human spaceflight versus robotic approaches for science education inspiration - which is the most cost effective?
- Paper number
IAC-08.E5.2.7
- Author
Mr. nick spall, United Kingdom
- Year
2008
- Abstract
whilst the major-space faring nations in the world have signed up to the broadly mixed human and robotic plans of the global exploration strategy, a very few like the uk currently only invest in robotic activity. the reasons cited for taking the robotic approach are generally given as being the heavy cost and questionable science quality returns from hsf. this paper will consider the benefits and strenghts of the two approaches and whether young people genuinely respond more noticeably to astronaut programmes versus robot exploration and consider taking up stem education subjects as a result. various studies will be considered , including the apollo effect on usa higher stem education and research in the 1970`s, the uk`s leicester national space museum survey results of young people in 2002/5, the ras science member survey results in 2007 and recent esa outreach education studies. conclusions will be drawn regarding the costs and benefits of the two approaches and low-cost outreach solutions for emerging space nations will be presented.
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