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News From Monday, February 01, 2010
11:13:04 PM NASA budget cut would hit ATK
Bizjournals.com - Charlotte,NC,USA

Alliant Techsystems Inc. (ATK) on Monday objected to the Obama administration's proposal to cut a major program out of NASA's budget. ... [more]

10:55:17 PM NASA: Good night moon, hello new rocket technology
Washington Post - Washington,DC,USA

The rockets were based on space shuttle boosters. "Simply put, we're putting the science back into the rocket science at NASA," White House science adviser ... [more]

9:44:27 PM They created a space city & walked away with a meteorite
Times of India - India

At the end of the competition, 36 children were declared winner for their out-of-box thinking and given a unique trophy a rare meteorite found in Argentina ... [more]

9:18:13 PM Planets align for musical odyssey
Scene - menasha,wi,USA

“We were close to having one in Milwaukee last year as part of International Year of Astronomy, but it didn't happen,” Salgado said. ... [more]

8:36:21 PM Shuttle set to launch Super Bowl Sunday
KOLD-TV - Tucson,AZ,USA

.... activities are in full swing this week with the official launch countdown to space shuttle Endeavour's STS-130 mission set to begin at 2 am EST Feb. 4. ... [more]

7:48:09 PM NASA Budget: Constellation Officially Canned, But The Deep-Space Future Is
Popular Science - New York,NY,USA

Popular Science $3 billion over five years to fund a string of cost-effective exploratory unmanned missions to the moon, near-earth asteroids and even Mars, scouting future ... [more]

7:43:29 PM New Budget: Shakes Up NASA's Plans
Poder 360

The presidents new budget plans include cutting spending to NASA's moon program, while jump-starting new advances in technologies for future human space ... [more]

6:34:14 PM Is Human Spaceflight Running Out of Time?
Discovery News

Then consider the discovery of an Earth-killing asteroid careening in our direction (the same scenario explored by Jon in his article). ... [more]

6:08:43 PM Obama Calls for End to NASA's Moon Program
New York Times - New York,NY,USA

By KENNETH CHANG President Obama is calling on NASA to cancel the program that was to return humans to the Moon by 2020, and focus instead on radically new ... [more]

5:47:02 PM Coolest sub-stellar, exosolar body found
United Press International

1 (UPI) -- An international team of British-led astronomers says it has discovered what may be the coolest sub-stellar body ever found outside our own solar ... [more]

5:10:33 PM Shuttle Artifacts: Going Once, Going Twice
Discovery News

As NASA switches gears from using the space shuttle to renting space vehicles from private industry, artifacts of the nearly three decade-old program are ... [more]

4:58:14 PM Who is the real owner of the Virginia meteorite?
Thaindian.com - Bangkok,Bangkok,Thailand

Virginia, Feb 1 (THAINDIAN NEWS) The meteorite that landed in a Lorton doctor's office on the 18th of January, is now in the midst of a legal battle over ... [more]

4:34:08 PM White House Confirms Course Change for NASA
Obama Accuses McCain of Same Old Republican Campaign Tactics

By Amy Klamper WASHINGTON -- The administration of US President Barack Obama is canceling NASA's current space shuttle replacement- and lunar ... [more]

2:51:36 PM How to build a Shuttle-derived heavy-lift program
The Space Review - Rockville,MD,USA

That's a big problem for Florida and other states tied to the Space Shuttle program. Clearly, a new heavy-lift rocket program is needed for the kind of .... [more]

2:18:52 PM Astronomers plan to make use of new software to better collaborate on
DailyTech - Chicago,IL,USA

DailyTech Supercomputers have had an important role in how astronomers learn more about the universe, and will now be used to share collected research around the ... [more]

2:06:28 PM Art: the final frontier
Guardian - UK

The Hubble space telescope has brought about a visual revolution, more significant than any recent work of art in transforming the way we see ourselves and ... [more]

12:16:17 PM Obama axes NASA moon plan in new budget
Reuters - NY,USA

CAPE CANAVERAL, Florida (Reuters) - President Barack Obama wants to end NASA's moon program, turn over space transportation to commercial companies and ... [more]

12:06:55 PM Variety of topics during black history month in SC
Myrtle Beach Sun News

AP CHARLESTON, SC -- Black history month in South Carolina features events statewide ranging from astronomy to basket weaving. Black history month begins ... [more]

10:46:12 AM Great Orion Nebula a show not to be missed
San Diego Union Tribune - San Diego,CA,USA

This is known to astronomers as M42, or the Great Orion Nebula. Modern astronomers know M42 as one of the most prolific star-forming regions in our entire ... [more]

9:56:06 AM 2036, the End of the World
Korea IT Times - Seoul,South Korea

Remember in the movie Armageddon, NASA discovered that there is an asteroid roughly the size of Texas heading towards the Earth, and when it does hit the ... [more]

9:12:50 AM Chief astronomer suspended
Independent Online - Cape Town,South Africa

By Craig McKune South Africa's chief astronomer, the highly regarded director of the South African Astronomical Observatory Phil Charles, has been suspended ... [more]

7:58:42 AM Join Hubble in viewing the universe
Express Buzz - Chennai,Tamil Nadu,India

THIRUVANANTHAPURAM: Astronomy buffs here will soon have speedier access to the latest cosmic secrets unravelled by NASA's Hubble Space Telescope. ... [more]

7:05:25 AM NASA funds raise worries
Daily News - Galveston County - TX,USA

By Karn Dhingra When the Space Shuttle Challenger disintegrated over the skies of Florida on Jan. 28, 1986, Michael Basham was running a profitable local ... [more]

6:56:42 AM ROM's meteorite collection is heavens on earth
Varsity

The Tagish Lake meteorite (pictured) is called the “jewel in the crown” of the ROM's meteorite collection. Fragments of this space rock were found frozen ... [more]

6:05:14 AM UT professors offer perspective, predictions about the future
Dallas Morning News - Dallas,TX,USA

NASA's annual budget is about $18 billion, but it's money well spent, he argued. The space program has produced valuable medical technology, ... [more]

4:11:42 AM NASA Announces Two News Conferences To Discuss The 2011 Budget And A Bold
Space Ref - USA

Space Ref (press release) WASHINGTON -- NASA will hold news conferences on Monday, Feb. 1, and Tuesday, Feb. 2, to discuss the fiscal year 2011 budget request and announce bold new ... [more]

2:03:09 AM Obama pairs a push for jobs with proposed spending cuts
Los Angeles Times - CA,USA

His budget, being proposed Monday, includes spending freezes on NASA and other domestic programs. By Richard Simon and Christi Parsons Reporting from ... [more]

1:14:42 AM Corporate Watch
Wall Street Journal - USA

ATK Space Systems, the Utah-based unit of Alliant Techsystems Inc. that builds booster rockets for the space shuttle, said it is laying off an additional ... [more]



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