Following last year’s announcement by Spandau Ballet, the essentially defunct ’90s band, that they plan a concert in space, another group, Muse, now suggests they will do the same. (Ok, Spandau Ballet DID have a reunion tour in 2009.) Virgin Galactic’s SpaceShipTwo may replace MySpace as the preferred publicity vehicle of bands. Music in space [...]

Now that the United States has abandoned manned space flight, and will scrap its Constellation program, the new race for the moon has two players: China and India. China—with a bigger budget and a few manned flights under its belt—has to be considered the favorite. That said, India has good engineers and seems determined to [...]

Reportedly, the Obama administration is ordering a review of America’s manned space program to determine how to proceed. What next…if anything? Everything is being questioned. Just last month, contracts for preliminary designs for the new lunar lander (Altair) and the new moon rocket (Ares V) were put on hold. Will the shuttles be used longer [...]