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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?
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 March 11, 2009 Tom Jones	An Astronaut's Letter to President Obama: Six Space Policy Musts Looming decisions facing the president will make or break America's status as the world leader in space. Here is some advice for Obama on what he needs to do to keep NASA on the right trajectory.
Wired December 2004 Andrew Chaikin	Man vs. Machine Today, decades after the final Apollo mission, we still haven't sent a human back to the moon - or beyond it.
Popular Mechanics May 19, 2009 Lindsey Pinkerton	Further Reading: Apollo 11 in Books for Adults and Children Thirty-two options to satisfy your mind and imagination's space lust.
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.
Scientific American August 2007 Jim Bell	Have Brain, Must Travel Although astronaut missions are much more expensive and risky than robotic craft, they are absolutely critical to the success of our exploration program.
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 December 23, 2008 Andrew Moseman	NASA'S Lunar Reconnaissance Orbiter Is Ready for Its April Launch, but Will It Help the U.S. Return to the Moon? The orbiter is more than just another satellite looking at moon rocks -- this mission is one of the first steps in NASA's mission to return humans to the moon, and use the moon as a springboard to reach beyond.
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.
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.
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.
Wired May 2003 Tom McNichol	The Race Back to the Moon Astropreneurs are counting down for a return to Apollo country. The first small step: a satellite atlas of the lunar surface. The next giant leap: ice mining, helium farming, and a launchpad to the solar system.
IEEE Spectrum June 2009	His Space At just under 7 feet, James Oberg was too tall to be an astronaut, so he became an aerospace engineer and then a space reporter instead.
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.
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 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 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.
Chemistry World August 2009 Richard Corfield	One giant leap NASA's Apollo missions answered many questions about the Moon - and as NASA unveils plans to return, lunar chemistry will again play a prominent role
Geotimes June 2004 Harrison H. Schmitt	Space Exploration and Development: Why Humans? George Bush's new initiative places the president squarely in support of moving civilization into the solar system and "into the cosmos."
Popular Mechanics December 12, 2007 Alex Hutchinson	NASA Will Tinker With Open-Source Rocket for Return to Moon The "brains" of the Ares I rocket that will be built by Boeing, but the specifications will be open-source and non-proprietary, so that other companies can bid on future contracts.
IEEE Spectrum June 2009 William Sweet	Do We Need to Go to the Moon to Get to Mars? Returning to the moon is not all that technically challenging. What's challenging is to make it an international effort that puts behind past grievances and sets the stage for a truly challenging international mission to Mars.
Geotimes November 2006 Kathryn Hansen	Moon Tapes Still Missing As NASA officials continue to search for missing Apollo 11 moon landing tapes, the search has turned up some interesting leads, including some lunar data found on the other side of the globe.
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.
Popular Mechanics March 2007 David Noland	Moon Man: Buzz Aldrin's Advice on NASA's Orion Mission Buzz Aldrin offers his thoughts on the next mission to the moon.
BusinessWeek August 22, 2005 Hardy Green	After The Moon -- What? It may exaggerate the difficulties they had in readjusting to life on Earth, but Andrew Smith's "Moondust" is a spellbinding tale of what has befallen the Apollo astronauts since they walked the moon. It's fascinating for its historical detail, engaging writing, and wistful meditation on space travel.
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.
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.
Geotimes December 2005	Highlights 2005 -- Space Rovers still trucking... New "planetary" neighbors... Back to space...
Military & Aerospace Electronics November 2005 John Rhea	President Bush's Space Vision: Is This Trip Necessary? NASA has finally unveiled details about its proposed $104 billion plan to return astronauts to the moon by 2018, but critics detect a demonstrably uncertain sound of this trumpet.
Popular Mechanics September 4, 2007 Jill Tarter	Where Will the Next 50 Years in Space Take Us? Expert Opinions Leading thinkers from Buzz Aldrin (a robot fan) to Arthur C. Clarke (he wants a sub-orbital joyride) share their thoughts on where space will take us in the half-century ahead.
Popular Mechanics February 8, 2010 Rand Simberg	The New NASA: A Path To Anywhere, And Everywhere The author believes that NASA's new path, outlined by the president's budget, holds promise of real progress.
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.
AskMen.com	NASA To Bomb The Moon A pair of unmanned science probes will help determine where astronauts could land and set up camp in years to come.
InternetNews March 5, 2004 Colin C. Haley	IT's Final Frontier Private IT firms -- especially networking, security and chipmakers -- must play a critical role in NASA's moon and Mars missions, experts say. What's more, NASA has to let them.
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.
Science News November 12, 2005	Moon Zoom A link to access software developed by NASA that allows you to interactively browse three-dimensional images of the moon.
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.
AskMen.com	Space Suit Design In his book, Spacesuit: Fashioning Apollo (MIT Press), architecture professor Nicholas de Monchaux uncovers the layers of the story of the space suit, with particular focus on the eventual winner, the 21-layer A7L suit, created by the International Latex Corporation.
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 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.
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.
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.
Geotimes January 2005	Astronaut Geology Field Training The field trips in preparation for moon landings were designed as instruction about the specific landing site. We went to places that we thought would show geologic features and problems similar to those they would encounter on the moon, such as impact craters and volcanic areas.
IEEE Spectrum June 2009 David A. Mindell	The End Of The Cult Of The Astronaut How do you justify human spaceflight?
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
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.
Geotimes March 2005 Joseph Richard Gutheinz	Marketing an Asteroid Threat NASA would prefer to market its successes, but with a mixed bag of successes and failures lately, they have opted for a new public relations ploy: fear -- whether it be fear of the environment or fear of asteroids.
Fast Company January 9, 2012 Emma Haak	Private Spacecrafts Are Your Transportation, Your Scientists, And Your Real Estate Brokers In the absence of NASA's Space Shuttle Program, private companies are left to fill the black hole of space exploration. Now, 50 years after John Glenn orbited the Earth, some very different kinds of explorers are leading the way.
Scientific American March 13, 2005 Mark Alpert	Lunar Science NASA's plan to establish a permanent lunar base and use the program's technology to prepare a human mission to Mars hinges on a risky prediction: that astronauts will find water ice in a permanently shadowed crater basin at one of the moon's poles.