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Category Archives: Space Exploration
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
A Cure for the “Radiation Space Travel Blues”?
Science magazine has just published a peer-reviewed article examining the radioprotective (or anti-radiation) abilities of an emerging class of drugs. [1] This follows the recent announcements that two pharmaceutical/biotech companies have received government funding to further develop their respective anti-radiation … Read the rest of this entry
Posted in Innovation/Creativity, Science, Space Exploration, The Future
Tagged anti-radiation, biotech, Mars, moon, NASA, radiation, Science magazine, space
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Sir Arthur C. Clarke — The Prototype Futurist
Early on Wednesday morning (March 19, 2008), I was writing an article tentatively entitled “What is a Futurist?” when I heard on the radio of the death of Arthur C. Clarke. My first thought after hearing the news was that … Read the rest of this entry
Posted in Science, Science Fiction, Space Exploration, Technology, The Future
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