Late last night space shuttle Atlantis streaked across the night sky in a brilliant blaze of firey glory on its way back down to earth. After writing about the mission…
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David Klemke
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For almost the past 2 decades NASA, and by association every other space faring nation, has been treading water when it comes to pioneering new space technologies. Granted we have…
David Klemke
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There’s both a joy and a sadness that accompanies every shuttle launch. I still get a little thrill every time I wake up in the morning to the Australian news…
David Klemke
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With the retirement of the Shuttle looming over our heads, even though it’s been moved back a couple months (ARGH!), organisations with an interest in space have been looking for…
David Klemke
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You would think that with all the competition that is starting to appear for access to low earth orbit that prices would be falling through the floor, so to speak….
David Klemke
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You know something’s up when a space nut like myself misses some juicy blog fodder such as the latest Shuttle launch. Whilst I’ve been off slandering the iPad and its…
David Klemke
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Everytime I think I’m losing my interest in space something always comes along to bring me right back into that almost dream like state I first had when I decided…
David Klemke
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Life is a tricky thing to get right. As far as we know right now we’re a completely unique in this universe and the conditions that led to us being…
David Klemke
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There’s really nothing quite like the Space Shuttle. Every part of it has been subjected to countless hours of engineering with the culmination being one of the most complex and…
David Klemke
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Ever since the glory days of Gemini and Apollo NASA has struggled to figure out exactly what their goals will be with human space exploration. This is not to say…