That's no moon, it's a space station

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Tiny Moon is No Space Station ::
Astrobiology Magazine :: Search for Life
in the Universe

Tiny Moon is No Space Station ::
Astrobiology Magazine :: Search for Life
in the Universe 07/29/2004 11:49 AM
I’ve got a bad feeling about this… .. Cassini's picture of a moon of Saturn .. deep in the cosmos

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Beyond the Moon: Inside Bush's space
plan (part 2 of 3) | SpaceRef - Your
Space Reference

Beyond the Moon: Inside Bush's space
plan (part 2 of 3) | SpaceRef - Your
Space Reference 01/18/2004 09:16 AM
second installment up .. more detailed account .. Part 2 .. 2

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International Space Station Crew to
retry Space Walk

International Space Station Crew to
retry Space Walk 06/30/2004 04:49 AM

The 2 Crewmembers of the ISS will attempt for a second time to repair a circuit breaker to a broken gyroscope. If everything goes as planned and no further spacesuit problems they will spend approx 6 hours replacing the circuit breaker. [NASA]

Maryland Game Developer Vision
Videogames Receives NASA Space Act
Agreement To Develop Space Station Game

Maryland Game Developer Vision
Videogames Receives NASA Space Act
Agreement To Develop Space Station Game 05/31/2004 01:55 PM
Vision Videogames of Towson, Maryland received a Space Act Agreement from The National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA) earlier this month to develop their PC/PS2/Xbox game, Space Station:SIM, due for consumer release this Christmas season. The Space Act Agreement is a continuation of one received by GRS Games before Vision Videogames management bought out the company in March 2004. It allows Vision Videogames a flow of information from, and access to, NASA personnel so the company can gather information to build their game. “The game has captured everyone’s imagination. We have individuals and international agencies including JAXA (The Japanese Space Agency) volunteering to help us with drawings, science, music – anything you can imagine,” says company president Bill Mueller. In Space Station:SIM, the player assumes the roll of the Chief Administrator of NASA, creating astronaut crewmembers with unique needs, abilities and personalities while managing their activities and personal relationships like “The SIMS®”. [PRWEB May 31, 2004]

Moon-sized diamond found in space

Moon-sized diamond found in space 02/17/2004 10:18 AM
Too much ice, even for J-Lo

Space Station sightings

Space Station sightings 12/24/2004 12:29 PM
Xeni Jardin: BoingBoing reader Uncle Horn Head says, "I heard on NPR this afternoon that in the coming days it will be possible to see the International Space Station with the naked eye. NASA has posted a massive list of world cities with optimal viewing times."

That spot was a chat between Ira Flatow and Alex Chadwick on the NPR program "Day to Day," to which I'm a contributing tech correspondent. Here's the audio for that segment: Li nk

Reader Philip Downey adds, "The site heavens-above.com tells you when ANY satellite is going over anywhere in the world. One neat feature is going back a day in time to figure out what you saw last night."

Economist.com | Space station

Economist.com | Space station 03/17/2005 02:49 AM
how the Iran Non-proliferation Act could very well kill the International Space Station .. No plan B for outer space .. Funding

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Space Station Simulator

Space Station Simulator 11/05/2003 08:36 AM
Project Planning Underway

Space Station Air Pressure Drops

Space Station Air Pressure Drops 01/06/2004 06:51 AM
CBS News Jan 6 2004 6:14AM ET

Station Crew Goes For Space Stroll

Station Crew Goes For Space Stroll 03/28/2005 08:39 AM
CBS Now Mar 28 2005 12:34PM GMT

Space station crew returns

Space station crew returns 04/29/2004 11:09 PM
USA Today Apr 30 2004 3:25AM GMT

New residents dock at space station

New residents dock at space station 04/17/2005 04:56 AM
OptusNet Apr 17 2005 8:51AM GMT

Astronaut: Space Station Is Safe

Astronaut: Space Station Is Safe 10/31/2003 03:50 AM
CBS News Oct 31 2003 3:23AM ET

No Yearlong Crews for Space Station

No Yearlong Crews for Space Station 04/21/2004 12:45 AM
NASA has turned down Russia's request to extend the stay of the next International Space Station crew to a full year from six months but is open to the idea for later missions.

