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Space Art Series Gives International Students Chance to Influence Future Space ExplorationStudents from many countries have created the first of a series of art collections, the intent is to allow them to speak to the experts who guide space exploration. The art has been demonstrated and shown to several meetings and this is their story- Should Space Exploration Continue?This article explains how space exploration benefits the economy and provides us with technology that improves the quality of life.
- John Marburger and His Vision for Space ExplorationVery few people outside of political and space circles remember John Marburger, the White House science advisor for President Bush, but if Americans every settle the high frontier of space, Marburger will have been a driving spirit for it.
- Three Best Space Exploration Websites on the PlanetHere are three best Space Exploration Websites on the Planet
- Space Exploration: Should Its Budget Be Cut?Everyone is aware of upcoming budget cuts to Space Exploration. Is the US Government right in doing so? Or is the budget of NASA too important to be cut?
Successful Human Space ExplorationTo have a viable space exploration program, we have to have a dedicated destination. We need to go somewhere!
The Topic: The Future of Space ExplorationEver since the Obama administration first proposed its FY 2011 budget for NASA, controversy and acrimony has rocked the aerospace world. The Obama administration has been pitted against the Congress on the future of the US space program- President Obama's 6 Billion Dollar Proposal and Merger of NASA Space ExplorationPresident Obama's bold proposal to revamp the space program may be something that will produce more jobs due to the 2010 NASA proposed closings this year.
No, We Should Not Cut NASA FundingKeith Yost, writing in the MIT Tech, has perhaps inadvertently revealed the real motivation behind the Obama space plan. Keith Yost likes the Obama new approach to space, but not for the reasons that most supporters articulate.
Obama to Hold Space Summit in FloridaThe Orlando Sentinel is reporting that President Barack Obama's next issues summit will be about his new space policy. It will take place on April 15th, likely at the Kennedy Space Center. Other details, such as invitees, are yet to be determined.- Obama's Space Plan - a Conservative ArgumentThe Obama space proposal, which seeks to enable a commercial space industry for transportation to and from low Earth orbit while it cancels space exploration beyond LEO, has sparked a kind of civil war among conservatives.
- NASA's Bolden - No Human Space Exploration Until 2030NASA administrator Charles Bolden met with the media in advanced of the flight of the space shuttle Endeavour STS 130, now planned for Monday morning. Bolden offered some astonishing admissions about the Obama space plan.
- The Future of NASA and America's Space Race Lead Should Not Face PerilHumanity's pursuit of space exploration should be considered a vital purpose and should never take a back seat to other scientific endeavors.
NASA's Bolden Defends Obama Space PlanNASA Administrator Charles Bolden spoke before the National Press Club to defend the new direction NASA has been instructed to go by the Obama administration that cancels the space exploration program and funds commercial space craft.
The Politics of Not Going Back to the MoonJeff Foust, who blogs for Space Politics, whose subject matter is self explanatory, asks a very pertinent question about President Obama's plans for NASA, which include cancelling the space exploration program.
Obama: We Choose Not to Go to the MoonPress reports suggest that the Obama administration intends to scrap the space exploration program started six years ago by President George W. Bush. NASA will be tasked with devising alternatives based on options from the Augustine Report.- (NEWS) The First 50 Years of Space ExplorationIn the 50 years since the space race began, space exploration has gone from an exclusively government endeavor to one that's just now becoming the focus of commercial possibilities.
- Why Space Exploration Must ContinueLets not back burner our exploration of space for political reasons or because of a short term economic downturn.
- John May Museum in Colorado Springs, ColoradoYou can learn about space exploration and different kinds of insects, including one as big as your hand, and how different insects hide themselves by camouflage.
- Reasons for Exploring Space: the Political, the Commercial and the InspirationalWhy explore space? The question is a political one because the United States spends about .5 percent of its federal budget on the National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA), though only a percentage of that is for space exploration.
