Robert Park

Professor of Physics, University of Maryland

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Professor of Physics at the University of Maryland and blogger on science and public policy; author of Superstition: Belief in the Age of Sciencev

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Astronaut-astronomer John Grunsfeld calls the  Hubble Space Telescope  "arguably the most important scientific instrument ever created," important enough for him and others to risk…

The Hubble and the Future of Space Exploration

Astronaut-astronomer John Grunsfeld calls the Hubble Space Telescope "arguably the most important scientific instrument ever created," important enough for him and others to risk…

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