New Crew Docks at Space Station

New Crew Docks at Space Station 04/18/2005 04:53 AM
A Russian-American replacement crew and a visiting Italian astronaut arrive at the international space station on the Russian Soyuz capsule. The American crew member is part of U.S. plan to return its space shuttle to flight.

No Free Rides To Space Station

No Free Rides To Space Station 12/29/2004 01:45 PM
CBS News Dec 29 2004 4:14PM GMT

New Crew Heads To Space Station

New Crew Heads To Space Station 04/15/2005 09:46 AM
CBS News Apr 15 2005 1:21PM GMT

New Robot Arm Installed on Space Station

New Robot Arm Installed on Space Station 02/01/2005 10:04 PM
NASA has announced that a 5 hour 28 minute space walk by two ISS astronauts has been completed and the International Space Station now has a new, external robot arm. The double-jointed manipulator arm is known as ROKVISS (Robotics Component Verification on ISS) and is part of a German commercial experiment. The device can operate in both an autonomous mode and in a telepresence mode. The primary purpose of the arm is to test the long-term reliability of new, lightweight robotics components in space. A Sci-Tech article has more info on the new arm and also mentions that the astronauts discoverd a mysterious, white, honeycomb-like substance growing on the outside of the space station during their spacewalk (yikes!). More info about the ROKVISS arm itself can be found in a 12 page concept overview document (PDF format).

Space Station Gets New Food Supply

Space Station Gets New Food Supply 12/26/2004 12:46 PM
CBS News Dec 26 2004 4:20PM GMT

Space Station shedding parts

Space Station shedding parts 02/18/2004 03:48 AM
Seems things keep falling off the International Space Station. All of this junk in orbit makes for tricky driving when...

More Astronauts Approved for Space
Station

More Astronauts Approved for Space
Station 07/24/2004 03:05 AM
Nations involved in the International Space Station have also agreed to look at ways to accelerate the launching of Japanese and European research modules.

Space Station Eclipses Jupiter

Space Station Eclipses Jupiter 05/13/2004 05:05 AM
The International Space Station will totally eclipse Jupiter, but the "path of totality" is only ~260 feet wide .. Bright. Silent. Inhabited .. map

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Space Station Astronauts Take Spacewalk
(AP)

Space Station Astronauts Take Spacewalk
(AP) 03/28/2005 05:44 AM
AP - Their mission nearing an end, the two space station astronauts installed antennas and released a baby Sputnik during a spacewalk Monday amid heightened safety procedures and multiple breakdowns.

Crew heads for space station

Crew heads for space station 04/16/2005 02:44 AM
OptusNet Apr 16 2005 6:12AM GMT

Kermit Alive and Well on the Space
Station

Kermit Alive and Well on the Space
Station 12/10/2003 06:40 PM

Italian Delivery For Space Station

Italian Delivery For Space Station 04/17/2005 06:59 PM
CBS Now Apr 17 2005 11:11PM GMT

Space Station Slowly Falling Apart?

Space Station Slowly Falling Apart? 02/17/2004 05:00 PM

NASA Taking Chances on Space Station
(AP)

NASA Taking Chances on Space Station
(AP) 06/23/2004 05:34 PM
AP - NASA is taking bigger chances and more of them — even bending its own safety rules — to keep the international space station running with a two-man crew and no shuttle visits.

Space station snack attack uncovered

Space station snack attack uncovered 12/30/2004 12:21 AM
USA Today Dec 30 2004 4:29AM GMT

Fresh Space Station Crew On Board

Fresh Space Station Crew On Board 04/21/2004 08:56 AM
CBS News Apr 21 2004 1:04PM GMT

Space Station Loses Power in Gyroscope

Space Station Loses Power in Gyroscope 04/23/2004 12:12 AM
One of the gyroscopes that keeps the International Space Station in the right position has failed, a development that will require an extra spacewalk for astronauts to fix.

Space Station Astronauts Get Christmas
Delivery

Space Station Astronauts Get Christmas
Delivery 12/25/2004 11:41 PM
Reuters via Wired News Dec 26 2004 1:04AM GMT

Space Station Crew Unloads Supplies (AP)

Space Station Crew Unloads Supplies (AP) 04/18/2005 08:15 AM
AP - Cosmonauts and astronauts exchanged joyful embraces Sunday and began loading the international space station with scientific equipment and fresh vegetables after their successful docking of the Soyuz cargo ship.

