How low has NASA sunk? Damned low: It may not rank as the most compelling reason to curb greenhouse gases, but reducing our emissions might just save humanity from a pre-emptive alien attack, scientists claim. Watching from afar, extraterrestrial beings might view changes in Earth’s atmosphere as symptomatic of a civilisation growing out of control [...]
With this morning’s Shuttle landing, the era of NASA as we knew it officially draws to a close. Sadly, the past forty years have forced us to bear witness to the devolution of what was once perhaps the government’s leanest, most efficient, and most successful (in terms of real accomplishment) programs. NASA has become a [...]
Space shuttle Atlantis blasted off from Kennedy Space Center in Florida on Friday, marking the final launch of NASA’s space shuttle program. The shuttle, with a reduced crew of four, is ferrying supplies on a 12-day mission to the International Space Station, which was assembled in orbit from parts carried into orbit by earlier shuttles [...]
Yesterday NASA announced that last month's LCROSS probe collision with the Moon generated a debris cloud filled with tiny particles of ice. You may remember the LCROSS experiment as…
Yesterday marked the 40th anniversary of the end of the historic flight of Apollo 11, which was launched on July 16, 1969 and splashed down a thousand miles southwest…
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