Archive for the 'Politics' Category
MSNBC
The Sputnik Shock Wave, October 4, 1957
Technology Evangelist, MN - 1 hour ago
As the capsule landed and was recovered a cheer went up and from that time on there were no more jokes about the NASA space program. …
Sputnik Stunned the World, and Its Rocket Scared the Pentagon Wired News
USSR misjudged importance of Sputnik satellite: Krushchev’s son [...]
October 3rd, 2007 | Posted in Blogroll, NASA, Politics, Space Station, Television | No Comments
Christian Science Monitor
Space Exploration, 50 Years Later Sputnik beeped; America …
CBS News, NY - 3 hours ago
The Russians focused on building and operating a series of space stations in low-Earth orbit and sending unmanned probes to Venus and Mars. NASA built …
‘We need a Sputnik to kick-start things again’ Grand Junction Sentinel
10 Things You Didn’t Know About [...]
September 28th, 2007 | Posted in Blogroll, NASA, Politics, Shuttle | No Comments
Scientific American
No Evidence Of Improper Alcohol Use By Astronauts Before Space …
Science Daily (press release) - 4 hours ago
Science Daily — A NASA safety review released August 29 found no evidence to support claims that astronauts were impaired by alcohol when they flew in space …
Nasa debunks claims of drunken space flights Independent Online
Investigation by NASA [...]
August 30th, 2007 | Posted in Blogroll, NASA, Politics | No Comments
House Panel Recommends Increasing NASA and NOAA Budgets
Space.com - 2 hours ago
$3.9 billion for NASA’s Exploration Systems Mission Directorate, the same as NASA’s request. No budget figures were given for NASA’s Space Operations …
June 13th, 2007 | Posted in Blogroll, NASA, Politics | No Comments
De Smog Blog
NASA Leader Regrets Global Warming Comments
Among his own troops, James Hansen, who manages NASA’s climate research as the head of the Goddard Institute for Space Studies in New York, and who has said …
Hume reported on NASA chief Griffin’s apology, but not NASA global … Media Matters for America
NASA Head Regrets Global Warming [...]
June 9th, 2007 | Posted in Politics | No Comments
The Daily Howler is one of my favorite places to read about the media and politics. These guys always get it more accurate that our current corporate media. It makes me ill to think off all the interpersonal and corrupt ties between this White House and the pathetic press corps run by people who do not [...]
April 23rd, 2007 | Posted in Politics | No Comments
The GOP is dead in New England. The conservative movement has caused world-wide embarassment for the United States of America.
November 21st, 2006 | Posted in Politics | No Comments
Newt Gingrich. The Connecticut Insurgency has spoken. We lost the battle, but we won the war. Time for the grown-ups to come in and clean up the House. And the Senate. I always believed that certain arogant Republicans were money-grabbing spinsters. Credit for this victory goes to the blogs, Howard Dean, John Murtha and all [...]
November 7th, 2006 | Posted in Politics | No Comments