International Space Station Gyroscope
Fails

International Space Station Gyroscope
Fails 04/23/2004 05:34 AM

Space Station Astronauts Called Back In
(AP)

Space Station Astronauts Called Back In
(AP) 06/24/2004 06:01 PM
AP - The two astronauts who stepped out of the international space station for an unusually risky spacewalk were quickly ordered back in Thursday when Mission Control spotted a pressure drop in one of the men's oxygen tanks.

NASA Taking Chances on Space Station

NASA Taking Chances on Space Station 06/25/2004 12:30 AM
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Russia's Soyuz Docks at Space Station
(AP)

Russia's Soyuz Docks at Space Station
(AP) 04/16/2005 11:52 PM
AP - A Russian spaceship carrying a U.S.-Russian crew and an Italian astronaut docked Sunday at the international space station, launching a mission that paves the way for the first U.S. space flight to the orbiting outpost since the Columbia explosion two years ago.

Crew Returns to Earth From Space Station
(AP)

Crew Returns to Earth From Space Station
(AP) 04/30/2004 06:59 PM
Soyuz Spacecraft Makes Flawless Landing (AP)

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Russian Space Ship Departs for Station
(AP)

Russian Space Ship Departs for Station
(AP) 04/14/2005 10:34 PM
AP - A Soyuz rocket blasted into the cosmos as the sun rose over the Central Asian steppes Friday, carrying a Russian, American and Italian to the international space station a month before NASA revives a shuttle program grounded after the Columbia disaster two years ago.
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Where in Washington, D.C. is Sun Myung
Moon?: Moon: Work with congressmen to
"discard" democracy

Where in Washington, D.C. is Sun Myung
Moon?: Moon: Work with congressmen to
"discard" democracy 03/30/2005 07:38 AM
Sun Myung Moon wants congressmen to "discard" democracy 3/30 .. it's time to end American democracy

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Did NASA fake the moon landings?

Did NASA fake the moon landings? 09/01/2004 03:26 PM
Di d NASA fake the moon landings? I'm convinced!

"Where in Washington, D.C. is Sun Myung
Moon?: Moon: Work with..."

"Where in Washington, D.C. is Sun Myung
Moon?: Moon: Work with..." 03/30/2005 09:20 PM

NASA Creating Office for Missions to the
Moon and Beyond

NASA Creating Office for Missions to the
Moon and Beyond 01/16/2004 11:02 AM
A day after President Bush announced renewed efforts for human space exploration, NASA said it would make an office to develop the technologies.

35 Years After Apollo, NASA Seeks Return
to Moon

35 Years After Apollo, NASA Seeks Return
to Moon 07/20/2004 07:34 PM

brainsluice > miscellanea > nasa fakes
moon landing!

brainsluice > miscellanea > nasa fakes
moon landing! 09/02/2004 04:11 AM
Unequivocal proof that the moon landing was faked! Wait a minute… .. NASA in Fake Moon Landing Shock! Pictures and everything! .. evidence

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Vision Videogames Assists Raytheon in
NASA Initiative to Develop Virtual Moon
Vehicle

Vision Videogames Assists Raytheon in
NASA Initiative to Develop Virtual Moon
Vehicle 02/01/2005 10:01 PM
In a case of life imitating art, Maryland based game developer Vision Videogames has been contracted to use it’s SpaceStationSIM engine to provide "Virtual Vehicle" assets, animations and programming expertise for Raytheon to support NASA's new initiative to travel to the Moon and beyond to Mars. The video game SpaceStationSIM, will be released this spring just in time for NASA’s return to flight with the Space Shuttle, flying to the International Space Station for first time in two years. Vision Videogames has been working with NASA for the past several years through a Space Act Agreement to develop their new game. [PRWEB Jan 18, 2005]

New Crew to Leave for Space Station on
Oct. 11, NASA Says

New Crew to Leave for Space Station on
Oct. 11, NASA Says 09/25/2004 03:21 AM
A new crew will be sent to the International Space Station next month, even though there are concerns about adequate oxygen and other supplies.

NASA: Space Station Running Low on
Oxygen (AP)

NASA: Space Station Running Low on
Oxygen (AP) 09/24/2004 06:09 PM
AP - Oxygen and food will be worrisomely low on the international space station by Christmas, and it's crucial that a Russian supply ship get there by then, a top NASA official said Friday.

