Is this SpaceX asking for NASA money for a Humans to Mars Program? Americans can go to Mars by 2020 for a fraction of what it cost for us to go to the Moon. We can put ten US Astronauts simultaneously on Mars in 2020! And we can use American Made SpaceX Falcon 9 rocket stages, Dragon Crew Capsules, Bigelow Aerospace Inflatabe TransHabs, and ( Read more... )

At 10:56 p.m. EDT, American astronaut Neil Armstrong, 240,000 miles from Earth, speaks these words to more than a billion people listening at home: "That's one small step for man, one giant leap for mankind." Stepping off the lunar landing module Eagle, Armstrong became the first human to walk on the surface of the moon ( Read more... )

http://www.eurekalert.org/pub_releases/2011-11/nans-ns111411.php

Paul Spudis’ Plan for a Sustainable and Affordable Lunar Base

It’s long been a dream to have a human settlement on the Moon, but in this age of budget cuts and indecisive plans for NASA’s future, a Moon base may seem too costly and beyond our reach. However, noted lunar scientist Dr. Paul Spudis from the Lunar and Planetary Institute and a ( Read more... )

NASA & Space Exploration | Congressional Hearings & Human Space

http://www.space.com/13052-apollo-astronauts-congress-hearing-nasa-shuttle.html/

The United States desperately needs a way to get its astronauts to space and back - and ( Read more... )

http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2011/09/08/nasa-astronauts_n_953519.html

NASA needs to keep more astronauts on staff than planned even though no one is being launched from the home turf.

Convoy for the space age:

Spoken: You see a long line of tin cans - large, unmanned cargo capsules fitted with rockets and steered by computers - led by several spacecraft with mixed crews (men and women both) intending to become settlers headed for Mars. Most of the cargo aboard those tin cans, packed in big air-mattresses and a lot of popcorn ( Read more... )

http://www.universetoday.com/88434/human-mission-to-an-asteroid-the-orion-mpcv/

Enhanced Sense of Touch | Fingertip Sensitivity | Space.com

http://www.space.com/12639-vibrating-glove-astronauts-surgeons.html/

No, it's not a sex toy - it's better. A new vibrating glove not only boosts the sensitivity of human fingertips, but ( Read more... )

http://www.dodbuzz.com/2011/04/29/the-guardians-of-the-astronauts/

If everything goes as planned with today’s final launch of the space shuttle Endeavour, you’ll never see the airmen of the 920th Rescue Wing. But these elite pararescuemen will be on ( Read more... )