Over the past fifty years, NASA has pushed the frontiers of science and exploration to the edges of our Solar System. Declining funding for research and robotic missions may leave planetary exploration unfinished and young scientists stranded.
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Hayne, P. Abandoned frontier. Nature Geosci 6, 155–156 (2013). https://doi.org/10.1038/ngeo1753
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