Oct 30, 2009 | Associated Content
Three Major Advances in Technology that Have Changed Our Lives
The last fifty years have made enormous advances in technology that have changed the style we live as a human race.
The state versus the final frontier
The state versus the final frontier Source: Center for a Stateless Society Author: Thomas L. Knapp Posted on 10.25.09 by Thomas L. Knapp "On July 21st, 1969, Apollo 11 astronauts Buzz Aldrin and Neil Armstrong became the first human beings to land on the moon.
Editor's note: Buzz Aldrin, whose new book is "Magnificent Desolation," was one of the two American astronauts who were the first people to set foot on the moon.
As if the governor's office doesn't have enough headaches with teacher furlough lawsuits, budget shortfalls and plummeting tourist revenues, there's this: A former NASA senior special agent says the state cannot account for five priceless moon rocks that were given as gifts to the people of Hawaii in celebration of mankind's age-old quest to ...
Veteran astronauts tout commercial space
About a dozen veteran astronauts stood behind the commercial space industry on Friday, noting in a letter published in the Wall Street Journal that American rocket companies are "fully capable of safely handling the critical task of low-Earth-orbit human transportation." The endorsement , which included the signature of Apollo 11 astronaut Buzz ...
To go where no man has gone before....and not come back
This is a absolutely ridiculous idea, one the Houston Chronicle shouldn't be advancing: The concept of a one-way mission to Mars has circulated among space buffs for years, with a Houston-based former NASA engineer, James C. McLane III, among its chief champions.
Top Gear's James May takes his new special to the Moon
You wouldn't think a guy nicknamed Captain Slow by his co-hosts on Top Gear would have a deep-seeded fascination with journeying to the Moon.
Celestial find earns W.Va. teen a White House visit
Lucas Bolyard of Lost Creek is recognized at the White House on Wednesday by President and Mrs.
Nashville book fest joins a boy and his hero, Buzz Aldrin
James "Jay" McWilliams II couldn't wait to see one of his nonfictional space heroes - Buzz Aldrin - Saturday at the Southern Festival of Books.
Apollo 11 crew: Aldrin likes spotlight, other two shun it
CAPE CANAVERAL, Fla. -- In the 40 years since Apollo 11, some of the key players -- most notably Neil Armstrong -- have steered clear of the increasingly bright glare of the moonlight cast by the historic lunar landing.
Right-Wing Assault on LCROSS mission? Or merely a symptom of a larger problem?
While one can fully understand the public, with its complete lack of understanding of things related to space, to be apathetic, it is the mainstream media and apparently members of the media considered to be "conservative" that are openly attacking the moon mission.
Free Shipping on Avery Binders at Zazzle.com
I've got a growing number of space images on the new Avery Binders over at Zazzle.
White House to Throw Star Party Wednesday
This is a small version of a massive Gigapan photo of U.S. President Barack Obama's Inauguration on Jan.
Richland College to host fundraiser to renovate planetarium
Richland College , a college of the Dallas County Community College District, will host a fundraising event on Fri., Oct.
Fresh from "infinity and beyond," Buzz Lightyear received a rocket hero's welcome home Friday, sharing the spotlight with none other than the astronaut for whom the character is named.
History textbook tells pupils USA first landed on moon in 1979
An official history textbook used by thousands of GCSE pupils contains embarrassing errors, including the assertion that the United States won the race to the moon in 1979.
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