Entries Tagged as 'Space'

Say it isn’t so: President-Elect looking to cancel Ares 1?

Comments   0   Date Arrow  December 3, 2008 at 7:40am   User  by thecodepounder

The Obama transition team has presented a questionnaire to NASA officials asking, among other things, how much money could be saved by canceling the Ares 1 and scaling back the Orion Crew Exploration Vehicle. These are two of the vehicles that are intended to replace the Space Shuttle.
Space.com’s Brian Berger:
While the questionnaire, a copy of [...]

Tagged   Government / Law · Politics · Space

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Shuttle Endeavour heading home

Comments   0   Date Arrow  November 28, 2008 at 4:38pm   User  by thecodepounder

The space shuttle Endeavour has left the International Space Station for it’s trip back to Earth. Endeavour is scheduled to land in Florida on Sunday.

Tagged   Space

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Cold front could postpone shuttle Endeavour’s launch

Comments   0   Date Arrow  November 11, 2008 at 10:50pm   User  by thecodepounder

Associated Press:
CAPE CANAVERAL, Fla. — An approaching cold front could thwart NASA’s plans to launch space shuttle Endeavour on Friday on a flight to the international space station.

Tagged   Environment / Weather · Science · Space

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Shuttle Endeavour getting set for Thanksgiving mission

Comments   0   Date Arrow  November 7, 2008 at 2:08pm   User  by thecodepounder

Endeavour commander Chris Ferguson:
“We are rumored to have stowed away at least seven turkey dinners”

Tagged   Science · Space

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Hubble Space Telescope is up and back in business

Comments   0   Date Arrow  October 30, 2008 at 2:41pm   User  by thecodepounder

Good news.  After nearly a month of down-time, I had the idea this one was going to end bad.

Tagged   History · Science · Space · Technology

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India launches first lunar mission

Comments   0   Date Arrow  October 21, 2008 at 8:20pm   User  by thecodepounder

India has launched an unmanned probe aimed at taking high resolution photos of the Moon.

Tagged   Science · Space · Technology

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McCain makes biggest misrepresentation of debate: overhead projector

Comments   1   Date Arrow  October 8, 2008 at 10:26am   User  by thecodepounder

Not that he was the only one misrepresenting the other’s record or proposals, but he wins — hands down — on the “overhead projector” remark.
Calling a Zeiss projector an “overhead projector” is like:

calling an aircraft carrier a “troop transport”,
calling Warren Buffet or Bill Gates “rich”,
calling the Sun a “ball of hot gas”,
calling a sex “pleasurable”, [...]

Tagged   Politics · Psychology / Human Nature · Science · Space · Technology · Television · Wacky Shit

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MythBusters: NASA Moon Landing coming August 27th

Comments   0   Date Arrow  August 1, 2008 at 12:37pm   User  by thecodepounder

The MythBusters, you know Jamie Hyneman and Adam Savage and gang, take on the moon landing hoax myth on August 27th:
MythBusters
NASA Moon Landing
TV-PG
On this episode of MythBusters, the team tackles the tallest tale of all in Moon Landing Hoax Hour. Did NASA pull off the greatest cover-up in human history?
and they’ve released this trailer for [...]

Tagged   Can't Wait! · History · Science · Space · Television

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Mars ice confirmed

Comments   0   Date Arrow  August 1, 2008 at 9:48am   User  by thecodepounder

NASA’s Phoenix Mars Lander has confirmed the presence of ice.

Tagged   Science · Space

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Man walks on Moon +39

Comments   0   Date Arrow  July 20, 2008 at 6:11am   User  by thecodepounder

On this date in 1969, Apollo 11 landed on the Moon.

Tagged   History · Science · Space · Television

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