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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.
Peter Diamandis | Posted 10.02.2009 | Technology
We had been looking for possibilities to go to space and perhaps find a way for others like us with to be able to do it as well. While some options existed, they lacked credibility.
ProPublica | Posted 09.18.2009 | World
"We're spending a lot of money on these rifles, millions of dollars -- where do you think that money is going to?" [1] Ronald Boline, a former Triple ...
Human Rights Watch | Posted 09.06.2009 | World
Palestinian armed groups have argued that rocket attacks are appropriate reprisals for Israeli military operations and the ongoing blockade of Gaza, and are a lawful response.
William Pomerantz | Posted 06.12.2009 | Politics
A document submitted to Congress by NASA in late April indicates that as much as $150 million may be set added to the COTS program.
AFP | Posted 05.15.2009 | World
Iranian President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad said on Tuesday that Tehran was working on manufacturing rockets that can carry satellites heavier than the one ...
AP | IBRAHIM BARZAK | Posted 04.12.2009 | World
GAZA CITY, Gaza Strip — The Islamic militant group Hamas made a rare criticism Thursday of Palestinian rocket fire on Israel, saying now is the ...
Howard Schweber | Posted 02.14.2009 | World
The real question is whether "proportionality" remains a useful category of analysis. By any accepted interpretation, the standard has been repeatedly violated by both Israel and Hamas.
James Heffernan | Posted 02.13.2009 | World
Let's have a reality check here. Whatever Hamas says, it can no more annihilate Israel than a mouse can crush a tiger.
Karin Kloosterman | Posted 02.09.2009 | World
In a recording studio in Sderot, a few miles east of Israel's Gaza strip, Sergio Arditi felt the steady pulse of Rock and Roll give way to the sporadic vibration of bombs.
Omri Marcus | Posted 02.07.2009 | World
Here is a short guide to the various characters you will find in the Tel Aviv bubble these days, including Mr. Right Wing, Mr. Left Wing, The Escapist, and The Conspiracy Theory Guy.
Karin Kloosterman | Posted 01.29.2009 | World
I've been living in Israel now for almost a decade, and have survived biological warfare threats from Saddam, Intifada #2, terror attacks targeting Israeli civilians, and the war with Lebanon. But today, I feel pissed off.
Hannah Fisher | Posted 01.29.2009 | Media
BBC coverage of the events in Gaza portrays Israel as causing humanitarian crises by refusing supplies into Gaza. In reality, Israel was providing almost 4000 trucks of aid a month to Gaza.
Karin Kloosterman | Posted 01.28.2009 | World
Peres: "It is the first time in the history of Israel that we, the Israelis, cannot understand the motives or the purposes of the ones who are shooting at us. It is the most unreasonable war, done by the most unreasonable warriors."
Reuters | Michael Holden | Posted 03.28.2008 | Politics
Iraqi officials said 15 policemen were killed and more than 45 wounded in eastern Baghdad on Tuesday as they tried to defuse rockets that had been pre...
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Buzz Aldrin | Posted 11.09.2009 | Technology