Senate Saves the James Webb Space Telescope!
The 2012 fiscal year appropriation bill, marked up today by the Senate, allows for continued funding of the James Webb Space Telescope and support up to a launch in 2018! Yes, it looks like this bird...
View ArticleFinal Push: Help Uwingu Create a New Concept for Funding Space Exploration...
We’ve written about Uwingu previously, and this creative new concept for creating funding for space exploration and astronomy is now in their final push to reach their Indigogo goal of raising an...
View ArticleThe Cost of Exploring Space: Film vs. Reality
We all know that space exploration, while certainly not the largest expenditure of most countries, doesn’t come cheap. But neither do big-budget science fiction films, either. Special effects, sets,...
View ArticleSequester Cancels NASA Outreach
Well, it looks like it’s finally happened: the U.S. sequester – a “series of across-the-board cuts to government agencies totaling $1.2 trillion over 10 years” (CNN) — has finally hit NASA… right...
View ArticleImagine What Could Be Done With a “Penny4NASA”
If you’re reading this then you’re probably a big fan of space exploration. And while on one hand you could say that we are now living in a “golden age” of exploration, what with the ongoing missions...
View ArticleThe House Makes NASA A Counteroffer It Probably Can’t Refuse
NASA's proposed new budget is mostly good news, though some planned missions will not be funded. The post The House Makes NASA A Counteroffer It Probably Can’t Refuse appeared first on Universe Today.
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