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Wednesday, Nov 5
Blu-ray Review: When We Left Earth - The NASA Missions
OH - Nov 5, 2008 The endlessly fascinating Discovery Channel miniseries on the NASA missions, When We Left Earth, chronicles the last 50 or so years of the program, ...
Blu-ray Review: When We Left Earth - The NASA Missions
The U.S. space program carries with it a kind of built-in nostalgia. NASA is still faithfully trucking along, but with seemingly fewer and fewer trips into space, the golden days seem firmly rooted in the past. It’s been decades since the space program has inspired the kind of awe that swept th...
Tuesday, Jun 19
Will Earth Need A Reboot After The Sky Falls?
Quietly in the background of our already nervous world, scientists have been making plans for how to prevent a catastrophe whether or not Bruce Willis is available. NASA recently presented its report to Congress. More recently Rusty (Russell) Schweickart, lashed out at NASA for a recent...
Saturday, Jun 2
Astronauts Preparing To Ride The Rocket
This mission romantically referred to as "STS-117" by NASA plans to keep working on the construction of the International Space Station just as have the last two missions. This one is to use what has been learned on previous flights to install new solar collectors and pull in an older one.
Sunday, Apr 22
Book Review: Into That Silent Sea by Francis French and Colin Burgess
At the same time, Into That Silent Sea may also remind us of the limits of our steps into space over the years. The goal and accomplishment of the missions explored in the work was putting man into orbit around the Earth and returning him successfully. Yet today manned spaceflight remains lim...
Review Board Reports on Mars Orbiter Loss
The Mars Global Surveyor (MGS) spacecraft unexpectedly lost radio contact in November, 2006. When attempts to reconnect with MGS were unsuccessful, NASA convened an internal review board. The board was formed to determine why NASA's Mars Global Surveyor went silent and to make recomm...
Sunday, Apr 1
Astronaut to Run Boston Marathon from Space
NASA astronaut Suni Williams is an official participant in the Boston Marathon. She will run the distance of the marathon on the exercise treadmill located on the International Space Station (ISS). This will mark the first time an astronaut on-orbit has participated in a marathon even...
Monday, Mar 19
Podcast: Really Really Good - Prepare for Glory
Seeing America From Beyond La Ventana - By Mo’ Kelly Planners of Bush Event Sued by Activists - By Jon Sarche, Associated Press Writer from Yahoo News ACLU Sues White House Staffers for Illegally Ejecting Denver Residents from Bush Event
Sunday, Feb 25
Nuts In Space? NASA Has The Solution
In the light of the recent Shuttle Astronaut goes wild story, I thought that The Smoking Gun did a fine job of digging up the NASA manual on what to do if your fellow space traveler decides that today is the day for a little mental meltdown!
