Category Archives: Space Stuff
Privatization of NASA
Will U.S. astronauts ever return to the moon?Yes, says NASA, but maybe not in a government-built spaceship — and maybe not any time soon.The future of American space exploration came into question on Monday as President Obama released his 2011 budget. If passed by Congress, the budget would eliminate Constellation — NASA's project to send [...]
Asteroids – Space stuff – More beyond our planet Earth
There is a lot of exciting stuff going on in the stars above us that make astronomy so much fun. The truth is the universe is a constantly changing, moving, some would say “living” thing because you just never know what you are going to see on any given night of stargazing.
But of the many [...]
Can scientists make a space elevator? – CNN.com
30 years after “2001″ author Arthur C. Clarke wrote about an elevator that rises into outer space, serious research is happening all over the world in an effort to make the far-fetched-sounding idea a reality.
The benefits of a fully realized elevator would make carrying people and goods into space cheaper, easier and safer than with [...]
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