"Houston, we've got a problem" - so quoted Kerry in Texas - comparing the nation under the Bush presidency to the Apollo 13 mission. The comparison has merit:...

The Commercial Space Launch Amendments Act of 2004 just passed the House with a vote of 402 to 1. http://www.house.gov/science/press/108/108-195.htm The...

Toulouse, the 27th of February Galileo : US - EC negotiations outputs. After 3 years of difficult negotiation, an important step has been reached the 25th...

Hi All: I publish a free newsletter that provides information on upcoming Vandenberg AFB missile launches plus space and astronomy news of interest to...

This is interesting, and is just another sign that US should be wary of the so called special relationship with the UK. There is now a growing minority of...

= INSTALLMENT #5: 3rd UPDATE to "The Signalling Event" Five weeks ago, I posted a link to the first installment of my "Discovery on Mars" series... this...

March 5, 2004 "When nutrients are scarce, myxobacteria cells aggregate by chemotaxis into fruiting bodies. These fruiting bodies can take different shapes and...

I've been playing with Len Cormier's Bear Cub. As a tether enthusiast, I'm interested in the impact of using a tether with the Bear Cub. A hanging tether can...

The following from: "http://www.sfgate.com/cgi-bin/article.cgi?f=/news/archive/2004/02/26/politics1352EST0651.DTL" "The Associated Press chooses an issue...

"What we need to do as we enter this dawn of the 21st century, is not talk about going to the Moon or even to Mars. We need to go to the Moon right here on...

The image below shows either a fossilized root or an Opportunity spherule with very distinct three part layering. Both are about 3 mm in...

March 4,...

2030 is so far in the future, I wonder what would be easier, sending humans to Mars or sending Androids there. In seems conceivable that we could build...

March 4, 2004 Google Repost. Both biological and chemical. Marine Geology 195 (2003) 177-200 Contributed by Dana Johnson on the Mars River Blog.

Last month when Bush announced his space "vision" or "plan", I said, based on O'Keefe's chart, that it is mostly or entirely business as usual as long as Bush...

Toulouse, the 27th of February Galileo : US - EC negotiations outputs. After 3 years of difficult negotiation, an important step has been reached the 25th...

Today's "Houston Chronicle" had a front page story on how the planned termination of the shuttle program (and its possibly slipping next launch date) is...

March 2,...

"As If the Ocean Parted and the waters vanished leaving only salt traces, and sea-creatures blinking their round eyes at a sun beyond understanding, at the...

The two asteroids I have in mind: 2000 LY27 and 2000 YJ11 http://clowder.net/hop/railroad/1_5/1_5.html These two asteroids come near the Earth every three...