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SpaceX launch could pave way for private sector funding
Tuesday, May 22, 2012
The private company SpaceX today launched an unmanned rocket into space this morning, carrying cargo for the international space station.
Will NASA or private firms send us to outer space?
Friday, March 9, 2012
NASA's budget is scrutinized by Congress, igniting debate over the direction of the space agency.
Trying to save missions to Mars
Monday, February 27, 2012
Mars researchers are meeting with NASA today to figure out if there's a way to pay for future trips to the red planet.
NASA in the market for some good eaters
Wednesday, February 22, 2012
The agency wants to figure out how it would feed astronauts on any future mission to Mars, so it needs people to try to cook and eat astronaut food for four long months.
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Moon colony mooted to spur U.S. technology
Friday, January 27, 2012
Will the cost of returning to the moon reap benefits in scientific and technological breakthroughs? Past experience offers a mixed verdict.
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A moon colony for the economy?
Friday, January 27, 2012
Former House Speaker Newt Gingrich has been grabbing headlines with his proposal to establish a "moon colony." Is it likely to happen?
Space weather has economic impacts on earth
Tuesday, January 24, 2012
Rough space weather is leading some flights to change their course, and experts on the lookout for power outages.
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Hackers interfered with US satellites
Thursday, October 27, 2011
An upcoming report from the U.S.-China Economic and Security Review Commission says that in 2007 and 2008 hackers were able to mess with American...
Literally like a diamond in the sky
Friday, August 26, 2011
A new planet has been discovered in the Milky Way. As if being a planet in a solar system named after a candy bar wasn't cool enough, this planet...
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California Gov. Brown talks taxes, cuts and economic fairness
I have a non-political observation to make. In another part of this interview not shown here, Governor Brown identified that he could see 50 miles...
ijblack | May 24, 2012
Times-Picayune to cut back jobs and production schedule
As someone born and breaded in New Orleans I'm sorry to see this news from my hometown paper, but as someone who's found reading it an...
BostonPeng | May 24, 2012
High-frequency trading: Bad for markets... and the soul?
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First I'd like to thank everyone for listening to what I had to say, it's really an honor to have been on marketplace. Second...
Nick Hanauer on the TED talk, income inequality controversy
If the idea of "trickle-down economics" hasn't worked---when governments have actually *tried* it, rather than a form they...
kingjon | May 18, 2012
