Astronomers have dubbed it "Quaoar" (pronounced kwa-whar) after
a Native American god. It lies a billion kilometers beyond Pluto
and moves around the Sun every 288 years in a near-perfect circle.
Until recently it was just a curious point of light. That's all
astronomers could see when they discovered it last June using a
ground-based telescope.
Says Robotic Mission Might Take To Long, Won't Work
Hubble, Hubble, toil and trouble. The astronomy community has
been fuming ever since NASA Administrator Sean O'Keefe earlier this
year announced he would not send a shuttle to repair the aging
Hubble Space Telescope. But that's just what the National Research
Council wants him to do.
Leadership of NASA's Jet Propulsion Laboratory expressed their
deep concern Thursday after a vanpool accident that took the life
of three riders and injured several others.
Space. The final frontier. These are the voyages of the Virgin
Galactic... and for just $190,000, you, too can be a space tourist.
We'll even throw in the pointy ears...
That fanciful pitch is one step closer to reality after the Senate
Wednesday passed a bill to regulate commercial passenger space
flight.
Read More
