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NASA Origins with a Planet Earth Mission

Intro: From its origins, NASA has studied our planet in novel ways, using ingenious tools to study physical processes at work—from beneath the crust to the edge of the atmosphere. We look at it in macrocosm and microcosm, from the flow of one mountain stream to the flow of jet streams. Most of all, we look at Earth as a system, examining the cycles and processes—the water cycle, the carbon cycle, ocean circulation, the movement of heat—that interact and influence each other in a complex, dynamic dance across seasons and decades.

For all of the dynamism and detail we can observe from orbit, sometimes it is worth stepping back and simply admiring Earth. It is a beautiful, awe-inspiring place, and it is the only world most of us will ever know.

Planet Earth, a NASA Mission that is 'Top of Mind'

“To understand and protect our home planet; to explore the universe and search for life; to inspire the next generation of explorers ... as only NASA can.”

* https://greenpolicy360.net/w/File:The_Original_Mission_Statement_of_NASA.png

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Track Earth System Science back to its beginnings at NASA with its Planet Earth 'Mission Statement' -- and a Congressperson who envisioned Earth Science as 'Big Science' over decades that followed...

With deep appreciation, a Tip of our GreenPolicy360 Hat to our Decades-long Friend and Colleague George E. Brown Jr

• https://www.greenpolicy360.net/w/George_E._Brown_Jr

The Result: Decades of Earth System Science

Researching the Home Planet from Space

* https://www.greenpolicy360.net/w/Earth_Science_Research_from_Space

Measuring to Manage

* https://www.greenpolicy360.net/w/Earth_Right_Now

* https://www.greenpolicy360.net/w/Earth_Science_Vital_Signs

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