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Daniels to co-chair panel reviewing space program
WEST LAFAYETTE, Ind. (AP) — Purdue University President Mitch Daniels has joined a panel that will make recommendations about the future of the nation's space program. The Committee on Human Spaceflight is part of the 2010 NASA Authorization Act....Tags: Science and Technology, NASA
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Purdue band members to fly world's largest drum into Lake Michigan
Purdue News ServiceWEST LAFAYETTE — Members of Purdue University's "All-American" Marching Band are building a new version of the World's Largest Drum that will fly over and into Lake Michigan. The "Droppin the Bass" glider will be launched off a four-story lakefront...Tags: Macy's Thanksgiving Day Parade, Cape Canaveral, Purdue Boilermakers, Michigan Wolverines, Aerospace Manufacturing
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Purdue taps astronaut Cernan as credit card image
WEST LAFAYETTE, Ind. (AP) — Purdue University is ready to roll out its new alumni credit card featuring the last man on the moon, but it's delayed ads touting the card so it can honor the first man on the moon. The Journal & Courier reports (http:/...
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Purdue to honor astronaut born in South Bend
Purdue plans to honor astronaut Janice Voss, who died earlier this month of complications from cancer. Voss was born in South Bend. The school will host a public celebration for the Purdue Graduate this Friday in the Neil Armstrong Hall of Engineering.... -
Mars or bust, Buzz Aldrin says
Dancer, rapper, and, oh yeah, Man on the Moon Buzz Aldrin is talking, but are the right people listening? One of the original moonwalkers (“Michael Jackson always did it backwards!” Aldrin complained) challenged the United States to pick...Tags: Satellite Technology, Apollo Moon Mission (1961-1975), Richard Nixon, Space Programs, Michael Jackson
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Boy Scouts' gay policy change is one small step
When Neil Armstrong said, "That's one small step for man, one giant leap for mankind," he actually screwed up. He meant to say, "One small step for A man," which makes more sense. Armstrong later tried to correct his mistake, but his original...
Tags: Justice and Rights, Civil Rights, Social Organizations, Clubs and Associations, Youth Organizations
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Black List Discovery Richard Cordiner Will Adapt 'Spacesuit' for Warner Bros.
ReutersMay 23 (TheWrap.com) - Richard Cordiner will adapt "Spacesuit" for Warner Bros., his first script in a two-film blind deal, according to two individuals with knowledge of the deal. Cordiner is a U.K. transplant that moved to the United States a couple of...Tags: Warner Bros. Entertainment, Inc., Leo Burnett, Buzz Aldrin, Steven Spielberg
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Private space industry can't get to Mars without NASA
While the Mars rover Curiosity is discovering the building blocks of life on the Red Planet, many are equally excited about another development: Commercial companies have finally discovered profit in space. This is no small feat, considering the...Tags: Satellite Technology, Technology, Virgin Group, Ltd., Science, Business Enterprises
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Future space explorers tour JPL
Thirty-two students in aerospace, engineering and science programs in 11 different countries descended on the Jet Propulsion Laboratory last week as part of a Caltech competition to design a mission to one of Mars' two moons, Phobos or Deimos. "Watching...
Tags: Engineering, NASA Voyager Program, Buzz Aldrin, Technology, Jet Propulsion Laboratory
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Naval Academy astronauts return to inspire next generation
The course is Human Space Flight. The subject for today: analogues — the scenarios found in the world or contrived in the laboratory that NASA uses to simulate work and life aboard a space ship. Naval Academy professor Ken Reightler leads the...
Tags: Robert Heinlein, Engineering, Rocketry, Vice (movie), Annapolis
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Amazon's Jeff Bezos hails recovery of some Apollo F-1 engines
Jeff Bezos: founder and CEO of Amazon.com, and now, bona fide ocean explorer. A year after vowing to send a team into the ocean to find F-1 engines from the historic Apollo 11 moon launch, Bezos announced Wednesday that the team had recovered F-1 engine...
Tags: Satellite Technology, Apollo Moon Mission (1961-1975), Amazon.com Inc., Jeff Bezos, Human Interest
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Shouldn't heroes last forever?
In late February, the House cast a 394-0 vote to rename NASA's cutting-edge flight research center in Southern California after the late astronaut Neil Armstrong. What could possibly be wrong with that? In their advocacy, the bill's sponsors pointed out...
Tags: Johns Hopkins University, Russia, Space Programs, Human Interest, Science and Technology
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