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Written by Jeff Krukin
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Wednesday, 11 March 2009 |
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On March 10th, NASA announced that it "completed a successful test firing of the igniter that will be used to start the Ares I rocket first stage motor." The day before, Space Exploration Technologies Corp. (SpaceX) announced that it had "successfully conducted a full mission duration firing of its new Merlin Vacuum engine on March 7." |
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Written by Jeff Krukin
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Saturday, 07 March 2009 |
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NASA's Kepler mission was successfully launched yesterday evening. As the NASA press release states, "Kepler is designed to find the first Earth-size planets orbiting stars at distances where water could pool on the planet's surface. Liquid water is believed to be essential for the formation of life." During the current global economic situation, it is to be expected that the question of "Why spend money on space exploration" will be asked even more firmly. What is the answer? |
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Written by Jeff Krukin
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Tuesday, 24 February 2009 |
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In the recently released "Sustainable Space Exploration and Space Development - A Unified Strategic Vision," authors Buzz Aldrin, Feng Hsu, and Ken Cox call for radical surgery on our nation's civil space program. This thought-provoking paper provides much-needed fuel for discussion, as the patient (NASA's Constellation Program) is dying a slow and painful death. But is a Department of Space, one of the major proposed changes, the right type of surgery? |
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