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The Government’s Responsiveness to Public Opinion

I can make the assumption that we as people with decisive decision-making power have historically shown lack of public opinion towards space policy...
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PC game release list for the week of 03.18.12

Seeing as games generally are let loose upon the market every Tuesday here in North America, it's once again time for another list of this...
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NASA Astronauts to appear at Rockford's 2011 Airfest

Earlier today, just prior to Airfest organizers discovering that the Blue Angels had cancelled their appearance, Rockford announced that NASA will...
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Video: Sun erupts with an even stronger solar flare; strongest in 4 years

On the heels of a less powerful M6.6 solar flare on Sunday,came a mega flare Monday night, which registered as a Class X2.2 flare on the scale of...
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Video: Sunspot unleashes an Earth directed solar flare; strongest of solar cycle

On Sunday, NASA's Solar Dynamics Observatory, a mission whose goal is to understand the Sun's influence on Earth and near-Earth space by...
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The Challenger Disaster Remembered

25 years ago, on January 28th, 1986, the space shuttle Challenger blew up 73 seconds after liftoff. There were no survivors. NASA is having a...
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Cool images taken from space of ice chunks that calved off Greenland's Petermann Glacier

Local Weather News: Isolated to scattered thunderstorms are in the forecast for today. On Sunday, Chicago O'hare reached a high of 86 degrees. This...
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Volcanic ash closes British airports; ash concentration forecast map

Severe weather potential exist today over west TX, central AR, TN, KY, western NC and VA, eastern PA, NJ, MD, and DE. 'Top hat' device reaches...
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NASA fuels Space Shuttle Atlantis for final voyage; watch live video of takeoff

Severe weather potential exist today over west TX, central AR, TN, KY, western NC and VA, eastern PA, NJ, MD, and DE. 'Top hat' device reaches...
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U.S. Coast Guard sets Gulf of Mexico on fire, time running out as spill gets closer to shore

Monday, the NWS upgraded the path length of the Yazoo, MS tornado from 97 miles to 149 miles. Since Thursday 132 tornadoes have been reported...
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