For $26 billion, NASA gave us a couple of great moonlandings—and a slew of photos, all in the public domain. NASA has culled through its huge collection and posted an interesting subset...
NASA photo stream of excellent...
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The Accidental Asteroid Touris...
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Danish one-man rocket testing ...
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That Earth-moon photo
I know I’m supposed to be excited about the new solar system discovered by NASA’s Kepler telescope—and I am—but I can’t seem to get my mind off of that other photo. It’s the Earth and our moon, from 114 million miles away. That’s a little further than the distance from our planet is (on average) to the Sun. The photo was taken by MESSENGER, a...
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For Bill Nye: Clarifying problems with new space p...
On the blog Space News, Bill Nye (the science guy, I believe) describes his confusion as to why smart people—like Neil Armstrong and John Glenn—might not be excited about the administration’s new space plan. First of all, Bill, don’t feel bad about disagreeing with Neil and John—because so does Buzz Aldrin. This is an issue where smart people can and do...
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Commanding the original astronauts
Astronauts—especially the early astronauts—are generally very proud...
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NASA: What’s the new plan, exactly?...
The latest of many version of NASA’s future has been passed by a...
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A History of Corned Beef in Space
Gus Grissom was hungry. Unfortunately, the commander of the Gemini 3...
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The Meaning of Moonlandings
There’s a divide—an almost unbridgeable gap—between the pragmatists...
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Retro-style space tourism posters
Something different today. I’ve found an article that shows retro-style...
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Tiny hope for Constellation
A Houston Congressman. John Culberson, warns that NASA’s manned flight...


