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Last of the Original Rocketmen
Earlier this week I learned from the NASA website that Konrad Dannenberg died on Monday at the age of 96. Dannenberg was a key member of Wernher von Braun’s original engineering team that developed the hardware and processes which enabled … Read the rest of this entry
Posted in Science, Space Exploration, Technology, The Future
Tagged aviation history, Foo Fighters, Konrad Dannenberg, NASA, Operation Paperclip, Redstone, Saturn V, UFOs
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The next NASA chief
This past week, Mike Griffin announced he is stepping down on January 20 as NASA chief administrator, the politically appointed post that runs America’s space agency. As the Obama transition team accelerates its search for Griffin’s successor, here’s my modest proposal for … Read the rest of this entry
Posted in Science, Space Exploration, The Future
Tagged Alan Stern, Barack Obama, Charles Kennel, NASA, Sally Ride, Scott Hubbard, transition team, Wesley Huntress
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More clues about Obama Space Policy
During the last two weeks, there have been some tantalizing clues as to what the U.S. space exploration policy may look like during President Obama’s administration. First the Obama Transition Team submitted a series of questions to NASA, apparently to … Read the rest of this entry
Posted in Science, Space Exploration
Tagged Aries, human space exploration, NASA, Obama, Orion, space policy, space shuttle
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Obama’s impact on the retirement of NASA’s Space Shuttle
NASA currently is developing the spacecraft and launch systems that will replace the aging U.S. space shuttle fleet. Unfortunately NASA’s current timeline leaves a gap of several years between when the last shuttle is decommissioned and when the new Aries … Read the rest of this entry
Posted in Science, Space Exploration, The Future
Tagged Aries, NASA, Obama, space policy, space shuttle
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Is NASA really preparing to announce the discovery of life on Mars?
A number of small items from NASA’s public relations efforts have caught my attention in the last several days, and — like pieces of a puzzle — I’m beginning to suspect that they all fit together in a way that … Read the rest of this entry
