"Specifically, I'm appalled by the condemnation of
commercial crew as being somehow less safe than government
programs, and the refrain that commercial companies need to prove
they can deliver cargo before they deliver crew."
Source: Robert T. Bigelow, Founder and
President of Bigelow Aerospace.
It is the maximum distance at which the runway, or the specified
lights or markers delineating it, can be seen from a position above
a specified point on its center line.
Kepler is NASA's first mission capable of finding Earth-size and
smaller planets around other stars. The centuries-old quest for
other worlds like our Earth has been rejuvenated by the intense
excitement and popular interest surrounding the discovery of
hundreds of planets orbiting other stars.
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