We Were Supposed to Keep Going
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After we landed on the Moon, few people suspected that we wouldn't keep going.
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The Apollo Effect
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Apollo was more than a Moon mission. It was America's most successful technology mission. And our economy is still mining the benefits.
Read MoreThe Man Who Found the Flat Spots in Space
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This genius calculated where to park our space vehicles, centuries before we had space vehicles.
Read MoreInvention and Discovery Are Twins
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The ancients knew that the one leads to the other. Engineers know this. And so does anyone who supports space.
Read MoreIt's in Our DNA
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Thousands of years ago, a man left the fire and risked all. Thousands of years later, a whole people crossed a bridge to an unknown land. What would happened if we ever stopped?
Read MoreThe Grim Reaper Goes to Mars
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George W. Bush’s NASA chief, Sean O’Keefe, came into office with some serious problems to solve. The International Space Station had a cost overrun of billions. O’Keefe brought an accounting eye to the agency; in a previous job at the Defense Department, he’d been known as the “Grim Reaper.” Several years after cutting costs at NASA, O’Keefe received another directive from the President: restructure further to prioritize a mission to Mars.
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