In fact from the most recent Obama administration announcement, the only Americans we are likely going to see in space this decade is on that near worthless money-hole known as the ISS (International Space Station), likely ferried there by Russian (and who knows, perhaps Chinese and Indian) crafts. Why? Because the replacement for out shuttles, ( Read more... )

I hardly heard anything on the news about this, really mentioned as an afterthought to the shuttle Endeavour finally being able to launch today. Anyway, today the 16th of July is the 40th anniversary of the launch of the Apollo 11 mission. Hopefully everyone actually already knows what the Apollo 11 mission is but just in case, it was the NASA ( Read more... )