Then, he rolled himself up in a ball and twirled beside the sculpture. For a time, that scene was broadcast every night on German television. Britton added that a painting student and a dancer have both gone aboard NASA's shuttle simulations. According to astronomer Roger Malina, executive editor of the art, science and technology publications, the Leonardo Journals, artists have played a vital role in space exploration. What scientists and engineers do is a result of the artist's work.
Artists articulate our desires and our dreams.
According to Malina, artists have always accompanied voyages of discovery, including Charles Darwin's historic voyage to the Galapagos Islands, which helped to shape his theories on evolution. These artists helped others to understand the experience. The same will be true for future space flights. They were gatherers of plant materials, and they scavenged meat by waiting for aggressive animals to leave a kill before feeding from it rather than fighting off a predator. These perishable tools would not necessarily leave traces for researchers to find today.