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Written by Jeff Krukin
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Friday, 02 January 2009 |
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The Bloomberg news service reported today that "President-elect Barack Obama will probably tear down long-standing barriers between the U.S.’s civilian and military space programs to speed up a mission to the moon amid the prospect of a new space race with China." (Full story here). While the need to have a US Government launch capability available asap after the space shuttle is retired in late 2010 is understandable, is it necessary or wise to remove the walls separating US civil and military space programs? |
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Written by Jeff Krukin
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Thursday, 25 December 2008 |
Twas Christmas Day, when all through Shackleton Crater Not a GLXP rover was stirring... they would arrive later. The stockings were still hung by the He3 chimney with care, Had St. Nick arrived?... check the lunar dust, are footprints there? |
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Written by Jeff Krukin
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Monday, 22 December 2008 |
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NewSpace continued its evolution yesterday with the maiden test flight of Virgin Galactic's WhiteKnightTwo at Mojave Air and Space Port. In other words, another small blow is delivered to the naysayers. And yet they never learn, regardless of the industry. Somewhere out there is the OldSpace Black Knight yelling, "I'm invincible! The Black Knight Always Wins!" (Shame on you if you don't know what movie that dialogue is from. (One hint in case you don't; the creators of Virgin Galactic and that movie are from the same country). |
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