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Preview of Official NASA Budget/Policy Events - Update

3 Feb: Space and Aeronautics Subcommittee - Hearing: Key Issues and Challenges Facing NASA: Views of the Agency's Watchdogs: 10:00 am EST - hearing runs for two hours. You can expect Subcommittee Chair Rep. Giffords to pick up where she left off at a previous hearing wherein she will bash No...
Sat, Jan 30 | from NASA Watch | More NASA

Endeavour to ferry last big space station component

The US space shuttle Endeavour will carry a the last major component needed to complete the International Space Station and a high-tech "sunroom" when it lifts off next week, officials said Friday.
Fri, Jan 29 | from PhysOrg.com | More ISS

Pols, Media, Celebrate High Speed Rail Grant for California

U.S. High Speed Rail Association chief Andy Kunz praised the administration's decision to spread high-speed rail aid out among 13 different corridors, prodding states such as California to "get creative" and leverage other funding sources.
Fri, Jan 29 | from Streetsblog Los Angeles | More High-speed rail

Opinion: Central Valley leaders hatch plan for 'baby bullet' rail line

The group, headed by the San Joaquin Regional Rail Commission, would build the line to ensure compatibility with state high speed rail standards, and it would look to the California High Speed Rail Authority for some of the funding.
Fri, Jan 29 | from Sacramento Bee | More High-speed rail

Endeavour On Track for Feb. 7 Launch

At NASA's Kennedy Space Center in Florida today, launch countdown preparations ramp up as technicians at Launch Pad 39A continue to ready space shuttle Endeavour for the STS-130 mission. There are no issues at this time to impede an on-time liftoff to deliver Tranquility and cupola to th...
Thu, Jan 28 | from ISS Fan Club | More ISS

Opinion: Going In Circles Again: America Will Abandon Human Lunar Exploration - And Much More

Report: Obama Budget to Scrub Moon Mission, CBS News "Instead of blasting off to the moon, NASA's hopes for a manned mission there have been blasted to pieces, sources in the White House, Congress and NASA tell the Orlando Sentinel."... Report: Obama Budget to Scrub Moon Mission, CBS News
Wed, Jan 27 | from NASA Watch | More NASA

It’s official: Space Shuttle Endeavour launches Feb. 7

CAPE CANAVERAL – NASA managers have cleared space shuttle Endeavour for launch on Feb. 7th on a mission to the International Space Station. Liftoff is scheduled for 4:39 a.m. EST, making Endeavor’s liftoff the last the final scheduled space shuttle night launch before the program retires.
Wed, Jan 27 | from orlandosentinel.com | More Space station

Carbon nanotube dye may put a capacitor in your shorts

Textile fibers are actually uniquely suited to transforming into electronics when combined with the seemingly ubiquitous carbon nanotube. Fibers made of cellulose, like cotton or polyester, are highly porous and can absorb large amounts of water and other polar solvents. When flexib...
Wed, Jan 27 | from arstechnica.com | More Nanotechnology

Mars Rover Spirit is now a stationary explorer

NASA announced on Tuesday, January 26, 2010, that its Mars Exploration Rover Spirit will not be considered a fully mobile...
Tue, Jan 26 | from iTWire | More NASA

Astronomers discover 'tilted planets'

Known as COROT-Exo-1b, the planet can periodically be seen from Earth by telescope, as it passes across the face of its star. The research team observed the ... and more »
Tue, Dec 22 | from PhysOrg.com | More COROT

Eurostar service partially restored

Eurostar has resumed part of its high-speed rail service linking Britain,France and Belgium following a three-day suspension. About a thousand people lined ... Eurostar resumes service between Paris and LondonThe Associated Press Transport Briefing -The Press Association
Tue, Dec 22 | from CCTV | More High-speed rail

Three station fliers set off on flight to lab complex

Reuters A Russian Soyuz spacecraft carrying three fresh crew members bound for the International Space Station blasted off from the Baikonur ... Russian Rocket Blasts offABC News Russia launches manned spacecraft to ISSXinhua Astronauts blast off on Christmas space voyageAFP
Sun, Dec 20 | from CNET News.com | More ISS

Astronauts set for Christmas space mission

After liftoff, the Soyuz will travel for about two days before docking with the space station 350 kilometers (220 miles) above Earth. ...
Sat, Dec 19 | from Stuff.co.nz | More Space station

Film studio plans fading

UNIONS AND THE SPIRE: Garrett Kelleher, owner of the Chicago Spire site that's a hole in the ground at 400 N. Lake Shore Drive, has been presenting local ... and more »
Wed, Dec 2 | from Chicago Sun-Times | More Chicago Spire

Opinion: Darpa Spy Cams to Find Threats in ‘Weak Evidence’

How will the user know that those two vehicles highlighted were the probable attack vehicles in the suicide vehicle bombing? How will the user understand the significance of a highlighted facility which may represent a new meeting location for a terrorist group? Users should have full...
Thu, Sep 24 | from Wired | More DARPA Challenge

Opinion: Cold Fusion - Fire from Water (4 of 4)

What is "cold fusion?" Is it real? What promises for humanity does it hold? What would happen if a free, non-polluting energy source was released into the world? How would our lives be different? What would be the reaction of the oil and nuclear industry infrastructure? Would it meekly st...
Sun, Sep 28 | from YouTube | More Cold fusion