Canada's Space Program

Canada has an active space program, the CSA. Some of its products have been vital to the soon-ending Space Shuttle program, to the Hubble space telescope, and the International Space Station could hardly have been constructed without the robot arms. The CSA, working with...

China's Space Industry Takes Off

Heard this morning that China is building a moon lander to launch in 2012.  It would make them the second country to softland anything on the moon.  This article explains some of the history of China's increasingly active space program.  See some history at...

Aspiring lunar entrepreneurs contract for help from NASA

Call this opinion an opinion piece.  The Futurists will not allow it to happen, although the X-prizes are still within bounds.      "San Francisco (AFP) Oct 30, 2008In a cosmic case of role reversal, aspiring lunar entrepreneurs based on the Isle of Man...

Russians believe cause of Soyuz problems found

" Russians believe cause of Soyuz problems foundRussian troubleshooters believe electrical arcing between the space environment and the international space station most likely caused recent problems with explosive bolts used to separate Soyuz re-entry vehicles just before...

India Aims for The Moon this Year

Nobody is waiting for NASA to do space exploration.  India is slowly and gradually developing a moon progam and is in a race, although nobody seems to be in a hurry to win the race to the moon anymore.  China and Europe also continue with some fanfare.  ...

Methane Tanker Overturns Near Anchorage

    The main highway between Anchorage and Fairbanks was closed for about twenty hours last night due to an overturned refrigerated methane truck.  Emergency responders dealt with the emergency very quickly and very well as there was danger of a massive...