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IEEE Spectrum
March 2010
Bikkannavar & Redding |
Software for Optical Systems Spells the End of Blur NASA software that calculates optical aberrations will sharpen images from space and could redefine perfect vision for humans   |
Popular Mechanics
February 26, 2010
Rand Simberg |
Suborbital Safety: Will Commercial Spaceflight Ramp Up the Risk? Ever since the loss of the space shuttle Challenger, almost a quarter of a century ago, the watchword above all others at NASA has been "safety." Unfortunately, watchwords don't necessarily create actual safety, as we learned a little over seven years ago, with the loss of her sister ship Columbia. |
Popular Mechanics
March 2010
Mark Wolverton |
New Space Engines May Trade Fuel For Photons Interplanetary travel may soon be powered by propulsion systems lifted from sci-fi novels, as researchers reach for faster, lighter space engines. |
Chemistry World
February 15, 2010
Hayley Birch |
Decades-old meteorite gets holistic treatment A new technique used to analyse samples from a meteorite that hit Australia more than 40 years ago could help scientists understand more about the chemical complexity of the early solar system. |
National Defense
March 2010
Austin Wright |
'Wi-Fi in the Sky' The Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency is moving forward with a space program that could revolutionize the way satellites are procured and deployed. |
Popular Mechanics
February 8, 2010
Rand Simberg |
The New NASA: A Path To Anywhere, And Everywhere The author believes that NASA's new path, outlined by the president's budget, holds promise of real progress. |
Popular Mechanics
February 2, 2010
Jennifer Bogo |
X Prize CEO Thinks Obama's 2010 NASA Budget Good for Space The new approach NASA has taken has laid the foundation for the Google, Cisco and Apple computers of space to be born. And, ultimately, lays the foundation for the rest of us to have a chance to get to go to space. |
Popular Mechanics
February 2, 2010
Tom Jones |
Launching NASA on a Path to Nowhere: Analysis The president released his FY 2011 budget Monday, and his policy for NASA's human spaceflight program sets the nation on a course to second-class status in space. |
Popular Mechanics
February 1, 2010
Michael Belfiore |
Human Space Flight Needn't Rely on NASA: Guest Analysis Is Obama's just-released NASA budget the "death march for the future of U.S. human space flight," as Senator Richard Shelby proclaims on his website today? Or is it in fact a new beginning for the space agency? |
Popular Mechanics
February 1, 2010
Joe Pappalardo |
5 Winners in Obama's Space Budget Obama's space budget is beneficial to certain projects such as the Kennedy Space Center among others. |
Popular Mechanics
February 1, 2010
Erin McCarthy |
Space Tourists Follows X-Prize Contributor Ansari to Space In his award-winning film Space Tourists, Swiss director Christian Frei follows Anousheh Ansari as she journeys to the International Space Station. |
IEEE Spectrum
February 2010
Jean Kumagai |
UK Gets Its Own Space Agency Budget, research policy, and much else have yet to be worked out |
Popular Mechanics
January 29, 2010
David Noland |
Rebel Engineers Sit With NASA to Chart Future of Manned Space President Obama will officially reveal his budget, and his plans for NASA, on Monday, Feb. 1. NASA officials deferred answers to questions until after the budget is released. |
Popular Mechanics
January 28, 2010
Rand Simberg |
End Of The Shuttle Era: 24 Years after Challenger Twenty-four years after the Challenger disaster, space analysts reflect on the influence of that failed launch on the future of private and public space flight. |
Popular Mechanics
January 27, 2010
Joe Pappalardo |
What Happens If NASA's Constellation Program Dies? Reporters at the Orlando Sentinel created a stir today by breaking news -- citing anonymous sources -- that President Barack Obama's budget will not include any funds for hardware for NASA's human space flight program. |
Popular Mechanics
January 27, 2010
Daniel H. Wilson |
Spirit, NASA Martian Exploration Rover, Dies at 6 (Earth Years) The Spirit Rover, which explored the surface of Mars for over half a decade, discovering pivotal evidence of the past existence of water, was consigned to her final resting place. |
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