Sunday’s CSExtra: Scientists and others are gathered in Australia today to watch the skies for a Japanese spacecraft, Hayabusa, returning to Earth from a comet rendezvous mission. Weighing the risks and benefits of launching shuttle Atlantis one more time. India’s space program focus. And what is time?
1. From Spaceflightnow.com: Japan’s Hayabusa probe to re-enter Earth’s atmosphere, descend to a landing in Australia on Sunday after seven-year journey to an asteroid and back.
http://www.spaceflightnow.com/news/n1006/12hayabusa/
A. From Space.com: Hayabusa’s mission may help experts determine what awaits a human mission on an asteroid. Under the latest White House space policy, NASA will aim for a human asteroid landing by 2025.
http://www.exploredeepspace.com/scienceastronomy/asteroid-probe-nasa-plan-100612.html
B. The Sydney Morning Herald: Excitement builds over Hayabusa’s return.
http://www.smh.com.au/world/science/falcon-brings-stardust-as-space-odyssey-ends-20100612-y4t2.html
C. From National Geographic.com: A look at the Hayabusa mission profile.
http://news.nationalgeographic.com/news/2010/06/100611-science-space-asteroids-hayabusa-return-sample/
2. From Florida Today: A lengthy report on the prospects NASA can add a shuttle mission using Atlantis in mid-2011. Florida Today examines the risks and the benefits. NASA would have to change its crew rescue strategy. Thousands of contract workers who would otherwise face lay offs would stay on to prepare a cargo mission to the International Space Station.
http://www.floridatoday.com/article/20100613/NEWS02/6130318/Atlantis-up-for-an-encore–
3. From Aviation Week & Space Technology: India attempts to overcome a setback in its bid to launch its own astronauts. Meanwhile, India’s space program makes strides in Earth observation and robotic deep space exploration missions.
http://www.aviationnow.com/aw/generic/story_generic.jsp?channel=awst&id=news/awst/2010/06/14/AW_06_14_2010_p62-231468.xml&headline=India%20Is%20A%20Spacefaring%20Nation
4. From the Orlando Sentinel: Columnist Mike Thomas compares SpaceX to NASA. Of SpaceX, he writes, “This is the future. NASA is the past.”
http://www.orlandosentinel.com/news/local/os-mike-thomas-elon-musk-061310-20100613,0,5487609.column
5. From Universe Today.com: What time is it? What’s time?
http://www.universetoday.com/2010/06/12/astronomy-without-a-telescope-is-time-real/#more-66288
6. From KSNW via MSNBC.com: The Kansas Cosmosphere won’t have the resources to obtain Atlantis, Discovery or Endeavour as NASA’s shuttle program retires. However, there is plenty of other shuttle memorabilia the museum and educational facility is interested in, rocket engines, astronaut clothing, rescue equipment.
http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/37649818
7. From Discovery.com: Earlier this month, an amateur astronomer witnessed a bright flash on Jupiter. Experts assumed it was an asteroid striking the giant planet. But follow up observations have nothing like the dark rings that accompanied the Shoemaker-Levy comet impact in 1994. Was the flash lightning or some other atmospheric phenomena?
http://news.discovery.com/space/why-did-jupiter-flash.html
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