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Obama's Deep-Space Plan Puts NASA on a Bold Course
By Ria Misra - Politics DailyIt's been nearly 41 years since NASA, after a series of technological small steps (not to mention a few missteps) and giant leaps, was able to fulfill President John F. Kennedy's seemingly far-fetched promise: to put a man on the moon within the decade. Since then, though, NASA's directive has been less clear. Should it concentrate again on the moon to understand it better? Should its sights be trained on goals closer to home, on earth and environmental science? Or perhaps it should be looking much farther afield, toward the final frontier -- deep space? ...
Opinion: Dude, Where's My Flying Car?
By not in system - AOL News(Nov. 18) -- I turned 40 this year and, alas, like many before me who've entered middle age, I've fallen quite short of my long-term career goal. In my case, that was to become a space-suited technician in a dusty lunar city. AP Photo/Heinz Ducklau This year also happens to coincide with the 40th anniversary of the moon landing, the first time a human being ever set foot on another world. This event was always in the background during my '70s-era childhood, that giant leap for mankind a mere first step toward .... what? Huge, circular space stations, gracefully pirouetting in low Earth ...
One Small Step for Science, One Giant Leap Away From Celebrity
By Ria Misra - Politics DailyThursday is the 40th anniversary of the launch of Apollo 11 to the moon, where astronaut Neil Armstrong famously took a giant leap for mankind (that's us, too, ladies!) and a small step for man (just you fellows that time.) How to celebrate this? Well, you could read up on the history of space travel! You could watch old footage of the moon landing! You could get some cardboard boxes, markers and tin foil and build an Apollo 11 replica of your own! Or, you could sweep up clippings of Neil Armstrong's hair into a little plastic bag and dig up his voided checks to be sold to the highest bidder! ...
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