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The latest of many version of NASA’s future has been passed by a...
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Next President May Increase NASA Funding.
Both major party presidential candidates are pledging big increases in NASA’s budget. Whether or not this is a real commitment, or a political move to court the hotly-contested state of Florida is unknown. In any case, the support for NASA seems to be a bit of a turnaround for both McCain and Obama. Previously, Obama [...]
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We’ve seen space stations before. The old Soviet Union got the ball rolling in early 1970s with the first—the Salyut space stations. Next, America launched Skylab, which remains to this day the single largest “room” ever in space. (It was created from a hollowed-out stage of a Saturn rocket.) The Soviets produced Mir, a multi-module [...]
Apollo astronaut: global warming not caused by people
Harrison Schmidt, a geologist astronaut who walked on the moon in 1972, is appearing at a conference that dismisses global warming as a myth. Schmidt, who’s spoken on the topic before, is quoted as saying: “I don’t think the human effect is significant compared to the natural effect”. Rusty Schweikart, an astronaut from Apollo 9, [...]
