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NASA’s Giant Leap to Mars Is One Big Joke

 The moon in 2020 will be just as round as it is today, but if the geeks at the National Aeronautics and Space Administration have their way, it won’t orbit the Earth solo. The U.S. space agency is hoping to divert a small asteroid from elsewhere in the galactic neighborhood and robotically place it into […] Continue reading →

Politics Have Trumped Ethics In The Obama Administration

Victor Davis Hanson  Veteran Affairs Secretary Eric Shinseki cannot get a handle on the recent scandalous treatment of veterans in VA hospitals, where more than 40 sick men were allowed to die without proper follow-up treatment. A cover-up allegedly followed. When the Walter Reed Army Medical Center scandal broke under the George W. Bush administration, […] Continue reading →

Drone Almost Hit Airliner in Recent Weeks: FAA Official

 An unmanned aircraft almost struck a US Airways flight over Florida in March, a pilot told the Federal Aviation Administration, highlighting safety concerns as U.S. regulators develop rules for civilian drone use. The Bombardier Inc. CRJ2 regional jet was about 5 miles from Tallahassee Regional Airport at an altitude of 2,300 feet (701 meters) when […] Continue reading →

Tony Abbott says “credible leads” give hope of finding out what happened to Flight 370.

NASA TO JOIN SEARCH –  Chinese satellite sees large object  The unprecedented international search for missing Malaysia Airlines Flight 370 resumed early Sunday near Perth, Australia, with a U.S. Navy P-8 Poseidon rejoining the effort, according to a naval spokesman. Eight planes will search over the Indian Ocean on Sunday, compared to six planes on […] Continue reading →

�Hand of God� captured in NASA image

 What looks like an X-ray of a hand is actually the remains of a star that exploded 17,000 light-years away. The astronomers who captured this image with a NASA space telescope call it the “Hand of God.” “We don’t know if the hand shape is an optical illusion,” said Hongjun An of McGill University in […] Continue reading →

After Strong Solar Storm delays, Orbital Sciences: Launches cargo ship to space station

 A privately launched supply ship rocketed toward the International Space Station on Thursday following a series of delays ranging from the cold to the sun. Orbital Sciences Corp. launched its unmanned Antares rocket from Wallops Island, Va., offering a view to nearby states along the East Coast. It successfully hoisted a capsule packed with 3,000 […] Continue reading →

Why Obama Sticks in my Craw

It seems that politicians rely on the short-lived memories of the general public. But I am tortured by a good memory. Maybe it is just that I remember being misled like cattle recall the hot iron. Here is an array of instances that stick in my craw. The Cairo Initiative Obama’s Cairo Initiative and the […] Continue reading →