Articles in the “politics” category

Obama Calls for End to NASA’s Moon Program

Posted 7 months ago

This still has to go through Congress and a million hoops, but The NYTimes reports: President Obama is calling on NASA to cancel the program that was to return humans to the Moon by 2020, and focus instead on radically new space technologies. Mr. Obama’s 2010 budget proposal for NASA asks for $18 billion over [...]

WSJ: White House Decides to Outsource NASA Work

Posted 8 months ago

The privatization of NASA.

Nelson! Nelson! Nelson!

Posted last year, mid-December

Excellent video from the ESPN ESPY Awards held earlier this year. It’s resurgence on YouTube is timed nicely with this release of Invictus this past weekend. This year the Arthur Ashe Award for Courage was presented to Nelson Mandela, and his work to unite his country through love of sport. (thx steph)

History in real time

Posted last year, at the end of April

I absolutely love this: The Official White House photostream on Flickr.

Dear Dick

Posted last year, at the end of April

A short letter to Mr. Cheney.