Schmitt, Return to the Moon: Exploration, Enterprise, and Energy in the Human Settlement of Space (Springer, 2006)

The Population Bomb

  • United Nations World Population Estimates, [9]
  • Wikipedia, “The Limits to Growth” [10]
  • D. H. Meadows, Jorgen Randers, Dennis L. Meadows, Limits to Growth, The 30-Year Update (Earthscan, 2004 edition)

Moore’s Law

  • “Moore’s Law”, [11]

Cost to LEO

  • P. Dimotakis, “100 lbs to Low Earth Orbit (LEO): Small-Payload Launch Options” (MITER Corp. 1999)

The Great Themes of the 21st Century

  • Scientific American, “50 Trends” (January 2008)

The Century of Biology

  • Freeman Dyson, The New York Review of Books, “Our Biotech Future”

[12]

  • The National Research Council, “The Limits of Organic Life in Planetary Systems”, [13]

The Century of Information

Winners and Losers

  • MIT, Technology Review, “Special Reports, 10 Top Technologies 2008”

[14]

  • NetworkWorld, “What are the 14 greatest engineering challenges for the 21st century?”

[15]

  • Scientific American, “A Solar Grand Plan” (January 2008)
  • The National Research Council, The Scientific Context for Exploration of the Moon,

[16]

  • Scientific American, “When markets Beat the Polls” (March 2008)

Conclusion for NASA