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Stranger Than Fiction: Volunteers to Simulate 520-Day Mars Trip
Want to go to Mars without ever leaving Earth? You're in luck! The European Space Agency (ESA) is looking for six international volunteers to participate in a simulated voyage to Mars.
Front Page: Solar Eclipse Brings Darkness at Dawn
- Dawn turned to darkness in Asia today, thanks to the longest total solar eclipse of the century. — AP
- Oakland, CA, has become the first US city to pass a tax on medical marijuana. — CNN
- Michelle Obama has chopped her hair.
Front Page: 40th Anniversary of First Moonwalk
- Forty years ago today, Neil Armstrong and Buzz Aldrin became the first humans to walk on the moon. — MSNBC
- President Obama plans to spend the rest of the month taking the case for healthcare reform to the American people. — USA Today
- A government overseer has concluded that many banks misused bailout money.
Should NASA Name Space Station Room After Colbert?
I'm no rocket scientist, but I do know that if you start an open naming contest, fans of Stephen Colbert will quickly beam the comedian to first place. That's what happened to NASA when it decided to ask the public for suggestions on what to name a room in the space station, now called Node 3.
"Colbert" won the contest, but NASA still has the option to reject the write in winner.
Should Weapons in Space Be Banned?
Marking another sharp break from President Bush, Barack Obama's administration has launched a pledge to seek a worldwide ban on space weapons. Without a ban, technology could be used to interfere with an adversary's commercial or military satellites.
Unlike the Obama administration, Bush implemented a National Space Policy that rejected arm-control deals that might limit the US's ability to shut off space to anyone hostile to American interests.
You Asked: Is It Too Late to Mend Our Friendship?
Dear Sugar,
Last year I went to visit one of my best friends in Chicago. Before I had arrived, she mentioned that she cut her hair really short. A few years ago when I did the same thing, she would tease me about it, so the night I arrived, in joking, I said something about her new "boy" do.
Moving to the Moon? Scientists Say Moon Can Hold Water
Scientists think the moon's polar craters, which never see sunlight, could contain ice. A lunar water supply means that astronauts would be able to use the moon as a home base for space exploration. The US, EU, Japan, India, and China already have plans for permanent moon bases to be set up around 2025.
Is Space Travel Still Relevant?
In the late '50s the space race with Russia was headline news. In 1969, all eyes were glued on Neil Armstrong and Buzz Aldrin as they became the first men on the moon. Half a century later, space travel has lost some of its clout, but not its intrigue.
Front Page: India Launches Moon Orbiter, Palin Gives Speech Advocating Women, EU Protests US Death Sentence
- India Launches Moon Orbiter: India has launched its first unmanned spacecraft on a mission to the moon, in an effort to assert its power in space. The mission is set to last two years and will prepare a three-dimensional atlas of the moon as well as survey the lunar surface for usable natural resources like uranium, a coveted fuel for nuclear power plants.
- Palin Gives Speech Advocating Women: At a rally in Nevada yesterday, Sarah Palin gave a speech advocating for women's rights the world over. She said, "there are still places where women are subjugated and persecuted as they were in Afghanistan, places we’re they’re bullied and brutalized and murdered in honor killings.
UFOs Fly Onto Internet in UK
In 1991, an airplane, headed for Heathrow, encountered a UFO, according to records of the UK Ministry of Defense. The commercial jet passed a brown missile-shaped object, causing the pilot to shout "Look out!"
Britain's National Archives has put 1,500 pages of UFO-related documents online.
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