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Google To Finance Moon Challenge »

 

Google is bankrolling a $30 million contest that could significantly boost the commercial space industry and spur the first non-governmental flight to the moon. It’s called Google Lunar X Prize.
The bulk of the prize will go to the first private company that can land a robotic rover on the moon and beam back a gigabyte [...]

NASA’s Space Shuttle and The Space Station »

 

The Space Shuttle, the most complex machine ever built, is the only spacecraft with its robust capability.  The shuttle’s capacity enables humans today to build the world’s largest orbiting laboratory, paving the way to the moon, on to mars and further into the universe.  It allows us to see things like never before.

A truly amazing [...]