Mary Roach Death In Space

For some uplifting weekend reading, I suggest Mary Roach's excellent special Boing Boing feature "Death In Space."



The U.S. has plans for a manned visit to Mars by the mid-2030s.

The ESA and Russia have sketched out a similar joint mission, and it is claimed that China's space program has the same objective. Apart from their destination, all these plans share something in common: extraordinary danger for the explorers. What happens if som

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http://www.boingboing.net/2010/09/03/mary-roach-death-in.html

Star wars Fighting Obamas plan will waste time and money

The stalemate over the fate of the shuttle and other elements in the plan threatens to immobilize NASA, wasting time and money when both are in chronically short supply in the space program.

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http://articles.orlandosentinel.com/2010-05-14/news/os-ed-obama-space-plan-051410-20100513_1_entire-constellation-program-space-plan-manned-space-exploration

With fat days over NASA must innovate

In a long-awaited speech Thursday in Florida, President Obama will boldly go where no president has gone before, laying out an entirely new vision for the U.S. space program.

The firestorm of controversy has already begun

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http://www.cnn.com/2010/OPINION/04/15/kaku.space.obama/index.html