Posted by Ray in NASA, current
The economic stimulus package reportedly contains $1 billion for NASA. And $400 million is earmarked (is that a bad word?!) to narrow the gap between the retirement of the shuttle, and the first flight of its successor, Constellation.
Possibly good news…but the U.S. will still have several years when it will be entirely dependent on Russia to put astronauts into orbit. And that’s not good.
Should American satellites be used to spy on people inside the U.S.? That was the plan for the current National Applications Office (NAO) program, under the jurisdiction of the Office of Homeland Security. New Secretary of Homeland Security, Janet Napolitano is reviewing the program. The Congress filed an injunction in October 2007, to prevent the [...]
The behavior of the orbit of Mercury provided support for Einstein’s general theory of relativity. Today, people still continue to study the nearest planet to the sun—sometimes with space probes. Storms on the planet The Mercury Messenger has been whipping around the planet. And, it’s discovered that the the planet has dust storms whipping across [...]
Nikolai Kibalchich worked as chief technician for a revolutionary group that killed Emperor Alexander II in 1881. And, he was imprisoned for it. His mark on history—helping to kill the Emperor—for better or worse…was made. But, even as he awaited execution, he wasn’t yet done. During the 17 days leading up to his execution, Kibalchich [...]
