Book Review: Reality Check
Category: Nonfiction Reviewed by: Dale Skran Title: Reality Check Authors: Brad Wieners and David Pescovitz Format: Paperback Pages: 161 Publisher:
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Review Panel Hears Rival Plans for New Spaceflights In dueling PowerPoint presentations before the 10-member panel, appointed by the Obama administration in April, NASA officials
Shortsighted, reckless plan: Cutting NASA’s budget would hurt economy BY ROBERT HOPKINS in Florida Today Hertzfeld observed, although immense, the economic value of these space-based
A commentary on the future of the american space program
Garver served 9 years as Executive Director of the National Space Society Washington, DC – Tuesday, May 26, 2009 – The National Space Society (NSS)
Bolden’s burdens by Jeff Foust The announcement, when it did come, was something of an anticlimax. A little over a week earlier Bolden’s name emerged
To boldly go: the urgent need for a revitalized investment in space technology by John C. Mankins Introduction At the beginning of the space age,
U.S. ANNOUNCES REVIEW OF HUMAN SPACE FLIGHT PLANS The Obama Administration today announced the launch of an independent review of planned U.S. human space flight
Return to the Moon: Outpost or sorties? By Dr. Paul D. Spudis. In the question and answer period, he made a rather startling statement to
COTS D – Commercial Human Spaceflight to get at least $80m NASA and the White House have agreed for the first time to release money
NASA may abandon plans for moon base NASA will probably not build an outpost on the moon as originally planned, the agency’s acting administrator, Chris
Refining Constellation’s plans to make 2015 – Hanley proposes major changes Citing schedule concerns and technical challenges, Constellation manager Jeff Hanley has outlined a series
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