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Month: September 2007
Back to the Future: Nuclear Power Is Back

NASA To Accelerate Space Nuclear Power, Aviation Week & Space Technology“NASA will accelerate missions featuring space nuclear power, Aviation Week & Space Technology reports in its Oct. 1 issue. The decision marks a major milestone for robotic exploration, but is a controversial move among groups that oppose space nuclear power because of launch safety concerns. NASA’s objective will be to use nuclear power much more frequently to open previously isolated […]

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  • September 29, 2007
Matt Bowes: A Death Far Too Young

Editor’s note: Matt Bowes, the editor of the blog Space Liberates Us!, was killed in an accident several days ago. Matt was only 19. According to his bio: “Space Liberates Us! was created by Matt Bowes, a younglibertarianwho has been fascinated by the idea of space colonization forever.” I had several brief interactions with Matt – and saw his name a lot out in the blogosphere. He often posted the […]

  • NASA Watch
  • September 29, 2007
When Students Become Teachers

Student of Challenger Center Founder To Fly Into Space (with photos)“The Challenger Center’s Founding Chairman, Dr. June Scobee Rodgers, issued the following statement regarding Richard Garriott’s upcoming flight: “We at the Challenger Center for Space Science Education were overjoyed to learn of Richard’s future mission into space. This is especially exciting for me given that Richard was among the students I taught at Clear Lake High School in Houston, Texas […]

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  • September 28, 2007
Second Generation Astronaut To Fly

Richard Garriott, 1st Second Generation Astronaut, Plans Flight to International Space Station“Space Adventures, Ltd., the world’s leading space experiences company, announced today that famed game developer Richard Garriott, son of former NASA astronaut Owen Garriott, has begun preparations for a “commercially active” mission to the International Space Station (ISS). Mr. Garriott’s spaceflight, currently planned for October 2008, will be the first in a series of missions that will accommodate commercial […]

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  • September 28, 2007
NASA Means Business

NASA Means Business Student Competition 2008 Program Announcement, Texas Space Grant Consortium“The NASA Means Business Student Competition program invites undergraduate and graduate students to employ their skills to help NASA articulate the contributions of space exploration to everyday life. This year’s challenge is: Help NASA to increase the number of corporate researchers, university researchers, entrepreneurs, and investors who utilize the Nation’s investment in spaceflight to grow their investments in knowledge […]

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  • September 28, 2007
Hansen Responds

The Exxon funded swift boating of James Hansen, Deltoid“James Hansen replies to the deceitful IBD editorial: The latest swift-boating (unless there is a new one among seven unanswered calls on my cell) is the whacko claim that I received $720,000.00 from George Soros. Here is the real deal, with the order of things as well as I can remember without wasting even more time digging into papers and records. …”

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  • September 28, 2007
Keeping Jupiter Attack Probe Technology Away From Jovian Terrorists

Editor’s note: I got this from a reader tonight. I give up. We’re talking about a 15 year old spacecraft – one which was destroyed years ago – of which high resolution images are readily available – and have been in the public domain for decades. And the drawings are ITAR-controlled?Oh yea I forgot – we did attack the planet Jupiter with Galileo in 1997. OK. My bad. I guess […]

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  • September 28, 2007
Today's YouTube Video: BLAST The Movie

Reader note: I have been reading through your blog, and I love your commitment to science. Perhaps you and your readers might be interested in a new interactive science documentary project – BLAST (http://blast.artistshare.com) – a film that follows a group of intrepid astrophysicists as they travel to exotic locations all in the name of science. Our web-based community project on ArtistShare.com lets students, professors and science enthusiasts learn more […]

  • NASA Watch
  • September 27, 2007
AIAA/NASA 21st Century Explorer Podcast Competition

Second Annual AIAA/NASA 21st Century Explorer Podcast Competition“In 2008, NASA will celebrate its 50th anniversary. Sometimes, in order to look forward, we must take a step back to study the past. Because of this, we want to ask – What do you think is NASA’s greatest exploration achievement in the past 50 years and why? That’s the question this competition asks of students ages 11-18. Sponsored by the American Institute […]

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  • September 27, 2007
Dawn Is On Its Way

NASA Dawn Mission to Vesta and Ceres Launched“A four-year, 1.8 billion-mile flight to asteroid Vesta started with the rumble and roar of a Delta II rocket Sept. 27 that hurtled the Dawn spacecraft off a launch pad in Florida and into space.”United Launch Alliance Successfully Launches Dawn Mission for NASA, ULA“Following a nominal one hour and two minute flight, the rocket deployed the spacecraft on its eight-year mission to study […]

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  • September 27, 2007