06. What type of research is done? Is space travel research solely concentrated on planets, stars and things in space, or does the research also include other fields such as medicine, new technologies, plants, animals, and so forth? (A K2S Question)

From The Space Library

Research performed in space involves all areas of scientific and technical inquiry. Those areas range from astronomy—like, how does a black hole form?—to zeolites—how do we create better chemical reaction catalysts? As many missions are planned to answer questions that affect our daily lives here on Earth as are planned to answer questions about the rest of the Universe.

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Answer provided by Charles D. Walker, Ph.D

Question and Answer extracted from the book Kids to Space - by Lonnie Schorer

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