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Plan Bush For Outer Space Facing Critical Open Source Review Los Angeles CA (SPX) Feb 04, 2008 
Scientists and space policy experts say they will debate whether President George Bush's call for a return to the moon and voyage to Mars is feasible.
Hundreds of millions of dollars were spent the last four years to design, build and test spacecraft in the program dubbed Constellation, The Washington Post reported Saturday.
The program, however, has not caught the public's imagi ... read more |
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How Green Is My Space
Los Angeles CA (SPX) Jan 29, 2008The January 21, 2008 issue of Aviation Week And Space Technology has an article on a group of individuals attacking Mike Griffin and the President's Vision for Space Exploration (VSE). This group of individuals - that I will call the Stanford Group - claim to want "'green' missions to Planet Earth" to quote page 24 of the above described article. An alternative vision that is more An alternative vision that is more eco-friendly. But is it? ... more The Sea Launch Project Resumes Operations 
Moscow (RIA Novosti) Nov 26, 2007The space industry has lived up to its reputation. The fact that the international Sea Launch program has been able to survive its appalling January 30 disaster that badly damaged the Odyssey floating platform and is back in action less than a year later is worthy of respect. It does not matter that the launch of a multi-ton Arab communications satellite - the first since the accident - has been ... more A Proton Rocket Lifts Off Once Again 
Moscow (RIA Novosti) Oct 31, 2007On October 26, a Proton heavy launch vehicle lifted off from the Baikonur space center in Kazakhstan, a Central Asian republic. Although this can hardly be described as breaking news, Moscow had every reason to be worried because Kazakhstan had suspended all Proton launches after one crashed on September 6. The unsuccessful launch of the most reliable Russian rocket came as a blow to the n ... more A Super Sonic Sixty Years 
Washington (AFP) Oct 11, 2007Former World War II flying ace Chuck Yeager's stellar career has included dogfights over Nazi Europe and a sympathetic big screen portrayal in the Hollywood film "The Right Stuff." Nothing quite matches the achievement that clinched his fame 60 years ago this week, however, when he smashed through the sound barrier, in the process forever changing the face of aviation. Yeager, who epitomized the hotshot fly-boys of the postwar era, broke the sound barrier on October 14, 1947, flying the experimental rocket powered Bell X-1 aircraft. ... more NASA's Troubled Future 
Washington DC (SPX) Aug 30, 2007Some in the aerospace community believe that unless NASA sends astronauts back to the Moon and conducts extensive exploration, it is in danger of disappearing as a government agency. What is the basis for this fear? The last time astronauts began a mission to the Moon was December 7, 1972. Until the Clementine lunar mission in 1994, a leftover spacecraft from a DOD program, robotic ... more |
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Moscow (UPI) Aug 13, 2007 If the past is any guide, we will learn about the latest plans for the Russian space program at the end of August. On Aug. 21 the MAKS-2007 international aerospace show will open in Zhukovsky, outside Moscow. Why such certainty that important announcements will be made? Two years ago, at the previous show, visitors admired a mockup of Russia's Kliper reusable spacecraft developed by En ... more Russian Space Program Needs To Change 
Moscow (RIA Novosti) Aug 12, 2007If the past is any guide, we will learn about the latest plans for the Russian space program at the end of August. On the 21st, the MAKS-2007 international aerospace show will open in Zhukovsky, outside Moscow. Why such certainty that important announcements will be made? Two years ago, at the previous show, visitors admired a mock-up of Russia's Kliper reusable spacecraft developed by Energiya, ... more The United Nations Of Space 
Paris, France (SPX) Jun 15, 2007Countries used to race for space, now they collaborate. Since 1958, COSPAR - The Committee on Space Research - has played its part as the scientific United Nations of space research. Astrobiology Magazine talks to its president, Roger Bonnet, about COSPAR's international role; its Panel on Planetary Protection, and the enforcement of their planetary protection rules for extra-terrestrial explora ... more Griffin Not Sure Global Warming A Problem 
Washington DC (SPX) May 30, 2007Michael Griffin NASA Administrator has told America's National Public Radio that while he has no doubt a trend of global warming exists "I am not sure that it is fair to say that it is a problem we must wrestle with." In an interview with NPR's Steve Inskeep that will air in Thursday's edition of NPR News' Morning Edition, Administrator Griffin explains: "I guess I would ask which human beings - where and when - are to be accorded the privilege of deciding that this particular climate that we have right here today, right now is the best climate for all other human beings. I think that's a rather arrogant position for people to take." ... more The Griffin Space Fantasy
Honolulu HI (SPX) May 05, 2007NASA boss Mike Griffin says we can do three Apollo-scale projects over the next 50 years without increasing the NASA budget. It sounds too good to be true - and it is. Griffin's analysis of NASA's past relies on questionable economics and his vision of the future includes political and technical impossibilities. ... more |
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Moscow (RIA Novosti) Mar 13, 2007"In the exploration of outer space, we [the U.S.S.R./Russia and the United States] were not only partners, but also rivals, and that rivalry has brought excellent results," the Russian ambassador to the U.S., Yuri Ushakov, told a State Department forum in late February to mark the bicentennial of diplomatic relations between the two countries. "Then came the era of manned space explorati ... more Rocket Plane Roulette 
Honolulu HI (SPX) Mar 07, 2007The safety record of rocket-powered aircraft suggests that the suborbital tourism industry is headed for a crash - and a lawyer feeding frenzy that will wipe it out. I'm a supporter of private spaceflight projects. The government space agencies have reached a state of total intellectual stasis with NASA's plan to redo Apollo 50 years later, China's plan to redo Soyuz/Salyut at ab ... more Russia Does Not Need The Moon 
Moscow (UPI) Feb 27, 2007We are probably doing it just to remind ourselves of the maxim that the new is the well-forgotten old. There is no other explanation for this year's focus on the lunar subject. Many, if not the majority, do not see it as a problem at all. Everything is perfectly clear. The Moon is the concern of the United States, Europe, India, and China. It goes without saying that "...Russia should not ... more Dreams Of Homegrown Spaceflight Keeps The Farmer Busy 
Irvine CA (SPX) Feb 26, 2007"If you have a dream, you have to follow it, you at least have to try. And if you have people supporting you, it certainly helps," Billy Bob Thornton told me in a recent interview. Thornton plays The Astronaut Farmer in the new film of that name from Warner Brothers that is all about dreams and making them a reality, no matter how far-fetched they may seem to others, or even to yourself. I ... more NewSpace 2007 Is About Accelerating Change 
Los Angeles CA (SPX) Feb 12, 2007Continuing its role as the vanguard of the NewSpace movement, the Space Frontier Foundation announced its NewSpace 2007 conference will be in Washington, D.C. this year. Featuring three days of programming and special events, NewSpace 2007 will run from July 19th - 21st at the Doubletree Hotel in Crystal City, Virginia, just two blocks from the Pentagon City Metro stop. The conference, lon ... more
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