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The DM-2 prior to its test firing. Photo Credit: ATK PROMONTORY, UTAH – The first few seconds there was only light and smoke – then came the roar. The sound was so intense – it moved the Earth beneath the feet of the throngs of visitors that had come to see the test fire of [...] Dr. Paul Spudis, author of the blog The Once and Future Moon, has once again written a very insightful essay titled “The Moon: Creating Capability in Space and Getting Value for our Money“, which discusses the factors contributing to high launch costs and how a continuation of lunar development is a logical step toward curbing [...] Posted in an earlier of the AP article, Former Alaskan Sen. Ted Stevens dies in plane crash. Our thoughts and prayers are with the family of Ted Stevens after this tragic event, along with the other individuals involved, including Sean O’Keefe and his son. “O’Keefe and his teenage son survived the crash with broken bones [...] From the Associated Press, A plane carrying nine people crashed amid southwest Alaska’s remote mountains and lakes, killing five people on board, authorities said Tuesday. Former Sen. Ted Stevens and ex-NASA chief Sean O’Keefe were believed to be aboard. A U.S. government official told the AP that Alaska authorities [...] Marcia Smith over at SpacePolicyOnline.com pointed to the just-posted section-by-section version of the NASA Authorization Act of 2010 approved by the Senate Committee on Commerce, Science & Transportation. We’ve enclosed a copy here. What a great day it’s been! Congratulations go out to SenatorsNelson and Hutchison in particular, but to many others in the Senate and [...] Robert Zubrin, President of the Mars Society, continues to speak out against the President’s budget proposal for NASA in an article simply titled Obama’s Failure to Launch. We find Zubrin’s discontent with the President’s proposal telling, as the Mars Society was founded to promote human missions to Mars and has been doing so for [...] Neil Armstrong, Commander of Apollo 11 and the first human to walk on the Moon, has broken his silence and released to NBC News an open letter written by he, James Lovell, Commander of Apollo 13, and Gene Cernan, Commander of Apollo 17 and the last human to step off of the Moon. In the letter, Armstrong, [...] The Washington Times editorial Losing it in Space criticizes the President’s budget proposal for sending NASA on a mission of “extraneous responsibilities” that distract the agency from its core competency: “the exploration of space.” They remind us of the switching position between candidate Obama, who promised support for Constellation and the moon program, and [...] Colorado Governor Bill Ritter in a Press Release and letter to President Obama has added his support to the growing number of politicians vocalizing support for the Constellation program and the preservation of our human space exploration program. “The Constellation Program, and specifically the Orion project, is a centerpiece of Colorado’s aerospace sector, creating nearly 1,000 [...] American astrophysicist Neil deGrasse Tyson spoke to the University of Buffalo last Wednesday about What NASA Means to America’s Future. Tyson fully supports NASA funding, in fact he believes NASA is underfunded, and he discusses his worries about the Obama administration’s proposed NASA budget. He believes that LEO is no longer a [...] |
On the Move
 As if surrounded by a celestial halo, space shuttle Discovery made its way towards the expansive confines of NASA Kennedy Space Center's Vehicle Assembly Building following a move from its processing hangar on Sept. 9, 2010. A metal sling will be carefully connected to the spacecraft and then operators will hoist it from transfer aisle to the high reaches of the 52-story building before lowering it into place beside the external fuel tank and twin solid rocket boosters. Crews then will connect the spacecraft giving the stack its familiar launch day form. Discovery is targeted to liftoff on the 11-day STS-133 mission on Nov. 1 at 4:40 p.m. EDT. Image Credit: Jen Scheer Read More |
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