As posted on Slashdot today (but with the proper link here!), USAToday.com has an article (with accompanying video clip) commenting on how today’s astronauts are practically unknown to anyone, and compares the fame of America’s past astronauts to the current ones. ———— Astronauts used to be worshipped as heroes. Now… Continue reading
With Mir crashing and burning sometime tomorrow, WiredNews has an article up which looks back at the day Skylab fell to Earth, oh so many years ago. If you paid attention at Space Camp, you’ll recall the stories of the day Skylab fell upon Australia… In the days and weeks that… Continue reading
Well, as we all know by now, The Russian space station Mir is set for a fiery reentry sometime on March 23rd. With all the hoopla surrounding it, I thought it time to provide all of you with some interesting reading before the big day. MirReentry.com is a site dedicated to keeping… Continue reading
As noted on Slashdot, The Boston Globe is running a story noting that, “Exactly 75 years ago today, on a snow-covered field of Effie Ward’s farm in Auburn, the space age began.“
Due to technical difficulties, NASA has decided to no longer invest any additional funds above the approx. $1 billion they’ve already spent funding two new shuttle projects. It’s really sad to see the X-33 project, which was to eventually spawn the Venture Star (and which was also supposed to have… Continue reading
