Apollo plus 50 – The meaning of the race to the moon, half a century after the starting gun, The Economist “As to whether it is was worthwhile, there is […]
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Johnsville Centrifuge Gondola Returns Home
Johnsville Centrifuge Gondola Returns Home To New Museum i>”May 5, 2011 was a historic day for Bucks County as the original gondola of the Johnsville Centrifuge that was used for […]
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NASA Mentioned in State of the Union – the NASA of 50 Years Ago
Obama to Declare ‘The Rules Have Changed’ (text of President’s Speech), National Journal “Half a century ago, when the Soviets beat us into space with the launch of a satellite […]
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Virtual Moon Rocks
NASA And Gowalla Launch Partnership With Search For Moon Rocks “NASA and Gowalla, a mobile and web service, have partnered to bring users one small step closer to the universe. […]
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Apollo's Urban Legends
Exploding the Myth of Popular Support for Project Apollo, Roger Lanius “Because of the on-going dispute over the future of human space exploration, I have been reminded of the longstanding […]
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Apollo Veterans (And Mike Griffin) Plead Their Case
Open Letter to President Obama Regarding Space Policy “Too many men and women have worked too hard and sacrificed too much to achieve America’s preeminence in space, only to see […]
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Video: Moon and Everest Rocks Installed on ISS
“A ribbon-cutting ceremony with Endeavour commander George Zamka and station commander Jeff Williams to celebrate the arrival of Tranquility and its seven-windowed cupola on the International Space Station includes the […]
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The Future vs. the Past
NASA and Space – The Future vs. the Past, John K. Strickland “Under Admiral Craig Steidle starting early in 2004, the VSE was a forward looking program that was open […]
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Echoes of Apollo
Obama overhauls NASA’s agenda in budget request, Washington Post “Nearly half a century ago, President John F. Kennedy challenged America to put a man on the moon. Earlier this month, […]
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Lunar Echoes on STS-130
Mementos from canceled NASA moon plan flying on space shuttle, Collectspace “Together with a piece of Everest’s summit, also retrieved by Parazynski, the plaque-mounted moon rocks will be displayed inside […]