Monthly Archives: August 2013

The Frontier of Space

Posted on August 30, 2013 by Paul Spudis

My friend Neil deGrasse Tyson seems to have stepped in it.  Commenting on his radio show Star Talk, Neil said that the private sector would not “lead the way on the frontier,” presumably referring to the opening of space.  This … Continue reading →

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Square One: “Unaffordable” Lunar Return

Posted on August 22, 2013 by Paul Spudis

In response to growing calls for NASA to revive the struggling U.S. space program and specifically to dampen any buzz of a possible U.S. lunar return, once again a well-worn process that I describe as “Augustining” has come to the … Continue reading →

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Congressional Bipartisanship and the ARM

Posted on August 2, 2013 by Paul Spudis

A much-publicized congressional divide has developed over the administration’s proposed asteroid retrieval mission (ARM).  ARM features a robotic capture of a small (few meters across) asteroid and its return to near-Earth (cislunar) space for human examination.  Although there are mutterings … Continue reading →

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