If an entire shuttle is beyond your budget, consider a main engine instead. NASA had hoped to charge up to $800,000 for these but lack of interest has forced it to slash the price. They are now available for free
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NASA Budget Request for FY11 - 2 views
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Very interesting ... particularly slides 13 to 15 if you read between lines.
NASA budget for 2011 eliminates funds for manned lunar missions - washingtonpost.com - 3 views
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NASA's grand plan to return to the moon, built on President George W. Bush's vision of an ambitious new chapter in space exploration, is about to vanish with hardly a whimper
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a commercial spacecraft that could taxi astronauts into low Earth orbit
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Obama budget as disastrous for human space fligh
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what is great exactly ? No human beings will put a foot on the Moon, or Mars, in the next 22 yrs and more ... what an awful waste!
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I agree that Constellation was a mistake. It is though a pity that now human Mars missions would certainly happen even later than initially hoped.
Aurora Mystery Solved? : Discovery News - 2 views
SPACE.com -- NASA to Boost Speed of Deep Space Communications - 1 views
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a few megabits per second might someday get as much as 600 megabits per second, if not more. That could enable far more scientific payoff per mission in the long run.
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new communication innovations such as disruption tolerant networking
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one of the biggest communication revolutions will come from laser-driven optical communication
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they kind-of stole my idea ;)
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NASA will miss Congressional deadline for asteroid tracking - Science Fair - USATODAY.com - 0 views
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he panel finds the 2005 order to find 90% of Earth-threatening asteroids 460 feet or larger infeasible,
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No method for diverting asteroids has been experimentally demonstrated
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Options include a "gravity tractor" orbiting slow-moving objects and tugging them off course with tidal tugs, a "kinetic" impact of a heavy spacecraft into an asteroid, or a nuclear explosion
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Hubble 3D IMAX Trailer Released, Looks Amazing | Popular Science - 2 views
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No offense to Avatar creator James Cameron, but this is the real deal.
Almost-close encounter: Meteorite hits Lorton doctor's office - washingtonpost.com - 3 views
NASA Announces Designs for Personal Flying Suit - In Transit Blog - NYTimes.com - 1 views
Latest space jobs report still bleak | floridatoday.com | FLORIDA TODAY - 1 views
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I found these are huge numbers, as if it is the taskforce necessary for building the shuttle from scratch ... but it is supposedly reusable!
DoD Buzz | Back Away from GPS: AF Chief - 4 views
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develop alternatives to GPS
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The fact that the U.S., which invented GPS and most of what depends on it (ATMs, gas pumps, trucking companies and lost spouses), would consider stepping away from the system marks a cultural and technological milestone
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recommended that the U.S. scrap building five more GPS satellites and engage European allies on sharing their proposed Galileo global navigation satellite system
Panel Picks 3 Finalists for ESAs Cosmic Vision M class Missions | SpaceNews.com - 3 views
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“superb from a science standpoint,” but beyond Europe’s current budget
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There was some questioning of the cost estimate for Euclid, but at some point you have to decide: Either you don’t believe the estimates that [ESA science program managers] produced, or you assume their estimates are credible. Euclid was the one mission where costs were debated, but the consensus was to use the cost estimates presented to us.
Quieting the Lizard Brain - 7 views
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"What you do for a living is not be creative, what you do is ship," says bestselling author Seth Godin, arguing that we must quiet our fearful "lizard brains" to avoid sabotaging projects just before we finally finish them. ... or to me the importance of setting deadlines, objectives and planning to not sabotage your creative work!
planetarydefense.blogspot.com: Documents: Human NEO Mission Design Studies - 0 views
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An interesting compilation of Human NEO mission concepts
Galileo space navigation system to be ready in 2014 | Business | Deutsche Welle | 07.01... - 1 views
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6 years later ...
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