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Astronauts Face New Frontier: Unemployment

(Feb. 26) -- For 40 years, the American astronaut has been an icon of bravery and derring-do. But could these elite fliers be about to get their pink slips? Under a proposal by President Barack Obama, NASA's campaign to send astronauts to the moon would be canceled, and the spaceship NASA has been building to replace the...

Private Firms Look to Cash In on NASA Cuts

(Feb. 1) – With NASA's Constellation program cut from the budget President Obama proposed Monday, private companies have the chance to play a bigger role in the next space race. While the budget request for fiscal year 2011 eliminates the Constellation program – which would have replaced the space shuttle with...

Obama to Propose Stimulus for Outsourcing NASA

WASHINGTON (Jan. 31) -- Getting to space is about to be outsourced. The Obama administration on Monday will propose in its new budget spending billions of dollars to encourage private companies to build, launch and operate spacecraft for NASA and others. Uncle Sam would buy its astronauts a ride into space just like...

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02/10/12 Local Woman's Drive to Keep Streets Safe Source: Limerick-Royersford-Spring City Patch - Limerick-Royersford-Spring City PA Whether you're mildly buzzed or three-sheets to the wind, there's a new designated driver service in town.
02/10/12 Red 5 Outlines Firefall Launch Plans and Future Source: IGN.com It's a cell-shaded MMO shooter from Red 5, a team that boasts a slew of industry veterans, that is reminiscent of Borderlands in all the right ways.
02/10/12 Scientists say NASA cutting missions to Mars Source: Times-News - Kingsport TN Scientists say NASA is about to propose major cuts in its exploration of other planets, especially Mars. And NASA's former science chief is calling it irrational.
02/09/12 NASA to replace Russian rockets with space taxi by 2014 Source: Gadling Currently using less-than-reliable Russian space agency vehicles to take astronauts to and from the International Space Station, NASA wants to go a different direction.
02/09/12 NASA Mars Rover 'Curiosity' Bears Penny On Robotic Arm... Source: The Huffington Post The copper coin is attached to a smartphone-size plaque at the end of the robotic arm on Curiosity, NASA's Mars Science Laboratory car-size rover.