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A Bold New Chance for Mars Exploration!

Dirk Schulze-Makuch, Ph.D. | Posted 05.11.2012

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Dirk Schulze-Makuch, Ph.D.

Certainly, there is no replacement for Earth, and Mars will never be a replacement for Earth. But we do need to move forward, and mission proposals, such as BOLD, will be the first step toward a grand vision.

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What NASA Budget Woes Mean For Next Mission To Mars

AP | ALICIA CHANG | Posted 04.14.2012

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LOS ANGELES -- Know how to go to Mars cheaply? NASA can use your help. The space agency on Friday put out a call for ideas for the next Mars mission ...

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Change My Mind: The U.S. Should Send a Manned Mission to Mars

Rep. Barney Frank | Posted 04.02.2012

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Rep. Barney Frank

When it comes to Mars exploration, the U.S. has been there, done that--with robotic rovers. But while many proposals have been put forth for sending astronauts to the Red Planet, none has gotten the green light. Yet.

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The Last Shuttle, the Endless Deficit, a Frozen Culture; a Meditation on Limits

Adam Hanft | Posted 09.10.2011

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Adam Hanft

There's something puzzling about a president who wrote a book called The Audacity of Hope becoming the Privatizer-In-Chief, turning much of the space program over to for-profit companies.

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A Daughter's Dream of Space (As an Era Comes to a Close)

Margaret Lazarus Dean | Posted 08.19.2011

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Margaret Lazarus Dean

Sometimes people ask me how I grew to love spaceflight. I used to answer that I spent a lot of time at the Smithsonian as a kid. But as time went on, my answer started to reach back one step further.

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A Nation in Need of Awe

Terry Newell | Posted 08.04.2011

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Terry Newell

NASA launches have become so routine that the media barely take notice. After 125 missions, perhaps this is to be expected. We can get used to almost anything, taking for granted what our energy, ingenuity, and dreams have granted us.

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Freedom 7: 50 Years Ago Today, the First American in Space (VIDEO)

Meg Waite Clayton | Posted 07.05.2011

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Meg Waite Clayton

Alan Shepard became the first American in space, twenty-three days after Russian Yuri Gagarin had orbited the earth. The flight was history-making.

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The Next Frontier: Where Do Astronauts Go From Here?

nytimes.com | KENNETH CHANG | Posted 06.23.2011

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What happens when you have the right stuff at the wrong time? Members of NASA's astronaut corps have been asking just that, now that the space shut...

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The Top Contenders In The New Space Race

msnbc.com | Posted 05.25.2011

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When NASA's space shuttle fleet retires in 2011, the space agency will have to rely on Russian spacecraft and the private sector to taxi cargo and hum...

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Obama On Mars: 'I Expect To See It'

AP | SETH BORENSTEIN and ERICA WERNER | Posted 05.25.2011

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CAPE CANAVERAL, Fla. — President Barack Obama boldly predicted Thursday his new plans for space exploration would lead American astronauts on hi...

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Obama Outlines NASA Space Program's Future: What It Means (PHOTOS)

Huffington Post/AP | SETH BORENSTEIN and ERICA WERNER | Posted 05.25.2011

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CAPE CANAVERAL, Fla. – President Barack Obama declared Thursday he was "100 percent committed to the mission of NASA and its future" as he outlined ...

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Neil Armstrong BLASTS Obama's 'Devastating' Space Plan

Huffington Post | Bianca Bosker | Posted 05.25.2011

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Former astronauts Neil Armstrong, James Lovell, and Eugene Cernan slammed President Barack Obama's proposed changes to the US space program, describin...

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NASA Maps Out US's Revamped Space Program

AP | SETH BORENSTEIN | Posted 05.25.2011

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WASHINGTON — NASA may not be going to the moon anytime soon and its space shuttles are about to be retired, but it could conceivably increase th...

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Mars In 40 Days: New Rocket Engine Could Make Quick Space Travel Possible

Posted 05.25.2011

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Last week, Space.com reported an exciting piece of news for space exploration enthusiasts: technology that could someday make human travel to Mars pos...

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Obama To Unveil New Vision For NASA Space Program, Mars Mission

Reuters | Posted 05.25.2011

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President Barack Obama will outline his administration's vision for space agency NASA and an eventual trip to Mars during a conference in Florida in A...

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