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Here's some interesting articles I found on Science, Technology, and other related topics... I guess you can call this my "Geek" page.  I added this page in 2002, but until recently, I've largely ignored it over the years...  I guess I'm not as geeky as I'd like to let on.


General Space STUFF
Stuff I find that's space related.
 

  The View from Orbit
They've opened up an Internet Connection to the Space Station, and an astronaut has been Tweeting!
 
Spinning 2011
President Obama puts the return to the moon on hold so NASA can study Climate change...
Launch of STS - 126
I don't think I'll EVER get tired of these!
The Sun is showing signs of life
Cycle 24 starts to make itself known
Debris from Space Station breaks up over Tasman Sea - more than a year after it was pushed away from the Space Station by an astronaut A very quiet Sun
One of the quietest years in the last 50 years...
NASA secures permission to acquire 3-man Soyuz spacecraft
Not just for science fiction anymore:
An update on the Space Elevator
Phoenix hits jackpot, it seems:
Its melting, so its Ice
In Peru, a meteorite is making people sick
Mars experiencing Global Warming On its way to Pluto, New Horizons does a fly-by ST-118 - Endeavour's Mission to the Space Station
Cassini is making a history for itself NASA does a
Mars Face Makeover
Crab Nebula's Pulsar may have 4 poles
The new Solar Sentinels Report is out! SOHO Records a large
Solar Burst
Tracking Space Junk left by Apollo
Earthshine Pegasus Rocket System Update Pegasus Tested Successfully
Pyramids on Mars? X43 - 20 years from now? Update on the Mars Express


Columbia Accident Stuff
 

The Columbia was
Doomed from the get-go
Here's the executive summary of the Accident Investigation Board Here's the whole report
(PDF - 10MB)


Other Sci-Tech Links
 

  The CD was invented in the PNW Coming Soon: The Flexible Screen
Are we returning to the Cold War? Flying on a beam of light Ocean Gliders
Civil War insights The Oldest Living thing on Earth Accurate Clocks
Christian Dead and East & West Fun with Leonardo Da Vinci More about Accurate Clocks
How much rain IS an "Inch", anyway? "Besso" is associated with Einstein!!! (pdf) The North Pole is moving! 


Links to the Final Frontier
 

Wondering about "Near Earth Objects?"  so is NASA! Check out the latest information about the Space Station or the Space Shuttle at NASA's website! Don't like "the government version"?  Try Space.com or Spaceflight.com... lots of good stuff!
How about Apollo, Gemini, Mercury, or even Sky Lab mission information?


RETURN TO THE MOON SPECIFIC STUFF
Garnished from the NASA Website, and placed here for easy review
Newest articles are on the top of the list.
Unfortunately, President Obama cancelled the Moon
Program in the 2011 budget

  Forward Skirt Separation Test  
Ares 1-X Assembly Orion Capsule parachute test failure NASA Denies Ares 1 in trouble
Ares 5 Model Testing  Lunar Rover Testing in Arizona A3 Test Stand Steel Work begins
Ares 1x segments begin arriving  Modifications to Existing Shuttle Infrastructure The LRO begins Vacuum testing
 Transitioning from Space Shuttle to Constellation Apollo helps out An old engine relights
 Ares 1 Rocket Passes Review to reach critical milestone  Scale Model tested in the Water  NASA Conducts first test on new motor for Ares 1 Rocket
 Fact Sheets  NASA Conducts test of Jettison Motor  Successful test of Parachute for Ares Rocket
 Boeing placing finishing touches on Orion's heat shield  Swinging into the airbag tests  NASA releases Suit Designs
 Swinging into the airbag tests  Testing Propellant Tanks  Project will save NASA jobs.
 Astronaut Escape System Simulator Hardware Delivered for test.  Astronaut Escape System Simulator Hardware Construction Movie  "ALTAIR" is the name of the Lunar Lander
 Parachute Test Vehicle J-2X Powerpack mounted on Test Stand Ares-1 Wind Tunnel Testing
 Dealing with Lunar Night.  Heat Shield ready for testing  NASA Releases work assignments
Check out my "Apollo Moon Hoax" page...


 

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