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New ion engine could propel spacecraft to Titan
Does what it says on the tin - NASA groundtesting a new thruster design. Sounds like a winner.Birthplace of Hurricanes
Despite their freshly-mangled mission statement, the NASA boys are off to Africa to help look after the home planet by studying how hurricanes form.To Understand and Protect Our Home Planet
This is the phrase dropped from NASA's mission statement. It's also the phrase that we should clutch to our hearts and fight for.NASA Vision Plans Doomed, Space Advocacy Group Reports
Sounds like a bit of an overstatement by the headline, but they may have a point.Wide Awake in the Sea of Tranquillity
The Apollo crew had a bit of trouble sleeping while on the moon, apparently. I'm thinking that utterly strung-out and hyper-excited nerves may have had more than a little to do with it.NASA seeks help for human exploration of Mars
The big boys don't want to walk all the way to the next town without some fellow travellersAnybody Got Duct Tape?
The makers of duct tape now have advertising copy that will last them until we colonise Mars - "as used by spacewalking astronauts for emergency jetpack repairs!"NASA Announces Space Shuttle Web and Television Coverage
Let's all hope that nothing goes wrong; we've lost too many people to shuttle disasters already. Good luck, Discovery.First Images From NASA's CloudSat Have Scientists Sky High
New satellite provides 3D radar scans of cloud formations.NASA Seeks to Regain its Moon Legs
NASA plans to be on the moon 'as early as 2015, no later than 2020'. As early as? If the poor b*ggers had decent funding (reduced military spending, perhaps?) they could be there already, if not yearsHard-nosed Advice to Lunar Prospectors
"We can send them air and water and fuel from Earth, but eventually, they'll have to learn to live off the land, using local resources to meet their needs."