- The Importance of Space ExplorationNowadays, with the recession and government funding being cut left and right, where does the importance of Space Exploration stand?
Norm Augustine to Review the Vision for Space ExplorationNorm Augustine, retired CEO of Lockheed Martin, has been asked by President Barack Obama to chair a commission to study the Constellation program to send human explorers beyond Low Earth Orbit. Norm Augustine has done this sort of thing before.- Space: Is it Worth the Controversy?Over $50,000,000,000 are invested in space exploration world-wide. What are the pros and cons of this endeavor?
- How Relevant is Space Exploration to Mankind?Underlying the presence of myths and legends is our urge to understand the world beyond. This urge to venture into the unknown has been made possible by the evolution of theories and the advancement of technology.
Space ExplorationThis article is about space exploration, one of the most interesting topics to mankind.- Space Exploration Must Be PostponedWe've all heard it or discussed it. Should we be investing so much money and manpower into space? The clear answer is no.
- Hillary Clinton Declares War on Space ExplorationRecently, Senator Hillary Clinton revealed her science agenda. Of great interest to people involved in making and debating space policy were the three bullets concerning the space program.
- Aerospace Industries Association: New NASA Funding Helps Keep America First in Space Exploration"This provision will help the United States maintain its global leadership in space by keeping exploration programs on track."
- Space and the Next ElectionCivil space policy has not been a top tier political issue in a Presidential race since Kennedy/Nixon in 1960, when the United States was still reeling from the implications of Sputnik.
- Three Myths About Space ExplorationThree major myths about space exploration have arisen and are believed by a great many people. Two of the myths have been around since the beginning of the Space Age. One myth, however, is of more recent vintage.
- 2007 House Budget Proposal Could End NASA Space Exploration Funded by PublicThe 2007 budget presented by the House Republican Study Committee has some good ideas to reduce the deficit. Unfortunately it also has a proposal that would sound the death knell for publicly funded human space flight in the United States.
- How to Budget Spending for the Vision for Space Exploration by NASAWhen President Bush announced the Vision for Space Exploration almost two years ago, he left the question of how to pay for it unanswred. The question is important, as trhe Vision must be sustained for decades.
- How to Make Space Exploration AffordableNASA proposed to build the follow on to the space shuttle, the Crewed Exploration Vehicle, five years after the shuttle will be retired. NASA is trying to narrow that gap. The solution may be a race to build a commercial space vehicle.
- Americans Need to Join Chinese on New Quest for the Moon, Not Let Them Take OverNow that the Americans have given up on the space program, the Chinese are stepping in to take over the quest to go back to the moon. We need to join them on this quest and not let them take it over.
- Beyond the Stars: Space Exploration MoviesSpace exploration movies often explore more than the physical universe. The films on this list tell complex stories about both physical and mental exploration.
The April Conspiracy: How America was Fooled About How the Moon Race EndedA soon to be published book entitled "The April Conspiracy: How America was Fooled About How the Moon Race Ended" has an explosive revelation that answers a question that has haunted space enthusiasts ever since the end of the Apollo program.- Apollo 17 Departed from the Moon 38 Years AgoYesterday, December 15, 1972, the last men to walk on the Moon, Gene Cernan and Harrison Schmitt of Apollo 17, departed from the lunar surface. No one has been back to the Moon in the 38 years since.
The Importance of Space-Age Looks in the Age of Space ExplorationThe driving factor behind NASA's Constellation Program having no supporters outside of the inside engineering crowd, was that it was ugly. Any space program funded by public money needs to inspire dreams as much as it should return more tangible results.- What Obama Should Say at the Space SummitWhen the Obama administration first announced that there would be a Space Summit in Florida, the purpose of which was to explain the new Obama space policy, it was met with some degree of skepticism and even cynicism.
- Why Deep-Sea Exploration Should Be a Priority for HumanityWith all the recent discussion about the cancellation of NASA's manned lunar landing program, I cannot help but wonder why space exploration receives so much more attention than deep-sea exploration.
