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Apology Tour In Space

February 22nd, 2010

By Brianna Aubin When NASA was created, its first stated goal was to beat our ideological enemies, the Russians, to landing a man on the moon. It is therefore a twist of high irony that at the same moment when our country has chosen to abandon the pursuit of manned space flight and a return […]

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Tags: cooperation, Indonesia, manned space flight, NASA, outreach
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Retreat from the New Frontier

February 12th, 2010

By Tom Carter President Obama’s decision to end U.S. manned space flight programs for the next decade or two is one of the most disappointing things he’s done so far. By killing the Constellation program, troubled as it may have been, the President has put the U.S. in the position of relying on Russia and maybe China […]

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Tags: budget, China, Constellation, manned space flight, NASA, Obama, Russia
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