Obama expected to save Orion, bolster jobs at Kennedy Space Center
Source: Orlando Sentinel Under pressure from Congress and space boosters from across the country, President Barack Obama is expected to announce Thursday that he plans to revive part of the Constellation moon program, start a new heavy-rocket development project and...Orion To Become Crew Lifeboat Under Revised Obama Space Plan
Source: Space News A top NASA official said U.S President Barack Obama will announce plans to continue development of a stripped-down version of the Orion Crew Exploration Vehicle for use as a crew lifeboat on the international space station. Obama, who is scheduled...Obama adds meat, jobs to space plan with revived crew capsule, speeded up massive rocket
Source: The Los Angeles Times President Barack Obama is reviving the NASA crew capsule concept that he had canceled with the rest of the moon program earlier this year, in a move that will mean more jobs and less reliance on the Russians, officials said Tuesday. The...President Obama’s Space Plan: New Fact Sheets Outline Strategy
President Obama’s Space Plan: New Fact Sheets Outline Strategy On Thursday, April 15, at the Kennedy Space Center in Florida, the President will outline a bold strategy for human spaceflight. That strategy increases the NASA budget by $6 billion over the next five...Apollo 11 Lunar Site: A Giant Leap for Historic Preservation
New Mexico has designated the Apollo 11 moon landing site as “cultural property” – a decision to officially assign the artifacts left behind at Tranquility Base in the official registry of the New Mexico Register of Cultural Properties. The New Mexico Historic...NASA Chief Spotlights Vibrant Space Exploration Enterprise
NASA chief Charles Bolden painted an upbeat picture of where his space agency is headed. Bolden was the opening speaker at the National Space Symposium today, asking the packed auditorium here, as well as those at NASA itself, to “sit back and take a deep breath”...Obama in space: bold but not bold enough
Source: The Space Review When President Obama visits the Kennedy Space Center this week to discuss the future of NASA, he should be greeted with praise for following the Augustine Committee’s recommendations—and criticism for not being bold enough. Lost in the...NASA, We’ve Got a Problem. But It Can Be Fixed.
Source: The New York Times During his trip to the Kennedy Space Center this week, President Obama will be confronted with an awkward political reality: when it comes to space exploration, sometimes even Republicans can be passionate advocates for the public option....Does Obama Have the Right Stuff for Space?
Source: The New York Times Will President Obama’s plan for space exploration bring us closer to Mars — or is it a step backward for those who favor human exploration of the solar system? In my Findings column, I discuss some potential advantages of Mr. Obama’s plan to...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.
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