Space industry executives lamented Wednesday that the United States will likely have to rely on other countries to send men, women and materials into space. The nation’s most visible launch vehicle, the space shuttle, will have its wings clipped in 2010, and current plans for a successor rocket to lift cargo and crew into orbit [...]
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Rocket Gap Could Keep U.S. Earthbound
September 20th, 2007 · No Comments
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Space Industry Wants Nuke Power, but Public Fear Persists
September 20th, 2007 · No Comments
The public will have to overcome its squeamishness about nuclear power, if current plans for space missions and manned outposts are ever to become reality, industry experts told attendees at the Space 2007 conference this week.
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Move Into Space, but Where?
September 25th, 2006 · No Comments
At Space 2006, arguments erupt over whether the moon, Mars or a space station should be the central settlement. Each has its advantages and downsides.
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NASA Fights Premature Graying
September 21st, 2006 · No Comments
The U.S. corps of space engineers is getting older, and without an infusion of young blood, ambitious projects targeting the moon and Mars may never get off the launching pad.
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Sign Up for a Mission to ‘Mars’
September 8th, 2006 · No Comments
Six researchers will get a chance to spend the summer on the most Mars-like place on Earth, an 8-meter diameter metal can in the Arctic desert.
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