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Should NASA build spacefaring logistics infrastructure?

The Space Review - ‎12 hours ago‎
At this time, there is no sound reason to build a spacefaring infrastructure primarily designed to support human space exploration, such as a science-focused lunar base or the first human Mars missions, as the 1950s infrastructure proposals were ...
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NASA: making space great again

SFGate - ‎Jan 1, 2017‎
During the campaign, Trump offered few specifics about his vision for NASA but said the agency should focus on exploring deep space and being "inspirational.
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Extrasolar Roadmap To Proxima Centauri b

Forbes - ‎Dec 29, 2016‎
On the cusp of 2017, here's a speculative roadmap for turning humanity's fledgling forays beyond low-Earth orbit into a future light years away.
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NASA Released More Accurate Map of 2017's Solar Eclipse

Latin Post - ‎Jan 9, 2017‎
NASA's latest data has the potential to provide the most accurate maps to find the Solar Eclipse, the previous maps in the past years have not been very accurate and now scientists are obtaining new data from NASA's Lunar Reconnaissance. The map will ...
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ESA's Plan for a “Moon Village” is Slowly Starting to Come Together

Futurism - ‎Jan 8, 2017‎
Last year, the European Space Agency (ESA) announced plans for building a permanent lunar base—called Moon Village—which would be a step forward as the International Space Station (ISS) is slated to be decommissioned in 2024.
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US Presidential Transition and Space: Experts Forecast Changes to Come

Space.com - ‎15 hours ago‎
During the panel session, the speakers focused on the state of the presidential transition, including the arrival of a "landing team" at NASA that is helping the agency move over to the new administration. ... commander Neil Armstrong, NASA ...

Bridenstine emerging as leading candidate for next NASA administrator

SpaceNews - ‎Jan 3, 2017‎
SpaceX said it plans to resume launches of the Falcon 9 with a Sunday launch of 10 Iridium Next satellites from Vandenberg Air Force Base in California, provided the FAA concurs with the investigation's outcome and issues a launch license. [SpaceNews ...
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Aliens On The Moon: Alien Antenna Array Found On Earth's Moon

iTech Post - ‎Jan 7, 2017‎
(Photo : NASA/Central Press/Getty Images). Aliens on ... Previously a UFO Hunter from Finland also spotted an antenna-like spike on the photo of the moon from the Lunar Orbiter, which he claimed was an alien antenna located on the roof of an alien base.
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SpaceX cleared for return to flight from California

Florida Today - ‎Jan 8, 2017‎
Update, Sunday, Jan. 8: Bad weather in California has pushed SpaceX's targeted return-to-flight date back five days, to Jan. 14, customer Iridium Communications said in a statement today: "With high winds and rain in the forecast at Vandenberg Air ...

Katherine Johnson Did The Math For NASA When It Counted Most

Investor's Business Daily - ‎Dec 29, 2016‎
Johnson received the NASA Lunar Orbiter Spacecraft and Operations team award for "pioneering work in the field of navigation problems supporting the five spacecraft that orbited and mapped the moon in preparation for the Apollo program.
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China: We will be on Mars by 2020

WGNO - ‎Dec 28, 2016‎
Since 2011, the U.S. Congress has prohibited NASA from working with China because of national security concerns. During his campaign, U.S.
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Hidden Figures

Memphis Flyer - ‎Jan 5, 2017‎
This becomes a major plot point when Katherine is called up to the big leagues to work with the Space Task Group, the elite NASA engineers who planned the lunar landing campaign. Katherine's new boss is Al Harrison, a slice of ham and cheese played by ...

Jeff Bezos tweets his vote of support for constructing a 'superhighway in space'

GeekWire - ‎Jan 5, 2017‎
Bloom argues that, under Trump, NASA should “get out of the rocket business” and focus on elements of space infrastructure such as in-space refueling depots, space habitats, off-world fuel and oxygen production facilities and space tugs.

Commentary: Want to visit Mars? Start with a new moon mission

Canton Repository - ‎Jan 1, 2017‎
A few years ago, NASA published a list of dozens of research objectives that could be accomplished on the moon, including the long-held dream of a lunar radio telescope, capable of exploring the earliest history of the universe. Another possibility ...
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Commentary: The moon a natural next-step destination for exploration by US

Press Herald - ‎Dec 29, 2016‎
A few years ago, NASA published a list of dozens of research objectives that could be accomplished on the moon, including the long-held dream of a lunar radio telescope, capable of exploring the earliest history of the universe. Another possibility ...

Top Watchmakers Are Rethinking the Moon-Phase Display to Astronomical Effect

Yahoo Finance - ‎Jan 7, 2017‎
To achieve the new format, Graff watchmakers had to devise a way to transfer power from the flat base of the movement and main plate to an axis with a spherical moon that rotates 360 degrees.
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Spaceflight in 2017, part 1: Earth-centric edition

The Planetary Society (blog) - ‎Dec 29, 2016‎
Welcome to the first half of The Planetary Society's look-ahead at the coming year in spaceflight! I'll be talking about Earth-centric highlights today, and Emily will post about robotic solar system missions tomorrow.

The Complete History of Ultraman Part 1 (1966-1987)

Den of Geek US - ‎Jan 8, 2017‎
The most notorious of these instances is from Episode 10: “The Mysterious Dinosaur Base!”, where Ultraman fights a giant lizard named ..... Yuko Minami is revealed to be a lunar princess in Episode 28: "Farewell Yuko, Sister of the Moon", and is ...
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Chinese Space Program: China plans thirty rocket launches in 2017 amid space war fears

Daily Star - ‎Jan 3, 2017‎
NASA's storied space shuttle program has seen some amazing highs, and a couple of devastating lows over the course of its 30-year history.
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