The Shuttle Could Fly Beyond 2010
Could the Shuttle be revived until 2015? (NASA) Whether you are surprised by this news or not, it is a big development for the future of NASA. An internal email within the space agency has instructed...
View Article“Apologies for calling it the Hay-dron Collider the other night, pure...
You did NOT just say that! Brian Cox's expression says it all... (still from the BBC's Newsnight program) It’s days like this that I worry for the future of science in the UK… Sure, Sir David King is...
View ArticleChina Launch Gaffe: Who Should We Believe?
The Long-March II-F rocket carrying the Shenzhou-7 spaceship plus three crew blasts off (Xinhua/Li Gang) China has high hopes to be the third nation to successfully carry out a spacewalk after...
View Article“Politics Has Nothing To Do With Space Exploration”– Debate (Wear Safety...
Space + Politics = Can of worms Today has been a strange day. Last night was much like any other. I wrote a fairly innocuous article for the Universe Today, about a contractor who allegedly ripped off...
View ArticleGuest Appearance on the TV Show Uncommon Sense, Episode 25
http://video.google.com/googleplayer.swf?docid=8100079692886403358&hl=en&fs=true Following hot on the heels of episode #24 of Uncommon Sense, both Charles Parselle and myself discussed another...
View ArticleThe Space Exploration Crisis
President-elect Barack Obama has some big challenges to confront when he takes office in January. Let's hope it's not to the detriment to the US space agency When you look up on a starry night, what do...
View ArticleOne Giant Leap… into Obscurity? Not Quite
Forget Bush’s “Vision For Space Exploration”, is it about time for some common sense? When NASA had purpose: Buzz Aldrin on the Moon (NASA) Just in case you were wondering about what NASA is supposed...
View ArticleDear STFC, WTF? Sincerely, Ian
This week has been a horrid few days for UK physics. The Science and Technology Facilities Council (STFC) announced on Wednesday that it was going to plug a hole in their funding deficit by...
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