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    Trump may cancel NASA's powerful SLS moon rocket – here's what that would mean for Elon Musk and the future of space travel

    These same resources should be working to save the one planet that we have.
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    Trump may cancel NASA's powerful SLS moon rocket – here's what that would mean for Elon Musk and the future of space travel

    TIME TO KILL ARTEMIS-SLS-ORION? Artemis is a NASA program with the goal to “land a woman and person of color on the Moon”. A single mission will cost over $4 Billion! $4 Billion goes to the ocean on each launch; nothing in Artemis is reusable. If program continues, NASA will have to build new...
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    There was some tension in the room', NASA says of decision to bring Boeing's Starliner spacecraft home without astronauts

    The only option for Columbia was for another Shuttle to be sent up to bring the Columbia crew home. Columbia had no means to reach the ISS and no means of repair on orbit. If concern had been high enough, the crew could have found a way to inspect the wing integrity visually. BUT......even if...
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    Chang’e 6 mission’s far-side moon samples enter return-to-Earth module in lunar orbit

    This is a great accomplishment. I hope the Chinese will fully share their findings with the world's scientists, too.
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    We've been 'close' to achieving fusion power for 50 years. When will it actually happen?

    https://uploads.disquscdn.com/images/09597b104b84e91f1e31dae27c07cefbb9984224ce373d4fe4c98b503d0669c9.jpg
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    SpaceX Falcon 9 rocket modified for Northrop Grumman Cygnus cargo launch on Jan. 30

    With all due respect, I am quite close to what the ISS is doing. While there is some serious science, the majority are just beyond high school science fair projects. What we have proved at ISS is this: humans are terrible suited to long duration space flight...and unaffordable in the face of...
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    SpaceX Falcon 9 rocket modified for Northrop Grumman Cygnus cargo launch on Jan. 30

    By my estimate, a pint of ice cream for the ISS astronauts is about $200,000. Is everyone OK with that....or might you join me in arguing that we should de-orbit the ISS and put our resources to fixing our planet Earth?
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    We've been 'close' to achieving fusion power for 50 years. When will it actually happen?

    The only concert that works, here presented WTIC: https://uploads.disquscdn.com/images/09597b104b84e91f1e31dae27c07cefbb9984224ce373d4fe4c98b503d0669c9.jpg
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    We've been 'close' to achieving fusion power for 50 years. When will it actually happen?

    No one reading this story will live long enough to enjoy man-made fusion power. THIS IS THE ONLY CONCEPT THAT WILL WORK: https://uploads.disquscdn.com/images/09597b104b84e91f1e31dae27c07cefbb9984224ce373d4fe4c98b503d0669c9.jpg
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    Scientists may have just cracked the sun's greatest mystery

    The first question everyone has is "Does this higher energy output from the Sun impact Earth's weather?" As a possible resolution, why not use the temperature measuring capabilities our our Mars Orbiter to track that so-far-not-impacted-by-human-activity planet's reaction to changes in the Sun's...
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