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Popular Mechanics May 12, 2008 Michael Milstein	NASA Makes Space U-Turn, Opening Arms to Private Industry The agency seems to be shifting course, as NASA officials insist that the budding commercial spacecraft fleet represents the only way the United States can realize its dreams of solar-system conquest on schedule and at an affordable cost.
AskMen.com	Europe Horns In On Mars By 2016, the U.S. may unite with the European Space Agency for future Mars trips - a move that would mark a significant shift for NASA.
Geotimes June 2004 Naomi Lubick	To Mars and Beyond The President's Commission on the Moon, Mars and Beyond presented its recommendations to the administration Wednesday morning, on how to proceed with the president's sweeping plan for future space travel.
Popular Mechanics January 23, 2008 Joe Pappalardo	Dissent Grows as Scientists Oppose NASA's New Moon Mission NASA's current plan for manned space exploration is getting dissension from planetary scientists and astronauts.
Military & Aerospace Electronics August 2009 John McHale	Human Space Flight Gets Increase in 2010 NASA Budget Request NASA human space exploration programs, such as the Constellation program to return to the moon, receive increases in the 2010 NASA budget request, while space shuttle funding dwindles as NASA officials plan to retire the fleet in 2010.
Military & Aerospace Electronics May 2005 John Rhea	The $10 billion NASA market NASA's budget for fiscal year 2006 envisions spending $10 billion for new competitive opportunities with industry, academia, and the agency's own field centers -- with the big-ticket item being the President's plan for returning humans to the Moon and exploring the planets.
Popular Mechanics April 23, 2008 Rand Simberg	How Clinton, Obama and McCain Could Change U.S. Space Policy: Geek the Vote Guest Analysis What are the chances that a President McCain, Clinton or Obama will support NASA's plan as is? Here's a closer look.
Geotimes May 2005 Naomi Lubick	NASA on Deck As NASA prepares for the first space shuttle flight since the Columbia disaster on Feb. 2, 2003, the space agency remains in a transition stage.
Popular Mechanics September 9, 2009 Joe Pappalardo	5 Ways the Augustine Commission's Report States the Obvious A group of respected aerospace experts spent the entire summer coming up with plans for the future of NASA, and the advice is far from shocking.
Popular Mechanics May 26, 2009 Joe P. Hasler	Is America's Space Administration Over-the-Hill? Next-Gen NASA Forty years ago most of NASA's employees were fresh out of college. Today, less than 20 percent are under the age of 40. As the baby boomers retire, who will get astronauts back to the lunar surface?
Popular Mechanics October 23, 2009 Joe Pappalardo	5 Surprise Passages From the Full Augustine Report There are significant vulnerabilities outlined in the report on our current space programs.
Scientific American January 2009 George Musser	Space Exploration Sticker Shock--Economics at NASA The laws of physics are easy; it's economics that vexes NASA
Popular Mechanics March 2007 Jennifer Bogo	NASA Mission Statement Q&A: Eyes on Earth Interview with a professor involved in a study to find out how Earth scientists view NASA's shifting priorities and how it may affect the study of the planet.
Popular Mechanics January 27, 2010 Joe Pappalardo	What Happens If NASA's Constellation Program Dies? Reporters at the Orlando Sentinel created a stir today by breaking news -- citing anonymous sources -- that President Barack Obama's budget will not include any funds for hardware for NASA's human space flight program.
IEEE Spectrum March 2005 Stephen Cass	Writing NASA's Marching Orders "New Moon Rising: The Making of America's New Space Vision and the Remaking of NASA," provides a lucid look at the messy and tangled process by which national science and engineering policy really gets made.
BusinessWeek October 28, 2010 Paul M. Barrett	NASA: Lost in Space After 30 years, the Shuttle program will end. How do you outsource the astronaut business?
Military & Aerospace Electronics March 2005 John Rhea	Money for space Space exploration is becoming politically fashionable again, and advanced technology firms would be well advised to get on board while the getting is good.
Geotimes January 2004 Naomi Lubick	Bush retools space program As the Mars rover Spirit prepares to drive off its platform tonight and into the martian terrain, President Bush prepared the United States to send humans to the red planet and beyond.
HBS Working Knowledge March 1, 2004 Sean Silverthorne	Mission to Mars: It Really Is Rocket Science Do the successful Mars missions mean NASA again has the right stuff? Professor Alan MacCormack dissects the space agency's "Faster, Better, Cheaper" program.
InternetNews December 19, 2006 David Needle	Google Reaches Far Out For Users Google announced it signed a Space Act agreement with NASA Ames Research Center.
Science News July 15, 2006	Science Safari: A Meteoroid Hits the Moon This NASA Web page describes observations of a recent meteoroid impact on the moon, which created a new crater.
Fast Company September 2000 Gina Imperato	Purchasing Agent to the Stars Tom Luedtke, who is based in Washington, DC, oversees procurement for NASA's 10 locations around the country. In an interview with Fast Company, he described his Web trajectory.
Geotimes July 2006 Kathryn Hansen	Jetting Through Space President Bush announced on Jan. 4, 2004, his vision to return humans to the moon, Mars and beyond. Without the Cold War era impetus, however, NASA is searching for new ways to motivate development of innovative new vehicles to fly humans to the moon.
Geotimes February 2004 David Applegate	Grand Plan for Another World NASA's new mission to the Moon and Mars could have significant implications for its mission here on Earth.
CFO May 1, 2004 Kris Frieswick	NASA, We Have a Problem Can NASA's CFO fix the space agency's chronic financial woes?
