Politics

NASA’s JPL Lays Off Hundreds of Workers

In a disheartening turn of events, NASA's Jet Propulsion Laboratory has announced that it's laying off about 8% of its…

2 months ago

What’s Going on With the Mars Sample Return Mission?

Anybody with a modicum of intellectual curiosity is looking forward to the NASA/ESA Mars Sample Return Mission. NASA's Perseverance rover…

5 months ago

Will Space Play in the 2016 US Election?

It might be only March of 2015, but the race (slog?) is on to be the next president of the…

9 years ago

Casting Swords into Space Observatories

[/caption] Editor’s note – Bruce Dorminey is a science journalist and author of Distant Wanderers: The Search for Planets beyond…

12 years ago

Op-Ed: Lunar Twitter — Republicans Debate Manned Moon Base

[/caption] Editor’s note – Bruce Dorminey, science journalist and author of Distant Wanderers: The search for Planets beyond the Solar…

12 years ago

Newt Promises a Moon Base by 2020

[/caption] US Republican presidential candidate Newt Gingrich campaigned in Florida on Wednesday, and made some audacious claims if he would…

12 years ago