Space & Astronomy

Magazine articles on space and astronomy.

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Geotimes July 2004 Sara Pratt	Core Compositions Scientists are working to explain the differences in composition between Earth and Mars.
Science News June 26, 2004	Tracking Solar Activity Part of the Student Observation Network, this NASA Web site offers information and activities related to solar flares and storms.
Geotimes June 2004 Naomi Lubick	To Mars and Beyond The President's Commission on the Moon, Mars and Beyond presented its recommendations to the administration Wednesday morning, on how to proceed with the president's sweeping plan for future space travel.
BusinessWeek June 21, 2004 Otis Port	Private Space Travel: We May Have Liftoff If all goes well on June 21, the world's first private space plane will have shot 62 miles up into space before gliding back to land at the Mojave airport north of Los Angeles, launching a new revolution in space tourism.
American History June 10, 2004 Bryan Ethier	Mercury Orbits the Earth In February 1962--just nine months after President John F. Kennedy called for the U.S. to put a man on the moon before 1970--Mercury astronaut John Glenn became the first American to orbit the Earth.
Science News June 5, 2004	Transit of Venus On June 8, Venus will pass across the face of the sun (as viewed from Earth).
Geotimes June 2004 Harrison H. Schmitt	Space Exploration and Development: Why Humans? George Bush's new initiative places the president squarely in support of moving civilization into the solar system and "into the cosmos."
Reason June 2004 Ronald Bailey	Up, Up, and Away? It turns out that federal regulations are stronger than gravity in holding back the commercial development of space launches.
Industrial Physicist Kevin B. Marvel	Societies The American Astronomical Society is a nonprofit scientific society that promotes the vitality and advancement of astronomy and related sciences through meetings, publications, education, employment services, public-policy work, and grants and prizes.
CIO May 15, 2004 John Edwards	The Inevitability of Blade - Essential Technology Blade servers helped the Mars rover land safely while saving NASA money. That combination of high power and low cost is driving blade technology mainstream.
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