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May 26, 2015

Flawed Debates begets false choices beyond LEO - Part Two
Los Angeles CA (SPX) May 20, 2015
New technologies allow us to go back to the Moon at a fraction the cost of Apollo, and now, even private efforts like the Google X Prize contestants are underway to land and execute exploration missions there. There is even a private venture to establish a lunar observatory called the International Lunar Observatory Association(ILOA). NASA has not turned a blind eye to these activities. The Pacific International Space Center for Exploration Systems(PISCES) and their International Lunar Research Pa ... read more

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Mars Rover's Laser-Zapping Instrument Gets Sharper Vision Tests on Mars have confirmed success of a repair to the autonomous focusing capability of the Chemistry and Camera (ChemCam) instrument on NASA's Curiosity Mars rover. This instrument provides ... more		Three Soyuz-2 launch pads to be built at Plesetsk by 2019 Three separate launch pads for Soyuz-2 rockets will be built at the Plesetsk space center in northwestern Russia after its renovation is over by 2019, a defense ministry spokesman said Thursday. ... more		Russia launches dozens of drones as Ukraine claims 'important success' Russian jets violate Estonian air space in 'brazen intrusion' U.S. defense in free fall		WISE Discovers Most Luminous Galaxy in Universe A remote galaxy shining with the light of more than 300 trillion suns has been discovered using data from NASA's Wide-field Infrared Survey Explorer (WISE). The galaxy is the most luminous galaxy fo ... more
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