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19 Dec 2010 20:48

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World: Super-eclipse: Earth’s axis, closest star, only moon align all at once

  • So, tomorrow night is a cool night. See, Tuesday is the Winter Solstice, and coinciding with said Winter Solstice is a lunar eclipse – a star-aligning event we think happens every million years or something. We can’t be bothered to look up the specific number, but we hear it’ll be awesome. Enjoy the moon completely covered in shadows, guys. Well, as long as you live on the Western Hemisphere. Sorry Japan. source
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01 Feb 2010 09:21

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U.S.: Obama’s ditching many of Bush’s most ambitious plans for NASA

  • We are proposing canceling the program, not delaying it.
  • Office of Management and Budget director Peter Orszag • Regarding the decision to scrap the new moon mission, Constellation, that NASA has been working towards since the Bush administration gave it the green light a few years ago. Instead, the money will go to building technology for an eventual mission to Mars. Why? The Constellation program needed an extra $3 billion a year to work. In other news, the Obama administration is pushing for commercial firms to develop space taxis to send crews between Earth and the International Space Station. All this adds up to a massive shake-up of the NASA program. source
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13 Nov 2009 16:38

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Tech: A drop in the bucket? NASA finds tons of water on the moon

  • I’m here today to tell you that indeed, yes, we found water. And we didn’t find just a little bit; we found a significant amount.
  • NASA scientist Anthony Colaprete • Describing the excitement caused by the Lunar Crater Observation and Sensing Satellite, which crashed into the moon last month with the specific purpose of finding water. And oh boy, it found a lot of it: A dozen two-gallon buckets of water. This is promising for many reasons, including the fact that this makes a lunar space station seem possible. We just made a ton of nerds’ days with this news. • source
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19 Oct 2009 20:08

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U.S., World: Spies! Israel! Scientists! Moon water! Stings! Arrests! Secrets!

  • We needed a feel-good story to make us forget about Balloon Boy. Thanks to 52-year-old Stewart Nozette, we have it. Nozette, a top U.S. scientist who found that there was a polar icecap on the moon, was arrested today for attempting to sell state secrets to who he thought was the Israelis, but was really the FBI. We hope he got what he wanted out of this – he faces a maximum sentence of life in prison if convicted. source
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09 Oct 2009 11:51

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Tech: That water-on-moon thing cost a lot of freaking money

  • $79 million for the attack – and there wasn’t even a big flash! source
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24 Sep 2009 08:36

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World: Scientists freaking out because there’s water on the moon

Water on the moon? Well, that’s kinda impressive. We’d be more impressed if it was already bottled. (We know, we’re hard to impress.) source
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16 Aug 2009 09:50

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U.S., World: NASA: We need more money to visit the moon and Mars

  • $18 billion amount the space program gets in its budget each year; its 10-year budget plan was cut significantly – by $30 billion – recently source
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14 Jul 2009 17:54

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U.S.: That whole man-landing-on-the-moon thing bred a lot of skeptics

  • 6% of Americans think the Apollo mission was a big hoax source
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16 Jun 2009 12:54

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Tech: NASA has the craziest, most awesome space missions sometimes

  • 6 mile high explosion in hopes of finding water on the moon. Whoa! source
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