NASA, Congress Clash Over Heavy Lift, Crew Capsule Funding, Timing
NASA began the New Year with a stir last week, when it furnished Congress with a legislatively required blueprint for a Space Launch System, a new heavy lift rocket, and a Multi-Purpose Crew Vehicle — essentially a combination of rocket launcher and capsule...Mars Rover Sends Back New “Edgy” Photos
NASA’s Opportunity rover is engaged in survey work at the edge of a crater dubbed Santa Maria. Scientists are pleased with the robot’s imagery showing a crater with diverse textures – including sand dunes at the crater’s bottom. Opportunity has rolled up close to the...Safety Panel Urges U. S. Policy Makers to Settle on NASA’s Future Course
The White House, Congress and NASA must work quickly to resolve the space agency’s future exploration and transportation strategies, the Aerospace Safety Advisory Panel concludes in the committee’s latest annual report. The Congressionally-chartered panel...CSExtra – Monday, January 17, 2011
To subscribe to CSExtra via RSS feed click here. If you would prefer to receive CSExtra in e-mail format, e-mail us at Info@space.com with the word SUBSCRIBE in the subject line. Monday’s CSExtra offers a weekend roundup of the latest reporting on space-related...What’s Up? SpaceShipTwo Takes to the Air in Fourth Glide Test
The privately-backed SpaceShipTwo has taken wing again, chalking up its fourth drop test on January 13 after being released from its mothership, WhiteKnightTwo, high above the Mojave Air and Space Port in California. Virgin Galactic’s SpaceShipTwo is capable of...Book Review: The Doomsday Lobby – Hype and Panic from Sputniks, Martians and Marauding Meteors
The Doomsday Lobby – Hype and Panic from Sputniks, Martians and Marauding Meteors by James T. Bennett; Copernicus Books/Springer; New York, New York; $24.95; (soft cover); 2010. I think you’ll find this scholarly book of value – and somewhat surprising in its...NASA Backs Up Endeavour Commander, Though Mark Kelly Hopes To Resume Mission Preparations
NASA on Thursday appointed a backup to Endeavour Commander Mark Kelly, whose Congresswoman wife, Gabrielle Giffords, was among those critically wounded during a shooting spree last weekend at a Tucson, Ariz. political rally. However, Kelly hopes to lead the 14-day...CSExtra – Thursday, January 13, 2011
To subscribe to CSExtra via RSS feed click here. If you would prefer to receive CSExtra in e-mail format, e-mail us at Info@space.com with the word SUBSCRIBE in the subject line. Thursday’s CSExtra offers the latest reporting on space related activities from...Soyuz Seats for Space Tourists
If you’re anxious to travel into space – and have the tens of millions of dollars to shoulder your passion – then the news today from Space Adventures you’ll like. Working with the Federal Space Agency of the Russian Federation (FSA) and Rocket Space Corporation...Space Talk
A new UK law claims to make reporting child sexual abuse mandatory.
It isn’t. The part that actually mattered got left out, and the government’s own paperwork predicts who’ll simply ignore it.
I wrote about why. 👇
https://adifferentperspectiveuk.substack.com/p/when-mandatory-doesnt-mean-what-we?r=8q5uso&utm_medium=ios&shareImageVariant=split
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.@BrBobMackeSJ of @VaticanObserv designed a custom instrument for @NASA known as a #pycnometer, tailored to the mission's needs. This specialized tool is used for measuring the density and porosity of tiny grains of gravels from Bennu. 🇻🇦🇺🇲🪨 #OsirisRex #NASA #Vatican #astronomy
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China's game plan in New space race to Moon's South Pole https://bit.ly/4g3ezAg
North America gets a solar eclipse on August 12th https://bit.ly/4qnXWTd
NASA invites ISRO to join Moon Base program https://bit.ly/4x75DQv
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Far beyond the planets may lie the Oort Cloud, a vast shell of icy objects stretching as far as 1.6 light-years from the Sun. ☄️
We’ve never observed it directly, but comet orbits suggest it may be the source of many long-period comets.
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