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There are many scholarly contributions, which explore in great detail the advantages of space exploration , both in the Earth’s neighbourhood and farther away, beyond the Solar System. Crawford highlights the benefits in the short terms as well as in a longer timeline.
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Paladini, S. (2019). Beyond Space Fiction. In: The New Frontiers of Space. Palgrave Macmillan, Cham. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-030-19941-8_9
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