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President Obama Says We’re Going to Mars. If Only It Were That Easy

Posted October 11th, 2016 at 12:53 pm (UTC-5)
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[P]rivate companies have always been the space program’s manufacturing backbone….What was different then was that those contracts were essentially work made to order—like planning precisely the house you want and hiring an architect to build it for you. Now it’s more like buying into a development:

A Second Life in Space for Cold War Nukes

Posted April 27th, 2016 at 1:34 pm (UTC-5)
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In the tradition of turning swords into plowshares, it’s an appealing idea: converting the U.S.’s ballistic missiles into rockets for civilian space transport. It’s also a sensible one — and Congress should change the law to make it happen.