NASA can't deliver, so Russia will take
over supplying space station

NASA can't deliver, so Russia will take
over supplying space station 12/13/2003 12:24 AM
Canadian Press via Canada.com Dec 12 2003 11:03PM ET

President Bush Wants To Send Americans
Back To The Moon — And May Leave A
Permanent Presence There — In A Bold New
Vision For Space Exploration (I Like It)

President Bush Wants To Send Americans
Back To The Moon — And May Leave A
Permanent Presence There — In A Bold New
Vision For Space Exploration (I Like It) 12/07/2003 06:01 AM

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The man on the moon

The man on the moon 06/02/2004 02:27 AM
Moon Walk 1835 -- Was Neil Armstrong Really The First Man on The Moon? The Europeans did not arrive in American till nearly the end of six thousand years; this time was necessary for them to carry their navigation to such perfection, so as to cross the ocean. The people of the moon know already, perhaps, how to make little flights in the air, and at this time may be exercising themselves. When they shall be more able, we may see them.

fly me to the moon...

fly me to the moon... 01/16/2004 11:27 AM

Finally the long-rumored announcement from the Bush administration happened yesterday, and the New York Times has both an article and analysis (more coverage from CNN, the Washington Post 1, 2, 3, and space.com). At first I was excited, since as I've expresse d before I wholeheartedly support spaceflight. True spacefaring abilities is be among the short list of things mankind should strive to achieve in this century. (Along with tending to some...err... tiny problems we still seem to have when taking care of our home planet).

The plan is (apparently) to phase out what's left of the Shuttle fleet (STS, or Space Transportation System). There are three Shuttles left: Discovery, Atlantis, and Endeavour. (an early model of the orbiter, the Enterprise, only performed tests flights). Additionally, NASA space science programs will be downsized, including cancellation of further servicing to the Hubble Space Telescope. The STS phase-out would be complete by 2010 (which would also be the "date of completion" of the International Space Station), and the new transportation vehicle would be ready by 2014.

And herein lies the first problem with this plan. Are we seriously saying that the US will stay out of space for four years? I find this very hard to believe, considering that the Chinese are certain to have made some progress by then on their own goal of landing on the moon. (And let's not forget Russia...).

After the new launch, a lunar base would be established, "at most" by 2020, and subsequently used as additional research, development and launch platform for launching a manned Mission to Mars.

This "schedule" seems to me slow, and with many of its targets are so far off that (as the NYTimes analysis makes clear), easy to derail. Not to mention that the announcement provided basically no new funding for the program ($1 billion, plus the money that would come from phasing out the STS fleet).

A big factor in this seems to be "safety". For example, the NY Times analysis mentions that the shuttles have been "prone to catastrophic failure". This statement appears to imply that other space vehicles have not been prone to catastrophic failure. Mmm. Let me see. The Shuttle has flown over a hundred missions (STS-107 was the last flight of the ill-fated Columbia) with exactly two catastrophic failures. In contrast, the Apollo program flew less than 15 manned missions (with a few more unmanned) and it had two massive failures, the first in Apollo 1 (which killed the crew during a test) and the second with Apollo 13, which barely made it back to earth. The number of Soviet failures at the same time is difficult to know with a high degree of confidence, but no one thinks that it was a walk in the park. The Soviet Union, after all, never managed to put a man on the moon, and Soviet technology, though constantly a bit behind the times, was never that bad.

This reminds me of one of Steve Buscemi's lines in Armageddon: "You know, Harry, we're sitting on 4 million pounds of fuel, one nuclear weapon, and a thing that has 270,000 moving parts built by the lowest bidder. Makes you feel good, doesn't it?"

Setting aside the nuclear weapon for the moment (Flying to Mars and beyond may well involve some sort of nuclear- or even antimatter-powered spacecraft), this is one of those "funny 'cause it's true" jokes.

What I'm saying is: I don't get it. Can't they get astronauts to fly? What's the problem? If they can't find anyone, sign me up! But of course, they can get astronauts to fly. They would, under whatever circumstances and whatever risks. But of course this whole obsession with safety is something that has been growing and growing in the Western world, with the US "leading the way" but with Europe particularly in the same boat. Apparently, people are just not supposed to die anymore.

