Moon Landing

NASA Simply Stopped Being a Priority

Howard Steven Friedman | Posted 04.30.2012

Read More: Russia, Google, John F. Kennedy, India, Moon Landing, Nasa, Nasa Space Shuttle, Google Lunar X Prize, Sputnik, Space Shuttle, India Space Program, China, China Space Station, Space Program, Nasa Budget, Space, NASA Funding, Space Race, Politics News
Howard Steven Friedman

Will we look back and ask ourselves whether the decision to abandon space was a wise decision? Or will historians look back and identify this decision as a textbook example of when America sacrificed long-term strategic goals for short-term interests.

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In the Age of Obama, the Eagle Has Fallen

Ken Blackwell | Posted 04.24.2012

Read More: John F. Kennedy, Nasa, Barack Obama, Space, Obama Administration, Space Shuttle, Jfk, Space Race, Space Shuttle Discovery, Moon Landing, Moon, Politics News
Ken Blackwell

The American Apollo program was one of the greatest events in all of human history. By turning our backs on JFK's achievement, we have consented to national humiliation and national decline.

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Back Where It All Began: An Interview With Astronaut Ron Garan

Zoe P. Strassfield | Posted 05.20.2012

Read More: Moon Landing, Cradle of Aviation, International Space Station, Nasa, Space Exploration, Astronomy, Space, Ron Garan, Aviation, Space Shuttle, Astronauts, Long Island, College News
Zoe P. Strassfield

"The thing I want people to take away is the example of international collaboration that created and built the space station. It's just awe-inspiring."

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WATCH: Astronauts Dance, Sing On Moon In Vintage Video

Posted 02.22.2012

Read More: John Glenn, Moon Landing, Video, Harrison Jack Schmitt, Eugene Cernan, Harrison Schmitt, Moon the Fountain in the Park, The Fountain in the Park, Apollo 17, Moon Walking Video, Moon Video, Science News

Astronauts really do have all the fun. Smithsonian Magazine reminded us on Tuesday of the classic 1972 video of astronauts Harrison "Jack" Schmitt ...

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NASA's New Year's Moon Mission

AP | By ALICIA CHANG | Posted 01.04.2012

Read More: Lunar Mission, Jet Propulsion Laboratory, Moon Landing, Nasa Moon Mission, Nasa New Years, New Years Moon, Jpl, New Years Moon Mission, Science News

LOS ANGELES -- The cruise to the moon took 3 1/2 months and covered 2 1/2 million miles – far longer than the direct three-day flight by Apollo ...

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Over and Out, Above and Beyond: Is the Space Age Over Or Just Beginning?

William Bradley | Posted 09.27.2011

Read More: Russia, Apollo, Moon Landing, Nasa, Barack Obama, John F. Kennedy, Atlantis, Space Shuttle, Richard Nixon, Soyuz, Technology News
William Bradley

As I watched the last mission of Atlantis -- something utterly unimaginable in 1969 -- some of the old feeling came back. But it seemed, with due respect, rather generic, with a cloudy future overhanging it all.

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The Big Ideas Deficit

Matthew Kohut | Posted 07.25.2011

Read More: Energy, John F. Kennedy, Apollo, Obama Speech, Nasa, Moon Landing, Sputnik Moment, Green, Clean Energy, Presidential Rhetoric, Great Moments in Presidential Speeches, President, Barack Obama, Politics News
Matthew Kohut

The Sputnik moment for clean energy has not passed, and if reelected, President Obama may have another opportunity to do a big thing or two.

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White House Tape Uncovers JFK's Worries About Moon Mission

AP | JAY LINDSAY | Posted 07.25.2011

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BOSTON — After setting a soaring vision to land a man on the moon, President John F. Kennedy struggled with how to sell the public on a costly s...

