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Atheists for a Vigorous Space Program

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This is a group for atheists who are interested in encouraging and fostering an effective space program for the purpose of exploration, technological development, resource development, energy production, and the long term survival of humanity.

Location: EARTH
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We're NASA and We Know It!

Started by Loren Miller Aug 17, 2012. 0 Replies 2 Likes

Gettin' DOWN with Curiosity, y'all!Continue

Tags: MSL, Curiosity, NASA

Space Advocacy: Harder Than Rocket Science?

Started by Sarah Walton. Last reply by Nathan Hevenstone Apr 14, 2012. 1 Reply 0 Likes

In his article Jeff Carr suggests that space advocacy is harder than rocket science. More to the point, public relations and marketing is hard. …Continue

Tags: public relations, space advocacy

Human Colonization of Space- A Kind of "Manifest Destiny?"

Started by Mrina. Last reply by Nicholas K. Apr 6, 2012. 23 Replies 0 Likes

Will we do it at some point anyway or do we need to be trying a lot harder now to achieve it? On a similar note, does planetary protection of Mars matter? Should we be THIS careful, or should we just…Continue

International Space Apps Challenge April 21-22 2012

Started by Sarah Walton Mar 10, 2012. 0 Replies 0 Likes

If someone here is a member of any coding groups could you please pass them on to them? Or anyone else with the skills and interest to help out? Events in San Francisco, Sao Paulo, Oxford, Exeter,…Continue

Tags: science, citizen, NASA, ISS

While colonizing space (moon, Mars, etc.) what sort of government will be created(decided upon) by the people who will do the colonization?

Started by AtheistTech. Last reply by Madhukar Kulkarni Jan 7, 2012. 12 Replies 0 Likes

My guess is that primarily scientists will be the ones colonizing the Moon and Mars. If I am right, then I would venture to say that they will create a government that will be more desirable to the…Continue

NOAA Warns Of Gap In Future Forecasting Abilities

Started by George Aug 27, 2011. 0 Replies 0 Likes

NPR Interview with Scientific American writer David Biello about Congress' fund slashing for vital satellites that monitor the earth's weather.…Continue

Tags: science, weather, hurricane, forecasting, NASA

My Opinion: Our best hope..

Started by AtheistTech Jan 29, 2011. 0 Replies 0 Likes

I think the people at the web site below have our best hope of a technology that will provide cheap and safe transportation to low earth orbit. No rocket fuel needed for the trip up or down, but…Continue

SpaceX Falcon 9 rocket launches

Started by Loren Miller. Last reply by JstN Earthling Jun 6, 2010. 4 Replies 0 Likes

Cape Canaveral, Florida (CNN) -- Friday's test launch of the Falcon 9 rocket was "essentially a bullseye," SpaceX officials said after the rocket successfully pushed past the earth's atmosphere and…Continue

Tags: Dragon, Falcon 9, Space X, NASA

THE MARS UNDERGROUND PARTS 1-5

Started by Gecko, Seth...brother of Richie!. Last reply by Gecko, Seth...brother of Richie! May 31, 2010. 7 Replies 0 Likes

This was originally shown on Science channel, Discovery Channel, etc..... Continue

MARS......NOW!!!!!!!!!

Started by Gecko, Seth...brother of Richie!. Last reply by Gecko, Seth...brother of Richie! May 2, 2010. 41 Replies 0 Likes

Below is a commentary from the New York Times. I thought this would be a good way to start this discussion off! …Continue

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Comment by George on September 24, 2011 at 3:29pm: Found this interesting diagram on the distribution of space debris orbiting the earth, linked from a story about the recent demise of the Atmosphere Research Satellite.

Comment by George on September 9, 2011 at 4:30am: @Aaron - I wonder why the window is so narrow? What would happen if they were 2 seconds late?

Comment by Aaron M Quantz on September 6, 2011 at 11:11am: Wow, the launch only has an instantaneous (1 second) launch window. Talk about threading a needle.
http://www.nasa.gov/home/hqnews/2011/aug/HQ_M11-178_GRAIL_Events.html

Comment by George on September 5, 2011 at 8:29pm: NASA To Launch Two 'Grail' Moon Probes To Measure Gravity - Huffington Post

Near-identical twins Grail-A and Grail-B – short for Gravity Recovery and Interior Laboratory – are due to blast off Thursday aboard an unmanned rocket.

Wikipedia article - Gravity Recovery and Interior Laboratory

Comment by AtheistTech on September 5, 2011 at 5:40am: Where do we Atheists get organized so that we can voice our opinions when voting. We need to send a message to the religious right that we will no longer stand for their delusions. We need Atheists in Congress and as President in order for this country to be a leader in science and education (and the space program). So, as Atheists, and hopefully, scientists, how do we get organized?

Comment by Damonjim on August 22, 2011 at 5:48pm: Ohhhh George, that is a very cool link, much appreciated. I read that the plan was to let it fall into orbit and burn up. I do not see anything being planned to take it's place....my reaction is WTF?

Humankind does have some really good ideas at times, unfortunately the current status of the quest for space has been overshadowed by the power brokers desire to make everyone think and believe the same. I guess they figure if we have a population of uneducated masses they will be able to control them better. Maria Antoinette found out how that model ends up. Atheists at least can reach for the stars without a fear of finding truths that interfere with our beliefs.

Comment by George on August 22, 2011 at 5:19pm: Very cool animation depicting the step-by-step growth of the International Space Station

International Space Station Comes Together (USA Today)

Comment by Gecko, Seth...brother of Richie! on May 24, 2011 at 5:12pm: FAREWELL TO SPIRIT

http://www.planetary.org/blog/article/00003044/

Comment by Gecko, Seth...brother of Richie! on May 19, 2011 at 1:28pm: http://googleblog.blogspot.com/2011/05/and-2011-us-doodle-4-google-...

this young winner has the right stuff!!

Comment by Gecko, Seth...brother of Richie! on May 19, 2011 at 11:53am: http://www.slooh.com/launchpad_teide.php#

I highly recommend this site for lovers of Astronomy. My son and I enjoy it quite a bit.