Articles in the “space” category

How long can a human live unprotected in space?

Posted 2 years ago, at the start of June

The answer, straight from NASA.

Obama Calls for End to NASA’s Moon Program

Posted 2 years ago, at the start of February

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 2 years ago, at the end of January

The privatization of NASA.

The Known Universe

Posted 3 years ago, mid-December

Both dizzying and fascinating, this Known Universe video zooms out from Tibet and goes as far through space as we’ve mapped. Full-screen this! (via)

Cross-section of the Space Shuttle

Posted 3 years ago, mid-October

A neat graphic of the Shuttle from NASA