01/09/2009
Thomas Kostigen's Ethics Monitor: NASA can bring space advancements down to benefit Earth (Market Watch)
NASA is promoting itself in more down to earth terms these days: It claims the technology it develops to explore life in outer space can actually help sustain life on this planet.
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01/09/2009
The OzSpot #30: Dead Space, Guitar Hero World Tour and Games Conference Asia (cnet.com.au)
The whole GS AU crew -- Laura, Dan, Koz, and Randy -- are back with another edition of the OzSpot. In this episode, we chat Lego Batman, Dead Space bans, Games Conference Asia, Guitar Hero World Tour, and more. Plus we've got another giveaway!
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01/08/2009
Mystery Roar from Faraway Space Detected (SPACE.com via Yahoo! News)
LONG BEACH, Calif. -- Space is typically thought of as a very quiet place. But one team of astronomers has found a strange cosmic noise that booms six times louder than expected.
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01/09/2009
NASA chief says keeping space shuttle costs US$3 billion yearly (The Canadian Press via Yahoo! Canada News)
WASHINGTON - The head of NASA says the cost of continuing the life of the space shuttle past next year's planned retirement is $3 billion a year plus extending the risk of a deadly accident.
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01/08/2009
Disney's Space Mountain to close for renovations (AP via Yahoo! Finance)
Space Mountain -- one of Walt Disney World's most iconic attractions -- will be closing this spring for a makeover. Disney said Wednesday the ride in Orlando, Florida, will close April 19 so the 34-year-old attraction can be refurbished.
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01/09/2009
SPACE attracts eclectic musicians (Daily Northwestern)
Nicholas Tremulis, leader of a band that bears his name, said he wanted to play at Evanston's SPACE (an acronym for the Society for the Preservation of Art & Culture in Evanston) because the venue focuses on music alone. "I don't want to take off my clothes to get the audience's attention," Tremulis said.
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01/08/2009
Disney's Space Mountain to close for renovations (AP via Yahoo! News)
Space Mountain — one of Walt Disney World's most iconic attractions — will be closing this spring for a makeover.
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01/09/2009
UTICA - Sculpture Space invites interested community members to enroll in two studio workshops in January and February ... (Rome Observer)
The courses include Introduction to Welding, and 3D Papermaking. These workshops offer a rare opportunity for community members to utilize Sculpture Space's fully equipped 5000 square foot studio with the assistance and guidance of skilled instructors.
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01/09/2009
COLUMN: '09 space missions will study universe near and far (The Times-News)
Every January I look at what the year ahead holds for space missions, and 2009 looks to be as exciting as any. The Orbiting Carbon Observer (launching late next month) and Glory (set for an Oct. 1 lift-off) spacecraft are environmental watchdogs.
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01/08/2009
U.S. space agency chief warns of risks from extension (Houston Chronicle)
President Bush wants to replace the shuttle with a new moon spaceship. But that would mean five years of relying on Russia to get astronauts to the space station. President-elect Barack Obama has proposed delaying the shuttle's retirement.
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