Two of the debutantes on the final frontier – SpaceX’s Falcon 9 rocket and the Planetary Society’s Lightsail 1 solar sail – will be making their debut a bit later than planned.
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Oil spill’s energy lesson for Obama
Berkeley physics professor Richard Muller, author of the new textbook “Physics and Technology for Future Presidents,” says Barack Obama could learn a lesson from the Gulf of Mexico oil spill.
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Can mud work a miracle?
Click for interactive: Drilling mud is being pumped into equipment at the bottom of the Gulf of Mexico in hopes of cutting off the flow of oil. Click on the image to explore an interactive graphic. (AP)
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NASA’s vision gets another battering
For the second time this month, NASA’s chief faced tough talk on Capitol Hill from lawmakers – as well as from Apollo moonwalkers Neil Armstrong and Gene Cernan, plus longtime aerospace executive Tom Young.
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Shooting for the moon
NASA may have put its plans to send people to the moon on hold, but that doesn’t mean robots can’t go.
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Monuments immortalized … virtually
A laser scanning team has just finished up work on Mount Rushmore, kicking off the latest phase of a project to create a digital record of the world’s great monuments.
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Energy chief goes geek
Energy Secretary Steven Chu was the headliner for Rachel Maddow’s “Geek Week” kickoff on Monday. Rachel’s “long introduction” segues into the interview at the 7:30 mark.
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Cosmic Log reloaded
You’re looking at the first Cosmic Log redesign in four years, incorporating new features adapted from Newsvine, one of our cousins in the MSNBC Digital Network.