Archive for October 31, 2007

New NASA Ames center to become a hub for lunar science

NASA’s Ames Research Center in Mountain View has been assigned to create the nation’s first Lunar Science Institute, linking researchers around the country to study every aspect of the moon’s geology, history and chemistry as the space agency prepares for the…

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NASA Announces New Center Assignments for Moon Exploration

WASHINGTON – NASA announced Tuesday which agency centers will take responsibility for specific work to enable astronauts to explore the moon. The new assignments cover elements of the lunar lander and lunar surface operations.

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Nasa to create new lunar institute

A lunar science institute is to be established in the US as astronauts plan to return to the moon by 2020, Nasa said. The Nasa Lunar Science Institute (NLSI) will lead teams across America working on the space agency’s research activities ahead of future missions.

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NASA Assigns Field Center Roles for Ares 5, Lunar Lander

NASA’s field centers learned their roles in developing the Ares 5.

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NASA distributes new tasks for “return to moon” exploration

NASA announced Tuesday at its headquarters that it has assigned new tasks about lunar exploration to the ten NASA centers around the nation, a major step for its “return to moon” project. The center-by-center breakdown of assignment …

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JPL works for return to moon

LA CANADA FLINTRIDGE – NASA officials announced new responsibilities for its research centers Tuesday in preparation for the second, moon-visiting phase of its human exploration program Constellation.

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NASA chooses KSC as lunar lander assembly site

NASA decides lunar lander will be assembled at Kennedy Space Center and gives other non-launch work to its Florida base.

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NASA to announce lunar work assignments

The U.S. space agency planned to announce work assignments involved in its program to return astronauts to the moon.

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NASA to Announce Work Assignments to Enable Lunar Exploration

On Tuesday, Oct. 30, NASA will take another important step toward returning astronauts to the moon by assigning key future Constellation Program work to its field centers.

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New Space Race is a Supernova of Investing Opportunity

For people who are interested in both space travel and investing, now would be a good time to look into putting some money into the stocks of some of the major players in the space travel business.  Lockheed and Boeing have always been two big names that give government contracts to develop parts for NASA’s rockets.  Recently, however, there are even more companies in which to invest, as we are at the dawn of a new space race.

This space race is not between countries, so much as, between companies; private companies experimenting with ways to bring space travel to the ordinary people.  Companies like SpaceDev, Orbital Sciences, and Virgin, among several others, have begun privately funded space projects.  Check with your broker or online stock service to see which space-travel-minded company would be best for your investing strategy.