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50 Years Later: The Alan Shepard Freedom 7 Flight

Neal Thompson | Posted 07.03.2011

Read More: Alan Shepard, Neil Armstrong, Moon Landing, Birther-Movement, Stanley Kubrick, Space Exploration, Moon Landing Hoax, Moon Landing Conspiracy, Donald Trump, Barack Obama, Media News
Neal Thompson

From the start, exploring space was all about the race, the competition between two superpowers, each flexing their nation's brains and brawn. Who wou...

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Brooklyn, We Have a Problem

Charlie Carillo | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Neil Armstrong, Moon Landing, Great Depression, Family, Apollo 11, New York News
Charlie Carillo

A signed copy of Neil Armstrong's flight plan for the Apollo 11 moon mission just sold at auction for $51,000. But if my late grandmother had been there, she would not have lifted her bidding paddle.

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JFK 50 Years Later: Great Goals for a Great Nation

Brent Budowsky | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Kennedy Inaugural Speech, Moon Landing, Energy Independence, Jfk, Homeless Veterans, Veterans, Politics News
Brent Budowsky

Let's honor President Kennedy as we celebrate the 50th anniversary of his inaugural address but honor him not with our words, but with our deeds. Not with our talk but with our actions. Not with big platitudes but with great aspirations.

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Reflections on Hurricane Katrina and the Moon Landing -- the Heights and Depths of American Accomplishment

Howard Steven Friedman | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: New Orleans, Moon Landing, Nasa, Fema, America, American Exceptionalism, Income Inequality, Katrina, War in Iraq, NASA Moon, Rebuilding New Orleans, Iraq War, Education, Health Care Reform, Hurricane Katrina, Education Reform, Iraq, Health Care, Inequality, Colin Powell, Incarceration, Crime, Afghanistan, Afghanistan War, Prison, George W. Bush, Ghana, Dick Cheney, Halliburton, Africa, Politics News
Howard Steven Friedman

I was working in Ghana when Katrina occurred. The reaction of my Ghanaian coworker was, "America will rebuild New Orleans in no time!" He then qualified his statement: "America could rebuild New Orleans in no time, if it wanted to."

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Obama's Speech: An Enormous Wasted Opportunity

Andrew Winston | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Gas Prices, Obama Speech, Moon Landing, Kleiner Perkins, President Obama, John Doerr, Gulf of Mexico, Gulf Oil Spill, Jeff Immelt, Ge, Green News
Andrew Winston

Tonight's speech was a real disappointment. How could Obama not use this opportunity to call on us to do some hard things? What's scary about the speech is that it almost could have been any president in the last four decades.

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Norman Mailer's "Moonfire" Celebrated With New Coffeetable Book

HuffPost Citizen Reporting | Alex Vadukul | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Moon Landing, Taschen Books, Norman Mailer, 1969, Lawrence Schiller, Colum McCann, New York News

Norman Mailer, a writer once known for his towering ego, enjoyed the release of an equally over-sized book last Friday. Fans of Mailer gathered in th...

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Former Astronauts Slam 'Disastrous' Cancellation Of Moon Landing Program

AP | Posted 05.25.2011

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LONDON — Two former astronauts have said they are disappointed with the U.S. government's decision to cancel NASA's moon landing program. Jim L...

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A Different Kind of Moon Race

Buzz Aldrin | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Mike Collins, Neil Armstrong, Buzz Aldrin, Nasa, Moon Landing, Moon, Space Exploration, Lunar Landing, Technology News
Buzz Aldrin

A quarter of a million miles from where you are reading these words, on the dusty surface of our companion Moon, lies the best chance in decades for America to reestablish itself as a global space leader.

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The Best Kennedy Legacy

Craig Crawford | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: John F. Kennedy, Moon Landing, Nuclear Weapons, Civil Rights, Peace Corps, Ted Kennedy, Politics News
Craig Crawford

I am honored to have written an upcoming book with the incomparable, indefatigable Helen Thomas. With no reservations we concluded that JFK was the best of our presidents in recent times.

