Apollo Reborn, almost
“The Apollo programme got it right”, NASA chief Mike Griffin said on 19 September at NASA head quarters, as he explained why 46 years after the first man stepped out onto the lunar surface the return...
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As inevitable as gravity
As soon as President George Bush pulled funding for the X-38 vehicle (seen in picture below) in 2001, effectively cancelling the programme, NASA and the wider space community has known that buying...
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A meeting of minds?
Militant space enthusiasts may seem like an odd phrase but they are out there and for them NASA is the enemy and the likes of Burt Rutan and his SpaceShipOne (SS1) vehicle, the great white hope.Despite...
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Buzz, Yee Hawing generals and Citizens for Peace
“Would you like a baloney sandwich?” the elderly lady said as she held out a neatly cling film wrapped sandwich, in her other hand a plate of more of the same. Behind her along the pavement, or...
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NASA administrator Michael Griffin announced at the 9th International Mars Society Convention in Washington DC on 3 August that his agency would undertake studies of manned Mars missions next year. It...
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All of humanity: free or not
I waved furiously, grinning, with the microphone held in my hand as the Chinese Ministry of State Security agent took my picture.I’d just stood up to ask Professor Yong Yang a question about his...
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Climbers, hitch hikers and heat beyond belief
Rather you than me I thought as the Spanish team member continued her soldering of solar panels for her team’s tether climber machine. But at least the young student from Barcelona got to work inside...
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Amongst the heavens: literally and metaphorically
The operatic voice, chapel interior and idiosyncratic sound of the accordion made the beginning of the laboriously entitled meeting, third Italian space agency (ASI), European Space Agency (ESA)...
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Confirmation Bias: Subtle but lethal
Photo credit: AP NTSB investigators yesterday offered up a perfectly plausible explanation for why two very seasoned airline pilots on a perfectly dawning summer morning pulled their perfectly fit...
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Apollo’s Legacy is Hurting NASA
This post was written by Will Horton, Flight’s Washington, D.C. internToday, you will undoubtedly hear multiple times, is the fortieth anniversary of when man walked on a celestial body other than our...
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