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SPACE EXPLORATION INITIATIVE NEWS
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»» Astronaut and Mountaineer Scott Parazynski Brings Explorers Club Flag to Mount Everest
[Sunday, May 11, 2008] When astronaut Scott Parazynski stands atop Mt. Everest in a few days, he will be making note of a number of non-profit and educational organizations - among them the Explorers Club. With him will be a small Explorers Club flag.
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»» Explorers Club President to Appear on Good Morning America May 12
[Friday, May 9, 2008] Explorers Club President Daniel A. Bennett will be featured on ABC's Good Morning America on Monday, May 12. President Bennett was interviewed at Explorers Club headquarters in New York as part of a piece that examined the Seven Wonders of America.
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»» NASA Awards Contract for Ares I Mobile Launcher
[Thursday, May 8, 2008] NASA's Kennedy Space Center has awarded a contract to Hensel Phelps of Orlando, Fla., for the construction of the Ares I mobile launcher for the Constellation Program.
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»» NASA to Update Media About Constellation Program Progress
[Thursday, May 8, 2008] NASA will host a media teleconference on Thursday, May 15, at 2 p.m. EDT, to provide an overview of progress made in the last few months and work ahead for NASA's Constellation Program.
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»» NASA Successfully Complete First Series of Ares Engine Tests
[Thursday, May 8, 2008] NASA engineers Thursday successfully completed the first series of tests in the early development of the J-2X engine that will power the upper stages of the Ares I and Ares V rockets, key components of NASA's Constellation Program.
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»» Exhaling for Exploration: Scientists Test Lunar Breathing System
[Wednesday, May 7, 2008] Imagine yourself hip-to-hip, shoulder-to-shoulder, inside a room the size of a walk-in closet for eight hours with five people you just met. Does that make you sweat? Or maybe make your breathing a little more animated?
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»» Bootstrapping the Moon
[Wednesday, May 7, 2008] Our mental framework has evolved, in ways not all together positive from the perspective of those of us who believe that the economic development of space is practical and indeed crucial to the continuing development of our planetary civilization.
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»» Plan B For Outer Space
[Monday, May 5, 2008] The statement that is in my diary goes "SEI by 1994 or will not happen until after 2004". The person that made this statement was the head of NASA Code X (X for exploration), and his name was Dr. Mike Griffin.
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»» Advice from NASA's Wayne Hale: Leading Your Leaders
[Monday, May 5, 2008] "When I was a new NASA employee, my branch chief put together a training class that has been on my mind recently. Among the other things he taught us new employees was that we had to lead our leaders. That has always been good advice."
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»» NRC Report: United States Civil Space Policy: Summary of a Workshop
[Monday, May 5, 2008] What are the principal purposes, goals, and priorities of the U.S. civil space program? This question was the focus of the workshop on civil space policy held November 29-30, 2007.
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