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New Treaty Would Ban Space Weapons for Earthlings and ETs
By Lee Speigel - AOL NewsIt's a good thing the outer space battles in "Star Wars" happened a long time ago in a galaxy far, far away -- because under a new space-based weapons treaty drafted by aerospace and military experts, humans and aliens alike would be barred from waging war above Earth. The carefully prepared treaty invites all U.N. member nations to be signatories -- and all "cosmic cultures" to become parties -- in a plan to create a framework "that will assure and verify that space is and will remain a neutral realm from which all classes of space-based weapons are banned in perpetuity." Carol Rosin, an ...
Apollo 14 Astronaut Edgar Mitchell's Exploration of Inner Space
By Rory Fitzgerald - Politics DailyForty years ago this weekend, on Feb. 5 and 6, 1971, Edgar Mitchell walked on the moon, one of only 12 men to ever do so. The Apollo 14 astronaut trained as an engineer and has a Ph.D. in aeronautics from MIT. As a U.S. Navy fighter pilot, he saw combat during the Korean War. On his return journey from the moon, he had a profound spiritual experience that started him on a new journey in life. By the time he splashed down in the Pacific, the scientist had met the mystical, and was intrigued. He has since dedicated his life to developing a scientific understanding of that most ineffable human ...
Some Say Moon Photos Show Signs of Alien Life
By Lee Speigel - AOL News
(Nov. 1) -- We're all familiar with the phrase "the man in the moon," the idea that the full moon looks like a human face. But what about this far-out notion: Could there be aliens on the moon watching humankind from a relatively close distance? That's a meaty question that brings out emotional responses from anyone you ask. For decades, researchers have claimed that strange objects have been seen on or above the moon -- things that shouldn't be there. From mysterious pyramid shapes to unusual moving lights to tall towerlike objects to geometrically oriented buildings and huge glasslike dome ...
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