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Liz Cheney: Birther of Crazier Conspiracies

Warren Holstein | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Jews, Conspiracy Theories, Gop, Nasa, JFK Assasination Conspiracies, George W. Bush, Dick Cheney, Illuminati, Politics, Larry King, New Mexico, Kenya, Liz Cheney, Africa, Moon, Barack Hussein Obama, Moon Walk, Lee Harvey Oswald, Birthers, Buzz Aldrin, Apollo, Bill Clinton, Moon Landing, California, Birther-Movement, Rush Limbaugh, Moonwalk, Barack Obama, Obama Jews, Cnn, Obama Conspiracy, Obama Birth Certificate, Nobama, Roswell-New Mexico, Ufos, Jfk, Republicans, Msnbc, Fox News, Media, Comedy News
Warren Holstein

Dick's progeny didn't fall far from the gnarled, twisted tree. Liz Cheney has unfurled her writhing power-hungry roots, burrowing deep beneath the dirt filled with assorted creepy crawlies to feed her political prospects.

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The American Science Deficit -- and What to do About it

Chris Mooney | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Science, Moon Landing, Unscientific America, Space Race, Politics News
Chris Mooney

The policies and cultural changes unleashed in the wake of Sputnik shaped the course of American science for decades -- and made us world leaders. But then, something went very wrong.

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Why Go to the Moon? It's the Space Between Our Ears

Kimberly Krautter | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Manned-Space-Flight, Moon Landing, Space Program, Nasa, 40th Anniversary Moon Landing, Apollo 11, Politics News
Kimberly Krautter

To fail to continue to send people into space to actually learn about those environments and how they relate to our own sustainability would be to become even more self-absorbed than we already are.

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Obama Honors First Men To Land On Moon

Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Moon Landing, Buzz Aldrin, Neil Armstrong, Barack Obama, 40th Anniversary Moon Landing, Video, Obama Astronauts Video, Obama Buzz Aldrin Video, Obama Neil Armstrong Video, Politics News

SETH BORENSTEIN, Associated Press Writer WASHINGTON — The same question that could have been asked 40 years ago moments after Neil Armstrong st...

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Landing a Clean Energy Victory

Rep. Ed Markey | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Energy, Moon Landing, Edward Markey, 40th Anniversary Moon Landing, Clean Energy, Green Energy, Waxman-Markey Climate Bill, American Clean Energy and Security Act, Telecom, Ed Markey, Waxman-Markey, Telecommunications, Environment, Climate Change, Global Warming, Climate Bill, Politics News
Rep. Ed Markey

The clean energy race is the space race of our time. Yet so much more is at stake.

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NASA Celebrates Apollo 11 Anniversary With Giant Moon Pie

AP | Posted 05.25.2011

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CAPE CANAVERAL, Fla. — NASA is celebrating the 40th anniversary of man's first steps on the lunar surface with a giant moon pie. The concoction...

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Moon Landing 40th Anniversary (PHOTOS) (VIDEO)

Huffington Post | Katherine Goldstein | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Moon Landing, Neil Armstrong, Buzz Aldrin, Moon Landing Photos, Video, Slideshow, Apollo 11, Moon Landing Video, Lunar Landing, New Lunar Landing Video, July 20, Man on the Moon, July 20 1969, Moonwalk, Green News

Monday is the 40th anniversary of Apollo 11's moon landing. Astronauts Buzz Aldrin and Neil Armstrong were the first men to ever walk on the moon -- a...

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DVDs -- Celebrate Moon Landing With Little Known Classic For All Mankind

Michael Giltz | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Wallace Shawn, Moon Landing, Andre Gregory, Criterion, Louis Malle, Alain Resnais, Dvds, Ingmar Bergman, Apollo, Entertainment News
Michael Giltz

Filmmaker Al Reinert breaks a lot of rules. He depicts an idealized journey from the earth to the moon, grabbing footage wherever he found it.

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