And what about the technology? Does it really take more than 10 years to create a new moon crew transport vehicle? Of course not. Our science and technology has advanced by leaps and bounds since the 70s, particularly computer technology which is crucial to this whole endeavor. As the Washington Post notes:

Bush has outlined a tortoise-like pace, dictated by severe budget constraints, that allows a full decade just to develop a vehicle that would, once again, deliver people to the moon -- something Apollo engineers accomplished, starting from scratch, in about eight years.

The problem is not technology, it's political will, and funding. In fact, this new project is a mirror of something that was proposed ten years ago, which went nowhere, as one of the articles from the NYT describes:

In 1989, in a speech honoring the 20th anniversary of the initial lunar landing, the first President Bush proposed that the nation establish a base on the Moon and send an expedition to Mars to begin "the permanent settlement of space." He set the Mars goal for 2019 but the effort soon fizzled when the cost estimates hit $400 billion.

In today's western culture (but it's really happening all over the world) with our instant-satisfaction, one-click-shopping, celebrity-obsessed and 24-hour-of-irrelevant-news media, it's hard to think that popular support will keep steady over the course of the 15-25 years required for this project.

I must say, though, without cynicism, that I hope I'm wrong. I really, really hope that the US can stick with it. It's the one country that has the knowhow and the resources (and, at times, the spirit) necessary to pull it off. And for all the criticisms, it has maintained a continuing space program, to its credit. Does anyone think that the International Space Station would be anything but a blueprint by now if it wasn't for the time, money, and energy (however misdirected) that the US has spent on it?

And, by the way, why does the US have to do this by itself? The Chinese are moving forward, but if they keep at it there will be questions as to how much international aid they need, as this article from the economist notes. And, where's Japan, where's Russia? More importantly, where's the EU? There's been lots of talk about the potential world power the EU can become. But instead of talking about worthy goals, like using the European Space Agency for a daring multinational space exploration program, we keep discussing agricultural subsidies and whether one country has more votes than the other. It's not of course that those are not important issues, but there is zero attention, money, or "political capital" put forward for anything other than those things. I mean, Germany, France, the UK, and all the other great countries. Come on! Europe has to stop running scared from its past of internicine warfare and truly look forward to the future. The US can't be left alone holding the bag with this.

I suddenly think of part of a Sagan quote I posted sometime ago:

Spaceflight, therefore, is subversive. If they are fortunate enough to find themselves in Earth orbit, most people, after a little meditation, have similar thoughts. The nations that had insituted spaceflight had done so largely for nationalistic reasons; it was a small irony that almost everyone who entered space received a starting glimpse of a transnational perspective, of the Earth as one world.

We are not that far away. We can only hope that we, as a society, can for once look just a little beyond our noses and truly make it happen.

Fly Us to the Moon -- All of Us

Fly Us to the Moon -- All of Us 01/16/2004 11:26 AM
President Bush wants to establish a permanent lunar outpost as part of a revitalized space program. Well and good. But don't turn the moon into an extension of Fortress America. Welcome the world, or deep-six the plan. Opinion by Tony Long.

To the moon

To the moon 01/16/2004 11:04 AM

Bush Outlines Plan for 2015 Moon Landing is the first thing that President Bush has proposed that I'm actually in agreement with (well that's not true, I supported his State of the Union proposal to send millions to Africa for AIDS, but last I heard, that money still hasn't been sent). I've always been sad that we haven't returned to the moon since December 1972 -- nearly my whole life! And the thought of renewed exploration of the moon and then Mars thrills me, maybe I can even go! But, I can't help but wonder a) where the money will come from for all this and b) how the heck Bush can actually think he's for smaller government when, according to the Cato Institute, "based on his first three budgets, President Bush is the biggest spending president in decades."

And of course, with Americans carrying record amounts of consumer debt, 17 percent of American children living in poverty, and millions of Americans going without health insurance, returning to the moon doesn't seem like the highest priority.

Meanwhile, on Mars, Sprit's rolled off its landing platform and is ready to begin its roving exploration of the Martian surface. Woo hoo!

If they can put a man on the Moon....

