More info on man in prison in NJ for owning legal guns
Demonstrations planned in support of New Jersey man in prisoning for legally owning two guns.
Category: Points of Information
Very brief descriptions, with appropriate links, of current or recent news items.
A Croatian space mission to the Moon?
A Croatian space mission to the Moon?
Root cause of shuttle external tank cracks still not clear
Bad news for the space shuttle: The root cause of the cracks on Discovery’s external tank is still not identified.
X-37B has returned successful to earth
After more than seven months in orbit, the unmanned X-37B space plan has successfully returned to Earth. Key quote:
“Boeing and the Air Force are building another X-37B vehicle scheduled for launch in the spring of 2011.”
Update: Since several different reports are listing slightly different totals for the number of days in orbit, I’ve edited my note above to be less precise. I could add up the days myself, but that involves more math than I prefer to do!
The next to go — astronauts!
White House initiates a study on whether astronaut corps should be trimmed.
This story is more evidence that I was right when I said Obama was lying when he claimed he loved manned spaceflight. If he was serious about sending humans to asteroids and beyond, he wouldn’t be so eager to find ways to shrink the astronaut corp.
Update: I should emphasize that I am not criticizing the idea of trimming the astronaut corp. I just want it clear that Barack Obama is clearly not a supporter of manned space, and that I believe his proposals (the commercial space subsidies) are merely window-dressing to placate his opponents while he dismantles the program.
Woman Strips Down to Her Lingerie, Gets TSA Pat Down Anyway—Twice
More TSA abuse: A woman strips down to her lingerie and still gets a TSA pat down. And it happens twice, the first time forcing her to miss her flight!
Tea Party Caucus Takes $1 Billion In Earmarks
The pigs are everywhere! Members of the so-called Tea Party Caucus requested about one billion in earmarks during the now ending 111th Congress.
The EPA’s And Enron’s End-Runs Of Congress
Who needs laws when you can simply regulate? The EPA moves to bypass Congress.
Sierra Nevada Studying X-34 As Rocket Testbed
Sierra Nevada, one of the new aerospace companies competing for NASA’s commercial crew money, appears to be the frontrunner to use the two X-34 suborbital rockets recently taken out of storage.
Airplane telescope flies its first observation mission
The telescope in an airplane flew its first observation mission today.
Three times more stars exist than previously thought
There are more stars in heaven and earth than have been dreamt of by scientists, three times more it turns out. And they are all dwarves!