Google Previews Lunar XPrize and New Space Race

 

Back to the Moon for Good video previews how Google wants to take us back to the moon ... to stay. 

Ad astra per aspera - Apollo 1

On this day in 1967, we love three true American heroes.

Tom Hanks and From the Earth to the Moon did a brilliant job commemorating this tragedy ...

http://youtu.be/V0W9bQ2Jg3A

One Giant Shred for Mankind

So, would anyone like one of these? #magnificentcowabunga

Will Ted Cruz restore the Glory Days at NASA?

"The United States should work alongside our international partners, but not be dependent on them. We should once again lead the way for the world in space exploration. We must refocus our investment on the hard sciences, on getting men and women into space, on exploring low-Earth orbit and beyond, and not on political distractions that are extraneous to NASA’s mandate."

- Ted Cruz, announcing his new vision as incoming chairman of the Senate Commerce Subcommittee on Science, Space, and Competitiveness, and overseer of NASA operations.

Go get em, Ted. #GoSomewhere