Aero-News: Quote of the Day

ANN's Quote of the Day usually derives from current news, though we reserve the right to pick quotes out of history that have a bearing on the day's events and issues.

Sometimes, you'll find them timely and in keeping with the content of the day's news... and sometimes, they'll just be thought-provoking.

Reader suggestions and comments are welcome... and if particularly intriguing, timely, or poignant, may themselves become future Quotes of the Day.

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Aero-News Quote of the Day

"This is a brand new program that will run for many years using the best facilities Europe has to offer. We expect many great research proposals and experiments and look forward to testing interesting ideas from the scientific community, putting Europe at the forefront of space radiation research.”

Source: Jennifer Ngo-Anh, head of Human Research at ESA, commenting on a new program for conducting research into radiation and how to protect astronauts from space radiation. Teaming up with five particle accelerators in Europe, the agency is offering researchers slots to bombard samples with radiation.

FMI: www.esa.int