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For Bill Nye: Clarifying problems with new space plan
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 [...]
Ares 1-X ready for test, oblivion
NASA has the Ares 1-X assembled and ready for a test flight on October 31st. Happy Halloween…because the scary thing is that the rocket may be heading for oblivion. With an impossibly tight budget and a commission scheduled to make recommendations for the future of NASA’s manned flight program, many think the rocket will be [...]
Astronauts remember their primate predecessors
During the Mercury space program, the astronuts didn’t like having their spaceflights delayed while chimps got to fly first. And, they really resented the notion that their missions could have been completed by chimps. Nonetheless, Mercury veteran Scott Carpenter (one of only two surviving Mercury astronauts) and Bob Crippen—who flew on the first shuttle mission—visited [...]
