Archives: NASA

The National Aeronautics and Space Administration is the government agency that’s made human spaceflight a reality and launched every successful mission that’s landed on Mars among much else. It has much to take credit and blame for.

Blog: Langrange Point Outpost?

According to a NASA proposal to the White House, a waystation could be built at the Earth-Moon Lagrange Point 2 to serve Moon and Mars exploration programs. But while it’s an awesome idea, what are the chances it’s actually going to get off the ground.

Blog: New Bill To Reform NASA Funding

A couple of United States Representatives are proposing a way to ensure NASA projects have continued funding through their lifetimes. Good? Bad? We say good.

Blog: Why NASA’s Victory Lap Should Be A Tour of Shame

NASA’s trotting around the retired shuttles like it’s something to be proud of. But with nothing to replace them, should we really be celebrating?

Blog: Space Junk – Or The Story of the Disposable Space Station

Space junk came dangerously close to the International Space Station over the weekend. NASA’s response? Everyone into the lifeboats! But what about protecting the space platform America spent hundreds of billions of dollars building in the first place?

Blog: Old Space Station Plans

NASA ran through a lot of different plans after the launch of Skylab for space stations. One was truly interesting. But, of course, what we ended up with was the ISS.