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2012: NASA Crusades To Debunk 2012 Apocalypse Myths

breitbart.com | Posted 11.10.2009 | Technology

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The world is not coming to an end on December 21, 2012, the US space agency insisted Monday in a rare campaign to dispel widespread rumors fuelled by ...

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Why We Need Better Rockets

Buzz Aldrin | Posted 11.09.2009 | Technology

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Buzz Aldrin

NASA's recent launch of the Ares 1-X was billed as the prototype of a crew launch vehicle, a fancy term for a manned space booster. In fact, the much-hyped Ares 1-X was much ado about nothing.

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Last Call to be World Leader

Daniel Bruno Sanz | Posted 11.04.2009 | Technology

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Daniel Bruno Sanz

Let America marshal its vast resources in the self-interested pursuit of innovation and science in space for the greatness of a nation and the benefit of the world.

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Space Elevator Games: Teams Compete To Build Elevator To Space

AP | JOHN ANTCZAK | Posted 11.04.2009 | Technology

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EDWARDS AIR FORCE BASE, Calif. — A robot powered by a ground-based laser beam climbed a long cable dangling from a helicopter on Wednesday to qu...

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Star Pictures: NASA's Most Extraordinary Images EVER (PHOTOS, POLL)

Posted 11.02.2009 | Technology

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These extraordinary images are literally out of this world. Galaxies and supernovae, protostellar jets and pulsars: these pictures of stars from the ...

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NASA To Start Irradiating Monkeys

dsc.discovery.com | Posted 10.30.2009 | Technology

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NASA is stepping up its space radiation studies with a round of experiments that for the first time in decades will use monkeys as subjects....

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Horse Races with Rocket Engines

William Pomerantz | Posted 10.28.2009 | Technology

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William Pomerantz

We're clearly coming into an era where commercial competition will have a major impact on the aerospace community -- and on the financial community as well.

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Ares I-X Launch: NASA's New Rocket Blasts Off On Test Flight

AP | MARCIA DUNN | Posted 10.28.2009 | Technology

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CAPE CANAVERAL, Fla. — NASA's newest rocket successfully completed a brief test flight Wednesday, the first step in a back-to-the-moon program t...

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Ares I-X: NASA's New Rocket Versus Tallest Rockets EVER (PHOTOS, POLL)

Posted 10.27.2009 | Technology

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As NASA prepares for the launch of its lofty new Ares I-X rocket, we decided to take a look back at the biggest rockets of years' past. See how NA...

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Ares I-X: NASA Launching Brand New Rocket, First Step In Effort To Return Astronatuts To Moon

AP | MARCIA DUNN | Posted 10.28.2009 | Technology

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CAPE CANAVERAL, Fla. — NASA tried for hours Tuesday to launch its newest rocket for a shakedown flight, but clouds and high wind kept it stuck o...

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Statisticians Confirm: No Global Cooling Despite Skeptic Spin

Brendan DeMelle | Posted 10.26.2009 | Green

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Brendan DeMelle

Despite the best efforts of a small handful of climate skeptics who argue that the globe has cooled rather than warmed since the record hot year of 1998, no such cooling trend has taken place.

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Ares I-X: NASA Unveils First New Rocket In 30 Years (PHOTOS)

AP/Huffington Post | MARCIA DUNN | Posted 10.27.2009 | Technology

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(MARCIA DUNN, AP) CAPE CANAVERAL-- NASA's lofty new rocket arrived at the launching pad Tuesday for a test flight next week that comes at a time when ...

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NASA Moon Bombing: LCROSS Photos Show Moon Blast Debris Cloud

AP | Posted 10.18.2009 | Technology

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LOS ANGELES — NASA's much-hyped mission to hurl a spacecraft into the moon turned out some worthwhile data after all, scientists said. New imag...

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Invading The Moon & Our Disordered Home Planet

Dr. Susan Corso | Posted 10.19.2009 | Living

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Dr. Susan Corso

I think there's a message in Chicago losing the Olympics. I also think there's a message in the moon invasion despite its alleged success. The message is a simple one: It's time to focus on home.

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Astronomers Shocked: "The Edge Of The Solar System Is Tied Up With A Ribbon" (VIDEO)

Huffington Post | Katherine Goldstein | Posted 10.16.2009 | Green

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NASA's Interstellar Boundary Explorer, or IBEX, has just produced new images of the solar system that has shocked astronomers. This first full-sized m...

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Not Talking 'bout the Weather

Jennifer Schneider | Posted 10.15.2009 | Denver

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Jennifer Schneider

Is it possible that the climate change communication problem is no longer a problem of science education at all, and trying to clarify and explain the science might be counterproductive?

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Atlantis Shuttle: NASA Invites Twitterers To Launch, Prepares Shuttle (PHOTOS)

AP / Huffington Post | Posted 10.14.2009 | Technology

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See photos below CAPE CANAVERAL, Fla. -- NASA is inviting its Twitter followers to the next space shuttle launch. The shuttle Atlantis was moved...

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Don't Trust Science?

Lee Schneider | Posted 10.14.2009 | Living

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Lee Schneider

People don't trust science like they used to. A Pew Research Center poll says that only 27 percent of Americans think our greatest achievements are in science - down from 47 percent a decade ago.

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Oct. 12, 2009, News Update

Richard Valeriani | Posted 10.13.2009 | Politics

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Richard Valeriani

President Obama wins Nobel Peace Prize. Shock and awe or shocking and awful? Also, NASA sends two rockets to explode on moon. Luckily, the moon does not fire back.

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A Different Kind of Moon Race

Buzz Aldrin | Posted 10.12.2009 | Technology

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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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Save Space: Letter-Writing Campaign To Save The Space Program

Posted 10.12.2009 | Impact

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The national space program is scheduled to end soon, and a vocal group of enthusiasts, businesses and cities have banded together to promote Save Spac...

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The Norwegians Got It!

Lester Sloan | Posted 10.12.2009 | Politics

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Lester Sloan

While writers, poets, and scientists usually win the award for what they have accomplished, statesmen, philosophers, and other persons of ideas are honored for the causes that they champion.

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NASA Moon Bombing: WATCH NASA's LCROSS Mission Crash The Moon (LIVE VIDEO, PHOTOS)

AP | Posted 10.12.2009 | Technology

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*See video of NASA moon bombing and photos of LCROSS below* WASHINGTON Take that, moon! NASA smacked two spacecraft into the lunar south pole Fr...

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Oh No! NASA's LCROSS Is Going to Hit the Moon! Run!

Jeff Goldstein | Posted 10.08.2009 | Technology

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Jeff Goldstein

NASA's slamming a satellite into the Moon?! Hasn't anybody thought this through? The Moon's going to be forced from its orbit! Giant tides will wash around the Earth! The Man in the Moon will be mad at us!

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Moon Bombing Video: Watch NASA's LCROSS Mission Bomb The Moon (UPDATED, PHOTOS)

Posted 10.09.2009 | Technology

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*Watch video and see pictures below* UPDATE: The AP reports that NASA's LCROSS mission has successfully bombed the moon in the quest to find water in...

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