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Obama Team to Revise NASA Moon-Shot Program, May Delay Shuttle Launches

BY Kit Eaton
Relevancy Score: 100
Thu May 7, 2009 at 10:08 AM

NASA's plan to replace the Space Shuttle and return astronauts to the Moon and possibly Mars has been controversial right from the start. And now there's a strong hint that the Obama administration will directly intervene and ...READ»

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Will NASA Reinvent Its Lunar Rocket Program?

BY Kit Eaton
Relevancy Score: 100
Wed Jul 1, 2009 at 8:21 AM

NASA's ambitious design to return humans to the lunar surface has been controversial right from the get-go. It calls for ditching the Space Shuttle entirely and abandoning nearly all of its technology except for the solid rocket ...READ»

BUSINESS DEVELOPMENT | Comment

The Race for Space

BY Heath Row
Relevancy Score: 91
Tue Jun 22, 2004 at 11:34 AM

Kudos to the team behind SpaceShipOne, the first private-enterprise manned rocket to make it to the boundary of Earth's atmosphere and outer space. Whether the three-seat rocket and its backers, who include Paul Allen, will qualify ...READ»

EDUCATION | 1 comment

Fancy a Space Shuttle? NASA's Giving Some Away

BY Kit Eaton
Relevancy Score: 66
Thu Dec 18, 2008 at 6:31 AM

The end of an era is rapidly approaching: Soon the skies will shake no more to Space Shuttle stacks rocketing into orbit, and the world's first real space ship will go gently into retirement. It's so soon, in fact, that NASA's beginning to plan ...READ»

INNOVATION | Comment

Virgin Galactic Planetary

BY Heath Row
Relevancy Score: 53
Tue Sep 28, 2004 at 11:00 AM

Earlier this year, SpaceShipOne, a commercial space flight venture backed by Paul Allen, tried for the skies, aiming to qualify for the Ansari X prize. The team is trying again early tomorrow -- and now they're joined by a leader who ...READ»

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Obama Funds NASA's Return to the Moon

BY Kit Eaton
Relevancy Score: 36
Fri Feb 27, 2009 at 5:48 AM

Just the other day, an influential group of ex-astronauts--including Buzz Aldrin--publicly called for a new direction in the U.S. space effort, demanding more human space flight and even a Department of Space. And it's just possible ...READ»

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NASA Outsources Billion-Dollar ISS Missions To Private Companies [video]

BY Kit Eaton
Relevancy Score: 35
Wed Dec 24, 2008 at 7:55 AM

The International Space Station is nearing completion, and with the looming demise of the Space Shuttle program and significant gap before the next-gen Constellation-class rocket is available, a replacement set of launchers is needed. ...READ»

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First Satellite Fender-Bender Shows Why Space Needs a Clean-Up

BY Kit Eaton
Relevancy Score: 30
Thu Feb 12, 2009 at 6:39 AM

Tuesday saw a strangely historic event occur--the first accidental collision in space of two orbiting satellites: a 1,200-pound communications satellite in full-working order, and a 1-ton aging Russian satellite that's been presumed ...READ»

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