Space Science

The term space science may mean:

  • The study of issues specifically related to space travel and space exploration, including space medicine.
  • Science performed in outer space (see space research).
  • The study of everything in outer space; this is sometimes called astronomy, but more recently astronomy can also be regarded as a division of broader space science, which has grown to include other related fields.

Famous quotes containing the words space and/or science:

    “Stars scribble on our eyes the frosty sagas,
    The gleaming cantos of unvanquished space . . .”
    —Hart Crane (1899–1932)

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    —Henry David Thoreau (1817–1862)