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The Paine Manifesto
Shelley Powers on the blogging A-List, disgruntlement, broken dreams and how men can be bastards.
>30 days ago by ericeggertso, 1 User, more info saveGoogle Corporate Information: Our Philosophy
A new resource for white papers and other information about PR measurement has launched on the Cymfony web site - their Knowledge Center.
>30 days ago by ericeggertso, 1 User, more info saveFlight Log: The First Private Expedition to the Moon
"The price per seat will slap your wallet or purse for a swift $100 million - but you'll have to get in line as the first voyage is already booked." Damn it - must get rich quickly.
>30 days ago by PaulRaven, 1 User, more info saveMom's Baby Monitor Picks Up Shuttle Atlantis Video
“I'm going why am I picking up NASA or the space station, then I just went to bed. Sure enough put it on in the morning and screamed... 'It's NASA! It's a space station! Why are we getting this?'” OMG
>30 days ago by PaulRaven, 1 User, more info saveComputer Glitch Continues Aboard Space Station
"Efforts to reboot critical Russian computer systems aboard the ISS continued Friday after a long night of troubleshooting by the outpost's cosmonaut crew." Note the emphasis on the Russian-
>30 days ago by PaulRaven, 1 User, more info saveOn Trip to Mars, NASA Must Rethink Death
"When should the plug be pulled on a critically ill astronaut who is using up precious oxygen and endangering the rest of the crew? Should NASA employ DNA testing to weed out astronauts who might
>30 days ago by PaulRaven, 1 User, more info saveChina designer: Moonshot possible in 15 years
"China's leading space vehicle expert predicts the nation will be able to send astronauts to the moon within 15 years, state media reported on Tuesday."
>30 days ago by PaulRaven, 1 User, more info saveDespite Budget Concerns, Europe May Solicit New Space S ...
"Managers of Europe’s space-science program will decide this month whether financial prudence or program ambition should be driving the mission-selection schedule." My vote goes on ambition.
>30 days ago by PaulRaven, 1 User, more info saveRace to the Moon for Nuclear Fuel
"NASA's planned moon base announced last week could pave the way for deeper space exploration to Mars, but one of the biggest beneficiaries may be the terrestrial energy industry." Oh, great
>30 days ago by PaulRaven, 1 User, more info saveA Microwave-Beamed Sail for Deep Space
"What got the Benfords headlines not so long ago was the speeds they were proposing. Five years or less to Pluto? That’s almost a halving of New Horizons’ travel time, and it makes for some intri
>30 days ago by PaulRaven, 1 User, more info saveDetailed Look at the Next Mars Lander
"Named after the resilient mythological bird, Phoenix is based upon a lander that was meant to fly in 2001, but administratively mothballed by NASA."
>30 days ago by PaulRaven, 1 User, more info savePluto-bound Spacecraft Spots its Target
"The New Horizons probe, set to swing by Pluto and its moons in 2015, plucked the small planet from a star-filled image during a checkout period using the spacecraft’s long range camera..."
>30 days ago by PaulRaven, 1 User, more info saveBuzz Aldrin's Roadmap To Mars
"Once in place, a system of cycling spacecraft, with its dependable schedule and low sustaining cost, would open the door for routine travel to Mars and a permanent human presence on the red plan
>30 days ago by PaulRaven, 1 User, more info saveBarnard’s Star and the ‘Wait Equation’
"When do you decide to launch a starship? It’s a question based as much on cultural assumptions as technology."
>30 days ago by PaulRaven, 1 User, more info saveNASA Weighs U.S. Strategy for Moon Exploration
"NASA is set to roll out next month a U.S. national strategy for lunar exploration, one that outlines both robotic exploration needs and the rationale for sending humans back to the Moon."
>30 days ago by PaulRaven, 1 User, more info saveMoon's Magnetic Umbrella Seen as Safe Haven for Explore ...
"Not only does the magnetic field preserve an unsullied lunar surface but it would partially protect any astronauts strolling beneath - the lunar fields are strong enough to deflect solar wind io
>30 days ago by PaulRaven, 1 User, more info saveThe urbane spaceman
"As a boy, Lester Waugh loved painting and later sang opera. Now he's building cutting-edge machines for a mission to Mars."
>30 days ago by PaulRaven, 1 User, more info saveDeep Space Challenge: Shrinking the Tools
"It also uses a good deal less power, but here’s the real kicker: The new system shrinks the required hardware on a planetary mission from the size of a crate down to a chip no bigger than your t
>30 days ago by PaulRaven, 1 User, more info saveBizarre Lunar Orbits
"What appear to be flat seas of lunar lava have huge positive gravitational anomalies—that is, their mass and thus their gravitational fields are significantly stronger than the rest of the lun
>30 days ago by PaulRaven, 1 User, more info saveIndia ponders moon landing
"The Indian Space Research Organisation (ISRO) says it could have a manned spaceship ready in eight years to orbit the Earth and put Indian astronauts on the lunar surface in 14 years."
>30 days ago by PaulRaven, 1 User, more info saveFirst Light for Hinode
"The Solar Optical Telescope (SOT) onboard Japan's Hinode spacecraft has opened its doors and started snapping pictures."
>30 days ago by PaulRaven, 1 User, more info saveHow to revitalise science? Send a Briton into space
"Not on some half-hearted tourist trip to watch the Earth for a few days from the International Space Station, but a research-based programme with a specific mandate to inspire budding scientists
>30 days ago by PaulRaven, 1 User, more info saveHow Safe Is Travel To Mars?
"As NASA lays plans for travel to the moon and Mars, the agency is exploring propulsion systems, crew modules, and habitat structures [and more]."
>30 days ago by PaulRaven, 1 User, more info saveDecision Time Nears for Hubble-Bound Shuttle Mission
"The fate of what some scientists dub “the people's telescope" is again up in the air, as NASA decides soon whether to squeeze in a last astronaut repair mission to extend the life of the Hu
>30 days ago by PaulRaven, 1 User, more info saveHitch hike to Mars inside an asteroid
"Burrowing inside an asteroid whose orbit carries it past both the Earth and Mars could protect astronauts from radiation on their way to the Red Planet." NASA staff seen reading pulp-era sc
>30 days ago by PaulRaven, 1 User, more info saveSign Up for a Mission to 'Mars'
"Next summer, six scientists will get to travel to the desolate permafrost desert of the Arctic, live in a two-level metal can and only go outside wearing 40 pounds of faux spacesuit." I won
>30 days ago by PaulRaven, 1 User, more info saveSpace station set for massive expansion
"With the space shuttle Atlantis scheduled to launch on Sunday, construction of the unfinished International Space Station (ISS) is set to pick up again after a 3.5-year hiatus." About blood
>30 days ago by PaulRaven, 1 User, more info saveJapan's would-be space tourist fails medical
How gutted must he be about this? He'll get another chance at taking the medical in future, though.
>30 days ago by PaulRaven, 1 User, more info saveRussian space general searches for life on Mars
Though not in person, obviously. He's the head of the Russian space agency, most of whose workers are paid less than the average shopworker here in the UK, and he's planning a probe to Phobos to colle
>30 days ago by PaulRaven, 1 User, more info save