If they can put a man on the Moon.... 03/17/2005 03:23 AM

Two talks at MIT this week have been thought-provoking in similar ways.  The first was by a physics professor, Frank Wilczek, who recently won the Nobel Prize for his work on the Strong Force, which holds together quarks to form atomic nuclei.  Wilczek showed some impressive drawings from the latest European particle accelerators in which subatomic particles are smashed together until the quarks start flying out.  (This lecture is available at http://web.mit.edu/nobel-lec tures/.)  John Grotzinger, a geology professor, gave a talk about his experience with the Mars Rovers, which found evidence for flowing water on Mars in sedimentary rocks.  The Rovers communicate with an orbiter and can also communicate directly with stations on Earth.  In Grotzinger's more than one year with the project they've never had a communications problem.

So... if human minds can get together to make ever-better particle accelerators, why can't anyone build a reliable inexpensive nuclear power reactor?  And if the Mars Rovers can call Pasadena, how come nobody with a T-Mobile phone can make a call from most spots on the MIT campus or along Memorial Drive?

In the 1970s people would ask questions of the form "If they can put a man on the Moon, why can't they do X?"  What would be the modern equivalent?  The one great human achievement of our current decade that can be compared to the lack of accomplishment in most bureaucracies?

To the Moon 1.0

To the Moon 1.0 02/17/2004 11:51 PM
Icons of man’s journey to the Moon.

To the Moon!

To the Moon! 04/09/2004 04:05 PM

Well, maybe not that far. Yet.

The FAA on Wednesday licensed the first private rocket, and has given the green light for a real sub-orbital space flight. Burt Rutan and his California-based Scaled Composites have built SpaceShipOne,< /a> a funny looking rocket-powered plane that Burt hopes will usher in "a renaissance for manned space flight."

The primary goal of SpaceShipOne is to develop opportunities for private citizens to take a sub-orbital excursion:

Our plan involves flight in a 3-place spaceship, initially attached to a turbojet launch aircraft while climbing for an hour to 50,000 feet, above 85% of the atmosphere.

The spaceship then drops into gliding flight and fires its rocket motor while climbing steeply for more than a minute, reaching a speed of 2,500 mph. The ship coasts up to 100 km (62 miles) altitude, then falls back into the atmosphere. The coast and fall are under weightless conditions for more than three minutes. During weightless flight, the spaceship converts to a high-drag configuration to allow a safe, stable atmospheric entry.

After the entry deceleration which takes more than a minute, the ship converts back to a conventional glider, allowing a leisurely 17 minute glide from 80,000 feet altitude down to a runway where a landing is made at lightplane speeds.

Additional incentive for the project is the $10 million X-Prize, which is a contest of sorts to help create a space tourism industry, which will hopefully drive innovation in the field of space travel. Thus far the history of space flight includes only government-funded projects, but with tight budgets and political bickering over funding of these projects, their future is dubious.

The solution? Privatize it. So far the XPrize has 24 entrants from seven countries competing. The rules are pretty simple; the prize goes to the first privately-funded group that builds and launches a spaceship able to carry three people to 100 kilometres (62.5 miles), returns safely to Earth, and repeats the launch with the same ship within 2 weeks.

Looks like Rutan et al will take it. They just completed their second successful test flight today.

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The Man and the Moon

The Man and the Moon 05/04/2004 10:32 PM
I'm Congressman Danny K. Davis, and I approved this crowning of the messiah. [more inside]

A moon under water

A moon under water 01/22/2004 03:01 AM
I've had the Amazing Travelling Mucus Bug these past three days, going from runny eyes to runny nose to icky throat to nasty chunk-upping cough. I only mention it because you need context - and to remark on the wackiness...

Moon, Mars and Beyond

Moon, Mars and Beyond 06/18/2004 05:06 AM
Moon, Mars and Beyond
http://www.moontomars.org/

The President's Commission on Moon, Mars and Beyond. This site gives the latest reports, data and current information on the President's Commission "Moon, Mars and Beyond". This has been added to Astronomy Resources Subject Tracer™ Information Blog.

To the Moon, Alice?

To the Moon, Alice? 12/04/2003 12:12 AM
Rumors are flying about the scope and direction of future NASA projects. Will we be heading back to the moon, or will we be stuck in near-Earth space?

Once in a Blue Moon

Once in a Blue Moon 07/09/2004 10:05 AM

The phrase refers to the second Full Moon occurring within a calendar month and it's happening on 31 JUL. Its rarity is about every 2 1/2 years, i.e. once in 30 occasions. Get the 411 on this crumbly Bleu Cheese source at [NASA]

That's no moon, it's a space station

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