Category Archives: Space Exploration

The Candidates’ Stand on Space Exploration

Posted on December 31, 2007 by Kevin A. Barnes

The beginning of the 2008 U.S. Presidential Primaries is now only three days away (Iowa on January 3, 2008), yet one topic we have heard almost nothing about is that of space exploration. Based on an extensive content review I … Read the rest of this entry →

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Sputnik: It was 50 years ago today.

Posted on October 4, 2007 by Kevin A. Barnes

On October 4, 1957, humans looked skyward and for the first time saw a manmade object orbiting over their heads. A dot of light passing west to east across the night sky, history’s first artificial satellite: Sputnik.* At the time, … Read the rest of this entry →

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