Hubris brings down another spacecraft
Virgin Galactic joins the club. The United States has suffered the loss of two orbiters and crews- Challenger and Columbia. Both were most likely avoidable. The Challenger was lost in …
It’s time to put NASA out of its misery
I was absolutely thrilled by the advent of manned space exploration. It was an exciting time. I followed the program in minute detail. I still know the names of every …
When Politicians Intervene: NASA’s Budget Refocusing Ends US Space Exploration Program [Reader Post]
Some number of years ago, over twenty as I remember, the late (and IMHO great) Paul Harvey said that for every dollar spent at NASA, the return was seven dollars. So with that quote in my mind, the final Space Shuttle launch a few days ago, and Obama refocusing the NASA budget, I want to examine Obama’s NASA policy, as well as identify/review some of the daily benefits that we all derive from the NASA budget and space exploration.
Barack Obama’s NASA saves America! [Reader Post]
Sometimes it’s helpful to take a step back and get some perspective in order to be able to evaluate something that is right in front of you today. Sometimes that …
Obama Set To Kill Manned Space Exploration
Any surprise that Obama’s mediocrity rears its ugly head once again. This time by moving to kill the Constellation program, the program to get man on the moon…permanently, and then …
Perspective
Shuttle Atlantis and the Hubble Telescope cross in front of the sun in this image captured by Thierry Legault Ayewww.whatisyourproblem.co.uk/
A Light Unto the Nations
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Happy Moon Day
Being somewhat of a space junkie I could not let this day go by without referencing the fact that 38 years ago today man walked on the moon for the …
The Mission To Mars
We all know that the Global Warming zealots are a crazy bunch, they would destroy whole economies because of a .00010 increase in temperature. Now they want to torpedo the …
A Return to Space?
By Robert Farrow CAPE CANAVERAL, Florida: NASA counted down to the launch of space shuttle Discovery on Saturday, hoping to fly a crucial mission and knowing that failure could ground …