Making History: History Informs and Influences Current & Future Missions - Vikings' Genealogy of Influence

摘要

Space exploration is a virtual playground for people who love to build, question, analyze, and create. For those that plan to be 'Marsnauts' of the future, those that aspire to design and lead missions to planetary bodies known or yet undiscovered, and those that have already proceeded down a career path, it might just be Viking or current missions that inspired you to make that choice. Or perhaps it was a person you met, a book you read, or a movie you saw that nudged you or introduced you to this new idea that captivated you. But no matter the influence, history played its part in setting the trajectory.