It Was the Best of Times » Space http://adam.arnesenfamily.net "Unlike the political opportunist, the true statesman values principle above popularity, and works to create popularity for those political principles which are wise and just." -- Ezra Taft Benson Tue, 17 Jan 2012 23:26:42 +0000 en hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.1 NASA’s Future Space Capsule http://adam.arnesenfamily.net/2011/nasas-future-space-capsule/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=nasas-future-space-capsule http://adam.arnesenfamily.net/2011/nasas-future-space-capsule/#comments Wed, 25 May 2011 14:07:45 +0000 Adam http://adam.arnesenfamily.net/?p=635 I saw this today and thought it was interesting. I’ve been really interested lately in the progress of SpaceX, a private space company. I’ve been a bit leery of private companies going into space because I’ve followed NASA for so long but I think they really may have something here. I like some things about this new . . . → Read More: NASA’s Future Space Capsule]]> I saw this today and thought it was interesting. I’ve been really interested lately in the progress of SpaceX, a private space company. I’ve been a bit leery of private companies going into space because I’ve followed NASA for so long but I think they really may have something here. I like some things about this new concept vehicle from NASA but I think that SpaceX may be able to do a better job for less money.

See how NASA's new Multi-Purpose Crew Vehicle, based on the Orion capsule, stacks up against other crewed spaceships in this SPACE.com infographic.
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]]> http://adam.arnesenfamily.net/2011/nasas-future-space-capsule/feed/ 0 Newly Discovered Planet has Potential for Life http://adam.arnesenfamily.net/2010/newly-discovered-planet-has-potential-for-life/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=newly-discovered-planet-has-potential-for-life http://adam.arnesenfamily.net/2010/newly-discovered-planet-has-potential-for-life/#comments Fri, 01 Oct 2010 15:38:43 +0000 Adam http://adam.arnesenfamily.net/?p=446 I saw this clip on Nightly News last night and I thought it was interesting! We aren’t alone in the universe and now perhaps our nearest neighbors are closer than we thought.

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. . . → Read More: Newly Discovered Planet has Potential for Life]]> I saw this clip on Nightly News last night and I thought it was interesting! We aren’t alone in the universe and now perhaps our nearest neighbors are closer than we thought.



And here’s the continuation!



]]> http://adam.arnesenfamily.net/2010/newly-discovered-planet-has-potential-for-life/feed/ 1 Water on the Moon! http://adam.arnesenfamily.net/2009/water-on-the-moon/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=water-on-the-moon http://adam.arnesenfamily.net/2009/water-on-the-moon/#comments Sat, 14 Nov 2009 08:42:07 +0000 Adam http://blog.arnesenfamily.net/?p=87 This is is some of the most exciting news that I’ve seen on the space front in a while! For those of you who know me well, you know that I am passionate about manned space exploration and I hope that the Ares project will be able to continue and will get funding from the . . . → Read More: Water on the Moon!]]> This is is some of the most exciting news that I’ve seen on the space front in a while! For those of you who know me well, you know that I am passionate about manned space exploration and I hope that the Ares project will be able to continue and will get funding from the government to continue after this exciting announcement.  The hope is that the United States will return to the moon by 2020 and will hopefully establish a permanent base on the moon some time after that.

Lander and Astronaut on Surface

This report from MSNBC is a good view on water on the moon.

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