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Everybody has won and all must have prizes
Prizes for specific accomplishments have been proposed as the solution to the problem of a moribund space program. Are they?
January 25, 2012 |
By Paul D. Spudis
China’s Long March to the Moon
China plans to send humans to the Moon. Why we should care.
January 14, 2012 |
By Paul D. Spudis
About Those Space Joyrides…
The first suborbital tourists will spend up to $200,000 for a few precious minutes of weightlessness. How many minutes will they get?
January 06, 2012 |
By David Warmflash
Is SpaceX changing the rocket equation?
1 visionary + 3 launchers + 1,500 employees = ?
January 2012 |
By Andrew Chaikin
How Things Work: Dropping in on Mars
NASA's Curiosity rover will try a new way of landing on another planet.
January 2012 |
By Tony Reichhardt
Annus Horribilis: Space in 2011
A review of the year in space. It's not pretty.
December 27, 2011 |
By Paul D. Spudis
The Path of Exploration
The meaning of the word "exploration" changed about a hundred years ago. We should recover its full, original meaning, which included not only discovery but exploitation and wealth creation.
December 14, 2011 |
By Paul D. Spudis
SETI Plugs the Phone Back In
The Allen Telescope Array is back online.
December 08, 2011 |
By Heather Goss
The Latest Destination for Human Spaceflight
Humans to Venus? The latest proposed destination for human space missions illustrates the essential hollowness of the current direction of our civil space program.
December 01, 2011 |
By Paul D. Spudis
Where Were You?
In this 50th anniversary year of human spaceflight, we ask you to remember your own space milestones, and record where you were, and how you felt.
November 22, 2011 |
By Rebecca Maksel
Slopes, Streaks and Flows
Dark streaks occur on slopes on both the Moon and Mars, although interpretations about their origins may differ. The Moon offers us some insight into how these features can form on all of the terrestrial planets.
November 17, 2011 |
By Paul D. Spudis
Certified Safe
Planning to operate a taxi service for NASA astronauts? Here’s what’s required.
November 16, 2011 |
By Andrew Chaikin
Flights & Fancy: What Would You Send to Orbit?
Mementoes in an astronaut's luggage.
November 2011 |
By Terry Dunn
A & S Interview: Bobby Braun
NASA's outgoing technology guru talks about what's in the agency's R&D pipeline.
November 2011 |
By Tony Reichhardt
Ronald Greeley: A Gentleman and a Scholar
Some scientists are both great researchers and fine human beings. Ron Greeley was one of them.
October 29, 2011 |
By Paul D. Spudis
On the Orbiting of Species
NASA animal research practices have come a long way since the days of Able and Baker.
October 2011 |
By Mark Betancourt
Replicators Have Arrived
Three-dimensional printing technology can be used in conjunction with the material and energy resources of the Moon to build new space faring capabilities.
October 24, 2011 |
By Paul D. Spudis
Europe to Launch First Soyuz from South America
When a Soyuz lifts off from French Guiana on Thursday, it will be the first one to launch outside of Russia or Kazakhstan in the rocket's 44-year history, and the first step in assembling Europe's new GPS system.
October 19, 2011 |
By Heather Goss
Three Minutes = Three Years
Cue the Lawrence of Arabia theme. Actually, I prefer the soundtrack that the Mars Exploration Rover team used for this time-lapse video showing Opportunity’s 13-mile trek from Victoria crater to Endeavour crater.
October 13, 2011 |
By Tony Reichhardt
