How should the war on drugs be fought?
March 31, 2010 – 3:45 pm
Hillary Clinton has pledged a broader effort to help Mexico fight drugs gangs. Is this a shift in tactics? Read More at BBC News…
Monthly Archives: March 2010
Prognosticating NASA’s future
March 29, 2010 – 4:04 pm
What are the prospects for NASA’s proposed new exploration plan? Bob Mahoney brackets the range of potential outcomes to see what the most likely scenarios are. Read More at The Space Review…
A Half Century of TIROS
March 29, 2010 – 3:59 pm
TIROS 1, the first weather satellite, was launched 50 years ago. Read More at Embedded Systems Design…
Prepared Statement by NASA Administrator Statement of Charles F. Bolden before the House Subcommittee on Commerce …
March 24, 2010 – 3:53 pm
Before I discuss the details of the NASA budget request, I would like to talk in general about the President’s new course for human exploration of space. With this budget, the United States has positioned itself to continue our space leadership for years to come. Read More at SpaceRef…
ATK Orion Launch Abort Offers Unmatched Crew Safety For Human Space Flight
March 23, 2010 – 8:03 am
Alliant Techsystems has completed the second of two ground tests of a full-scale attitude control motor (ACM) for the launch abort system (LAS) of NASA’s Orion crew exploration vehicle. Read More at SpaceDaily…
Escape Rocket Motor for NASA Moon Ship Passes Test
March 22, 2010 – 3:52 pm
The motor for the planned Orion crew module’s abort system just passed its second ground test. Read More at SPACE.com…
‘Hubble 3D’ a far-out experience
March 20, 2010 – 7:31 am
Remember those jokes about the Hubble telescope needing a blind man’s cane and dark glasses when it went into… Read More at Boston Herald…
Heavenly trek into wonders of deep space in ‘Hubble 3D’
March 19, 2010 – 7:29 am
Remember those jokes about the Hubble telescope needing a blind man’s cane and dark glasses when it went into orbit 20 years ago and immediately proved nearsighted? Read More at Detroit Free Press…
Buzz Aldrin: Why We Should Keep Flying the Space Shuttle
March 18, 2010 – 3:45 pm
Instead of planning the retirement of the Space Shuttle program, America should be preparing the shuttles for their next step in space: evolving, not shutting them down and laying off thousands of people. Read More at The Huffington Post…
New IMAX film ‘Hubble 3D’ offers a space trek
March 17, 2010 – 3:57 pm
Glorious pictures created from the data collected by Hubble, along with closer-to-home footage of NASA’s final nursemaid mission to the telescope last year, are presented in “Hubble 3D,” narrated by Leonardo DiCaprio. Read More at CTV.ca…