Robert Lemos

The standard Sputnik story goes like this: It was the launch of this metal ball that forced the United States to elevate the pursuit of science. But that’s not quite true. Technically speaking, Sputnik was no more sophisticated than a cheap transmitter from Radio Shack attached to 120 pounds of batteries. It was the R-7 [...]

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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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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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New Mexico’s legislature expands its jurisdiction, mulling whether to return the slighted celestial body to its planetary status every time it passes overhead.
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The space probe continues a complex series of maneuvers to slip into orbit around Mercury, flying by the sultry planet for the first of two times as part of its positioning.
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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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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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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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