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Editorial by Al Globus December 2011 Do lunar mines make sense The answer depends on what you want to do in space If what you
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Asteroid 2010 TK7 is circled in green Image Credit NASA JPL Caltech UCLA Scientists using the Wide field Infrared Survey Explorer WISE have discovered the
Tools and mechanical parts might be 8220 beamed 8221 up to a space station or a lunar or Mars base using technology that has in
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ISDC conference report by Dave Fischer If those who think Mars is sufficiently hard to get to and remain to settle are correct or those
Blue Origin Spacecraft Image Credit NASA Blue Origin Third in our series on the second round of funding in the Commercial Crew Development CCDev program
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NASA HL 20 Image Credit NASA The second round of funding in the Commercial Crew Development CCDev program has been announced by NASA Sierra Nevada
Boeing CST 100 Image Credit Boeing NASA announced the second round of funding in the Commercial Crew Development CCDev program Boeing was the big winner
Keeping the International Space Station ISS supplied will become an increasing challenge with the retirement of the US Space Shuttle in 2011 This is the
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