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Another Wasting Money on NASA Rant - and a Response

Space program lunacy, opinion, LA Times

“… Indeed, one of the most popular complaints about space exploration is that it wastes billions of dollars that could be better spent on problems here.

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Ed Lu Goes to Google

Google Hires Former NASA Astronaut, Wired

“Ed Lu, who flew on two Shuttle flights and spent 6 months on the International Space Station after the Columbia disaster, will be moving to balmy California to start his next mission at Google.”

Jerry Hammack

Jerry Hammack helped designed vehicles for space program, Obiturary, Houston Chronicle

“Jerome “Jerry” Hammack, an aeronautical engineer and member of the team that founded what is now the Johnson Space Center, died Monday of cancer. He was 85.

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PRESS RELEASE
Date Released: Sunday, August 26, 2007
Source: New Wide Field Near-Infrared Imager for ESO’s Very Large Telescope Europe’s flagship ground-based astronomical facility, the ESO VLT, has been equipped with a new ‘eye’ to study the Universe. (Content Read ‘New Wide Field Near-Infrared Imager for ESO’s Very Large Telescope’…)

Night Sky Network Outreach Toolkit

NASA GSFC Solicitation: Night Sky Network Outreach Toolkit

“NASA/GSFC intends to purchase the services from the Astronomical Society of the Pacific, under the authority of FAR 13.106-1(b)(1) for the acquisition of supplies or services reasonably available from one source.

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Serve Yogurt - And Win NASA Contracts!

NASA GSFC Solicitation: Military and Aerospace FPGA Applications Conference

Editor’s note: I just love these “extra consideration Items” - especially: “Government rate for hotel rooms for 2 nights prior to the conference and 2 nights later at a reduced room block level” ….

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Sloppy Editorial Research at the Houston Chronicle

Falling objects - NASA’s rash of problems threatens to erode public confidence in the space program, editorial, Houston Chronicle

“This year NASA has suffered: ….

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More History To Be Destroyed in Huntsville

Editor’s note:In order to display their Saturn V, the folks U.S. Space & Rocket Center (USSRC) in Huntsville are going to remove the star grain “mass dummy” located inside the Apollo Launch Escape System (LES) and discard it.

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So Much for this ISS Selling Point

Magnetic gravity trick grows perfect crystals, NewScientist.com

“One of the few scientific success stories of the International Space Station has been its use to grow large, pure crystals in microgravity (see Space station unlocks new world of crystals).

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Close to Space: Not As Hard As You Might Think

Ordinary Guys Send Picture-Taking Balloon 22.27 Miles High, Gizmodo

“Behold the view from 117,597 feet, taken on August 11, 2007 by a camera hanging from a helium balloon launched by a group of guys in Alberta, Canada.

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