ContributorNetwork – NASA scientists, analyzing data from the Cassini probe now orbiting Saturn, have concluded the moon Dione has a thin atmosphere of ionized oxygen molecules, according to NASA’s Jet Propulsion Laboratory. Yahoo! News: Space/Astronomy
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Cassini Detects Thin Atmosphere Around Saturn Moon Dione (ContributorNetwork)
The Space Debate: Abolish NASA, Double Its Budget or Change Its Direction (ContributorNetwork)
ContributorNetwork – Arguments over the future of space exploration in recent years have been about what the role of government is. Libertarians support little or no government funding for space exploration. Others call for increased funding or a change of direction. Yahoo! News: Space/Astronomy
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NASA’s Lax Security Leaves Information for Thieves, Hackers (ContributorNetwork)
ContributorNetwork – COMMENTARY | You would think that if a person was working for NASA and he or she was carrying sensitive information around on a laptop, security of said laptop would be high. There would be encryption. The computer would not be left where it could be stolen. There is, after all, important...
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Simulated Space Mission to Teach People How to Cook on Mars (ContributorNetwork)
ContributorNetwork – According to Red Orbit, a simulated four-month space mission being conducted by Cornell University and University of Hawaii-Manoa and funded by NASA requires a crew of six volunteers to learn how to cook in space. Yahoo! News: Space/Astronomy
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John Glenn, Retired Space Workers Celebrate 50th Anniversary of Friendship 7 (ContributorNetwork)
ContributorNetwork – The Washington Post reports John Glenn, the first American to orbit the Earth in a Mercury space capsule during the mission of Friendship 7, met with a 125 retired space workers who helped to make that happen 50 years ago. Yahoo! News: Space/Astronomy
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NASA Mulls Exploration Space Station Behind Lunar Far Side (ContributorNetwork)
ContributorNetwork – According to the Daily Mail, NASA is mulling the idea of building a human-tended space station at the L2 point where the gravity of the Earth and the moon cancel one another out, behind the far side of the moon from Earth. Yahoo! News: Space/Astronomy
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Over 6,300 Respond to NASA’s Request for Astronaut Applicants (ContributorNetwork)
ContributorNetwork – NASA’s space shuttle program is over. NASA does not have its own means of taking astronauts into space. Commercial spacecraft under development won’t be ready for another four to five years. The Orion spacecraft is even more uncertain. Yahoo! News: Space/Astronomy
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Some Reactions After the Challenger Explosion (ContributorNetwork)
ContributorNetwork – The space shuttle Challenger explosion on Jan. 28, 1986, with its seven-member crew was the most traumatic disaster of its type in history. It occurred before a live audience, broadcast around the world in real time. Yahoo! News: Space/Astronomy
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Is an American Moon Base Really a Lunatic Idea? (ContributorNetwork)
ContributorNetwork – COMMENTARY | Presidential hopeful Newt Gingrich came under fire — mostly for economic reasons — when he proposed at the CNN Republican Presidential Debate in Jacksonville that he would like to have a permanent moon base on Earth’s lone satellite by the end of his second term as president. But even if...
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The Apollo Fire and Its Long Term Effects on NASA (ContributorNetwork)
ContributorNetwork – America’s first fatal space accident, the Apollo fire, took place on January 27, 1967, 45 years ago. The fire killed Virgil Grissom, Ed White, and Ed Chaffee doing a test of the Apollo capsule on the launch pad. Yahoo! News: Space/Astronomy
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Gingrich Rockets Past Romney on the Space Issue (ContributorNetwork)
ContributorNetwork – COMMENTARY | The all-important Florida primary could create the most closely watched “Space Race” since the United States and the Soviet Union competed for aerospace glory. And in this battle, former House Speaker Newt Gingrich is likely to blast off past ex-Massachusetts Governor Mitt Romney. Yahoo! News: Space/Astronomy
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Starry Starry Light Isn’t All There is in the Night (ContributorNetwork)
ContributorNetwork – Astronomers have the most amazing jobs in the world. They regularly peek out at the universe, digging up more things than the eye can see. Oh sure, our eyes can detect amazing things in what astronomers call “visible” or “optical” light — what you see when you look at planets, stars and...
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