NASA Plan Fails to Appease Critics
Source: The Wall Street Journal President Barack Obama on Thursday stuck to his controversial plan to outsource core parts of NASA’s mission to private industry, telling a growing chorus of critics it will help “ensure our leadership in space is even...Obama Vows Renewed Space Program
Source: The New York Times Pointing to Mars and asteroids as destinations, President Obama on Thursday forcefully countered criticisms that he was trying to end the nation’s human spaceflight program. This was the first time that the president had lent his personal...Indian Space Program Suffers Setback
India’s blossoming space program was set back April 15 by the failure of their Geosynchronous Satellite Launch Vehicle (GSLV-D3). The GSLV-D3 vehicle lifted off successfully, but the first flight of a home-grown cryogenic upper stage did not succeed. That flight test...President Barack Obama waves farewell after speaking at KSC
President Obama tours the Space X Rocket Processing Facility
The President arrives at Kennedy Space Center
NASA University Student Launch Initiative – April 17-18
The NASA University Student Launch Initiative, or USLI, is a competition that challenges university-level students to design, build and fly a reusable rocket with scientific payload to one mile in altitude. The project engages students in scientific research and...Moon vets say Obama’s NASA cuts would ground U.S.
Source: USA Today President Obama’s plans for NASA could be “devastating” to the U.S. space program and “destines our nation to become one of second- or even third-rate stature,” three legendary astronauts said in a letter Tuesday. Neil...Will President Obama finally lay out his vision for space?
Source: The Houston Chronicle Since his election as President, Barack Obama has barely mentioned NASA publicly. His most lengthy references came at the National Academies a year ago (see speech). But as some commentators noticed, he championed science during that...Space Talk
The Universe is full of invisible radiation …but this is the tiny part we can actually see. 👁️🌌
Visible light is only a small part of the electromagnetic spectrum, yet it reveals stars, galaxies, nebulae, and planets directly to our eyes and telescopes.
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Sometimes, you don’t need an escape from the world—just a quiet moment to get lost in your own thoughts. 📚🎧#learning #space #nasa #isro
No, sending 6 people to Mars or to the Moon is not a a good investment. Specially since those billions could be use to provide Medicare for all Americans. Benefit millions of people or give a rocket ride to 6 people. Oh yeah, the inventions only help corporations not us #NASA 🤷♂️
Infrared lets us see what visible light can’t. 🌌
It can pass through cosmic dust and reveal hidden stars, warm dust, and regions where new stars are being born….giving us a different view of the Universe.
#space #spacetechnologies #nasa #astrophysics #physics #Astrología
