Space OR Planetary Science - Google News for Thursday 9 October 2014

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NASA IG Says Planetary Science Senior Review Process Needs Work - Space News

Posted: 09 Oct 2014 12:17 PM PDT
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Space News
NASA IG Says Planetary Science Senior Review Process Needs Work
Space News
Meanwhile, three operating Planetary Science missions were exempted from
the five-month review, which wrapped up in July: the Mercury Surface, Space
Environment, Geochemistry and Ranging orbiter that launched in 2004; the
protoplanet probe Dawn, ...
NASA OIG: The Science Mission Directorates Mission Extension ProcessSpace
Ref (press release)

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It's Time to Take the Science Out of Space - Huffington Post

Posted: 09 Oct 2014 10:48 AM PDT
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Its Time to Take the Science Out of Space
Huffington Post
We should stop wasting our science budgets immediately and focus on the
space science work that really does deliver -- unmanned satellites and
probes. I knew exactly what I was going to say. And yet by the time I had
finished the book, my opinion had ...



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UA Planetary Scientists, Japanese to Trade Hard-Rock Stories - UANews

Posted: 08 Oct 2014 08:15 PM PDT
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UA Planetary Scientists, Japanese to Trade Hard-Rock Stories
UANews
The University of Arizona leads the OSIRIS-REx mission under a contract
with NASA, while Hayabusa2 is led by the Institute of Space and
Astronautical Science of the Japan Aerospace Exploration Agency, known as
ISAS and JAXA. Both missions are ...

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NASA, what's in a name? Agency sends 'boarding passes' to space - Tech Times

Posted: 09 Oct 2014 01:47 PM PDT
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Tech Times
NASA, whats in a name? Agency sends boarding passes to space
Tech Times
Orion will journey 3,600 miles above the surface of the Earth, far beyond
the altitude of the International Space Station (ISS), which cruises just
205 miles above the planet. The Space Shuttle, by comparison, only lifted
crew and cargo to orbits ...
NASA wants to send your name into spaceScience Recorder
As Comet Nears Mars, NASA Gears Up for Epic EncounterSpace.com
NASA Prepares Science Fleet for Oct. 19 Mars Comet EncounterSpace Ref
(press release)
Space Fellowship
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'Alien life found above Derbyshire proves we're descended from ... - The
Independent

Posted: 09 Oct 2014 02:53 AM PDT
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The Independent
Alien life found above Derbyshire proves were descended from ...
The Independent
However claims from Professor Milton Wainwright have attracted criticism
from the scientific community. One astrobiologist told Space.com "The jump
to the conclusion that it is alien life is a big jump and would require
quite extraordinary proof. (The ...

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El Reg Christmas Lectures to span space, big data and GCHQ - Register

Posted: 09 Oct 2014 06:31 AM PDT
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El Reg Christmas Lectures to span space, big data and GCHQ
Register
On December 9, we welcome Dr Geraint Jones, of UCLs Mullard Space Science
Lab. Geraint has done stints at Nasas Jet Propulsion Lab and the Max Plank
Institute for Solar System Research, and currently lectures on planetary
science and researches ...