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Private Firms Look to Cash In on NASA Cuts

By Larisa Mendez DownesFeb 1st 2010 – 7:01PM
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(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...

Opinion: Dude, Where's My Flying Car?

Nov 18th 2009 – 5:40PM

(Nov. 18) -- I turned 40 this year and, alas, like many before me who've entered middle age, I've fallen quite short of my long-term career goal. In my case, that was to become a space-suited technician in a dusty lunar city. AP Photo/Heinz Ducklau This year also happens to coincide with the 40th anniversary of the...

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