Mercury
Flyby of Mercury Answers Some Old Questions: Mercury, the smallest planet, bakes in the heat of the Sun, but it has water in some form. It has volcanoes. It appears to have an active magnetic field...
View ArticleMars Science Laboratory on schedule!
Photo credit: NASA/JPL-Caltech I rarely post anything on space because I really don’t know much more than the average reader of this weblog; no value-add from me. But yesterday I ran across an article...
View ArticleHabitable planets & Alpha Centauri
Seed‘s Mr. Space Lee Billings has an interesting piece, The Long Shot: “If planets are found around Alpha Centauri, it’s very clear to me what will happen,” Marcy said. “NASA will immediately convene...
View ArticleHawaii, going long on space tourism
Hawaii Looks to Space Tourism to Aid Recession Woes: According to the Honolulu Advertiser, the state would start by spending up to a million dollars developing a spaceport. But Hawaii isn’t alone: The...
View ArticleWho supports the space program?
I just listened to a radio segment on public sentiments toward the Apollo space program expenditures in hindsight. The polling had a small N, 3 people in Los Angeles on the street. But it got me...
View ArticleNOVA: Is there life on Mars?
I notice that the NOVA documentary, Is there life on Mars?, is viewable online (from December 2008). Check it out.
View ArticleStephen Hawking steps down
Hawking steps down as Lucasian professor in UK. H/T Anthropology.net
View ArticleThe moon is not such a harsh mistress
Dynamic of the Cats as some commentary on the LCROSS landing the moon. The “big news” is the very high confidence now that one can put on the proposition that the moon does have water. Since humans are...
View ArticleThe World Space Agency a comin’?
NASA to Review Human Spaceflight: The National Aeronautics and Space Administration is preparing for a major evaluation of its human spaceflight program, even as many who will conduct the survey have...
View ArticleSpace, the forgotten frontier
The End of the Space Age: It’s important to recognize, though, that the decision in question belongs to all of us, and not just to Barack Obama. The administration wouldn’t be cutting the manned...
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