SubscribeElsewhere on JetPack Future: Space Shuttle | Mars rover | SpaceX | Hubble Telescope | Kepler Mission | Space station | Space elevator | ISS |
Opinion: Bush-Era Plans to Reach Moon and Beyond Still Alive Under Obama 
Wired | by Alexis Madrigal | Fri, Jul 17
That may have sounded great, but it put NASA in a tough spot. First, the agency had trumpeted its success with less expensive robotic missions, not manned flight, and Bush’s priorities seemed likely to defund robotic missions. Second, the Space Shuttle program has been slated to come to an...
Try These Related Topics
Try These Related Topics
Related News
NASA Releases First Free E-Book, on History of X-15 Rocket Plane
President Can't Cut Constellation Without Congressional Approval
Endeavour set to blast off in February
Opinion: Going In Circles Again: America Will Abandon Human Lunar Exploration - And Much More
Cassini Returns To Saturn's Largest Moon
Last Space Shuttle Night Launch Scheduled
Top Bloggers
| 1 | Universe Today |
| 2 | antigreen (Blogspot) |
| 3 | Geek News Central P... |
| 4 | Daily Kos |
| 5 | Blogcritics |
| 6 | Boing Boing |
| 7 | Green Car Congress |
| 8 | Kotaku |
| 9 | Alas, a blog |
| 10 | SPACE.com |
| 11 | Softpedia |
| 12 | Gizmodo |
| 13 | Power Line |
| 14 | Open Access News |
| 15 | Space |
Related Photos
Podcast: Audio Reveals 1969 Russian Attempt to Beat U.S. to the Moon
The United States wasn’t the only country hoping to land on the moon in July 1969 — Russians were trying to beat us to the punch by landing the unmanned spacecraft Luna 15 while Apollo 11 was still in orbit around the moon. Now, thanks to the discovery of previously unheard recordings from 196...
Tue, Jul 7 | from Wired