Military & Aerospace Electronics February 2005 John McHale	The Moon, Mars and beyond... The Space Shuttle program is due to be replaced by the Crew Exploration Vehicle.
BusinessWeek February 2, 2004 Otis Port	Space Travel: Bringing Costs Down To Earth NASA should give startups room to maneuver
IEEE Spectrum January 2007	Over the Moon NASA announced its reinvigorated mission for the 21st century, part of which is to build a permanent base on the moon.
Popular Mechanics August 2009 Aldrin & Noland	Buzz Aldrin to NASA: U.S. Space Policy Is on the Wrong Track This May, the Obama administration announced it would appoint an independent council of aerospace experts to review NASA's human spaceflight objectives.
Fast Company Daniel Terdiman	Dream Job Alert! NASA Puts Out Call For New Astronauts NASA today put out a call for new astronauts, including those who might support a future manned mission to Mars.
InternetNews August 24, 2007 Larry Barrett	NASA to Digitize Greatest Moments in Space Space junkies and scholars will be able to relive 50 years of space exploration from their browsers.
Popular Mechanics October 12, 2009 Erik Sofge	8 Experts Weigh in on the Future of Human Spaceflight It's now up to NASA to consider the findings, and offer specific recommendations to the Obama administration.
Popular Mechanics February 2, 2010 Jennifer Bogo	X Prize CEO Thinks Obama's 2010 NASA Budget Good for Space The new approach NASA has taken has laid the foundation for the Google, Cisco and Apple computers of space to be born. And, ultimately, lays the foundation for the rest of us to have a chance to get to go to space.
Military & Aerospace Electronics May 2007 John McHale	Manned Space Missions, International Space Station, Get Increases in 2008 NASA Budget Request Officials at NASA are looking for increased funding for the International Space Station, manned space systems and other programs that fulfill President Bush's goal of reaching the Moon by the end of the decade.
National Defense April 2012 Dan Ward	Faster, Better, Cheaper: Why Not Pick All Three? Before we start making unnecessary tradeoffs, sacrificing speed and performance in the name of thrift, maybe we should reevaluate what happened at NASA in the 1990s. What the data tells me is this: FBC worked, and it's worth another try.
IEEE Spectrum February 2009 James Oberg	Commercial Communications Satellites for the Moon NASA wants a for-profit network to support lunar missions.
Popular Mechanics September 10, 2009 Rand Simberg	Risk Aversion and NASA Don't Mix: Augustine Report Analysis We now know the options that the Augustine panel is going to present to the administration for the future of NASA human spaceflight, because the summary was released on Tuesday.
Popular Mechanics January 9, 2009 Joe Pappalardo	NASA Renegades Pitch Obama Team New Post-Shuttle Plan During a morning meeting at NASA headquarters in Washington D.C. with Obama administration transition team members, a handful of advocates today pitched an idea to scrap NASA's existing post-shuttle plan.
Popular Mechanics October 28, 2009 Joe Pappalardo	Rooting for NASA's Ares I Rockets: Analysis This week, all eyes were on NASA as it conducted the first flight of the Ares I, the first launch vehicle the agency designed since the Space Shuttle. October also witnessed progress in other space launches
Popular Mechanics November 16, 2009	The Retirement of the Space Shuttle--And What's Next for NASA We look back at coverage of the technology behind the Constellation Program and the development of the International Space station as well as news surrounding the Space Shuttles
Geotimes June 2006 Margaret Anne Baker	NASA Science: The Sick Man of Federal Research A key contributor to the Ottoman Empire's downfall was its leaders' resistance to changes and reform. The NRC report provides broad recommendations that NASA can follow to improve this disparity. Let's hope that the leaders of NASA remember their world history classes.
Geotimes July 2005 Kathryn Hansen	Discovery Returns to Flight The space shuttle Discovery and its seven member crew lifted off, successfully returning NASA to flight after a two-and-a-half-year hiatus. The launch follows a 13-day delay after a faulty fuel sensor halted the first launch attempt during countdown.
IEEE Spectrum June 2009 Joshua J. Romero	Mars For The Rest Of Us Better cameras, greater bandwidth, and bigger displays put Mars within reach of armchair explorers and by maximizing what can be done from the ground NASA can make Mars exploration politically sustainable and financially worthwhile.
IEEE Spectrum June 2009 William Sweet	Q&A With Jeremy Curtis UK space expert talks about cooperative, international efforts to explore space
Popular Mechanics February 2009	NASA & Its Discontents: Frustrated Engineers Battle with NASA over the Future of Spaceflight The economic crisis, growing tensions with Russia and political change in Washington are already prompting calls to rewrite the space agency's plan.
Popular Mechanics January 2009 Michael Milstein	Vertical Gun Range Engineer This NASA engineer can test the structure of space shuttle by simulating impact from space debris.
Wired December 2004 James Cameron	The Next Giant Leap Buzz Aldrin talks about his walk on the moon and the next step in manned space exploration.
Popular Mechanics February 2, 2010 Tom Jones	Launching NASA on a Path to Nowhere: Analysis The president released his FY 2011 budget Monday, and his policy for NASA's human spaceflight program sets the nation on a course to second-class status in space.
Popular Mechanics March 2007 David Noland	Mission to the Moon: How We'll Go Back -- and Stay This Time From ensuring a safe launch to getting the vehicle back on the ground, here's an inside look at some of the toughest challenges NASA's engineers are now confronting with the new Orion shuttle.
Geotimes December 2005	Highlights 2005 -- Space Rovers still trucking... New "planetary" neighbors... Back to space...