http://www.mars-rocks.de/ 2012-01-06T21:05:49+01:00 http://www.mars-rocks.de/ http://www.mars-rocks.de/lib/images/favicon.ico text/html 2011-12-06T22:28:58+01:00 Bernd vd Brincken http://www.mars-rocks.de/culture_and_space_exploration?rev=1323206938&do=diff Culture and Space Exploration What is the role of public culture for the future of space exploration? Dr. Marie-Luise Heuser, philosopher, Duesseldorf Spaceflight is not only an economic enterprise but is to be understood as a cultural attainment. Rockets and space stations are the most advanced and most sophisticated cultural monuments of our modern time like the pyramids in old Egypt or the cathedrals in the Middle Ages. The possibility of mankind to exceed the boundaries of earth is a co… text/html 2011-12-06T22:27:53+01:00 Bernd vd Brincken http://www.mars-rocks.de/gagarin_50?rev=1323206873&do=diff Gagarin 50 April 12 2011 marks the 50th anniversary of the first man in space - wp>Yuri Gagarin took off in the wp>Vostok 1 spacecraft and circled the earth for 1:48 hours until he returned savely. Conference: The Future of Space Exploration On this occasion this website prepares an