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Bring manned spaceflight to Canada now!

Posted on January 7, 2004 by Arthur

Apparently Transport Canada has agreed with Russian authorities to provide an emergency landing site for Soyuz rescue pods. Saskatchewan. I agree with the authorities (Canadian / Russian) that Saskatchewan is the perfect place to land those space vehicles. It’s just … Continue reading →

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Weird spaceflight

Posted on October 15, 2003 by Arthur

I find it a kind of weird: the first Chinese manned spaceflight was a great succes when the Chinese astronaut was proudly shown to the media after touchdown. However, most media only have a handful of pictures and a just … Continue reading →

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Curiosity

Posted on September 3, 2012 by Arthur

Four weeksago or so, NASA’s JPL successfully landed the rover “Curiosity” (wikipedia) on Mars. The landing was probably one of the most watched (and celebrated) events on the Internet, witness the many gifs of cheering NASA people (Happy NASA guy … Continue reading →

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The Space race is over

Posted on July 27, 2005 by Arthur

Just a couple of minutes ago, I saw the BBC new ticker say that ‘NASA is grounding the Space Shuttle program because of foam that hit the shuttle’. You’ve probably seen the succesful launch of the Discovery, yesterday. Currently it’s … Continue reading →

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A shuttle. A Space.

Posted on April 24, 2010 by Arthur

Last week, I found out that the Space Shuttles are going to be retired next year. Currently, NASA is looking for the shuttles’ final home: several institutions consider displaying America’s Expensive and Great Leap Of Faith Into Space. Sarcasm aside, … Continue reading →

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Buran-Buran

Posted on September 30, 2005 by Arthur

A picture featured at CBC grabbed my attention: a Soyuz rocket booster readied for launch at Baikonur Space Complex. Hey, isn’t that a Buran, right there in the lower right corner? Back in the 80s, after all those succesful Shuttle … Continue reading →

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China and their first man in space

Posted on October 14, 2003 by Arthur

I see that it’s making headlines, but all newsagencies are reporting that China has started its manned spaceflight project. Right now at this very moment. There’s hardly any news coming through, since the official Chinese news agency appears to be … Continue reading →

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Back to capsules?

Posted on September 18, 2003 by Arthur

Reuters reports that NASA is thinking of replacing the shuttles with next-generation Apollo-type capsules. Under pressure to ensure safe manned spaceflight and space transport, the agency said it is looking in the option to use capsules as a viable alternative … Continue reading →

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