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  • NASA could buy plasma engine for station reboost services

    03/15/2010 11:48:39 PM PDT · by ErnstStavroBlofeld · 6 replies · 358+ views
    Flight Global ^ | 03/09/2010 | Rob Coppinger
    President Kennedy laid down a straightforward if daunting challenge: the Moon. President George W Bush, perhaps looking for a Kennedy moment, set that challenge again. From President Barack Obama, a more nuanced directive is no surprise. But while Obama would forego a headline destination in favour of having NASA develop exotic technologies to enable human exploration of deep space while the private sector takes on the low- Earth orbit transport challenge, one former NASA astronaut thinks he can achieve both goals - and before any crew is carried aloft in a private rocket. THERE AND BACK Franklin Chang Diaz believes...
  • Battlefield Lawrence

    08/13/2002 6:31:33 PM PDT · by AdA$tra · 31 replies · 553+ views
    The Leaven ^ | 08.12.2002 | By Monte Mace, Leaven Staff
    Confederate raider William Quantrill burned Lawrence to the ground 139 years ago. But before he did, he and Bishop John Miege had a face-to-face confrontation. Kansas City artist Ernst Ulmer painted this depiction of Quantrill's raid. It is displayed in the lobby of Lawrence's downtown Eldridge Hotel. The Eldridge was burned to the ground by Quantrill's raiders. By Monte Mace Leaven Staff LAWRENCE - Confederate raider William Clarke Quantrill and his men sacked and burned much of this town 139 years ago.And its citizens still haven't forgotten. In fact, for the past seven years, the city has hosted a...