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NASA's return to the moon 'unsustainable,' says review

Thursday, September 10, 2009 - 1:18pm

The budgetary review of NASA ordered by President Obama has found that the program needs quite a bit more money than previously thought to reach its goal of getting back to the moon by 2020: $3 billion more yearly is...

NASA: next gen ion engines could be ready by 2013

Kevin Hall

Thursday, August 6, 2009 - 2:02pm

Exciting news is coming out of the world of propulsion. In a talk this week in Denver, Michael Patterson, the principal investigator on NASA's Evolutionary Xenon Thruster (or NEXT) program, said that the next generation ion engine could go into...

TH!NK FROST is a tracked Porsche-like concept for the arctic

Kevin Hall

Tuesday, March 10, 2009 - 1:24pm

Norwegian designer Anders Gloslie decided that Eskimos should be able to enjoy awesome roadsters like the rest of us. He's created the TH!NK FROST, an oddly named super snowmobile for two. It's got treads instead of wheels and a body...

20,000 Feet Below The Sea: MIT's underwater robot explores the ocean all alone

Kevin Hall

Monday, September 29, 2008 - 1:37pm

Once the Odyssey IV dives below the surface, it's all on its own. Developed by MIT's Sea Grant Program, the Odyssey IV autonomous underwater vehicle (or AUV) is designed to explore deep down below the ocean — as far...

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NASA's return to the moon 'unsustainable,' says review

NASA: next gen ion engines could be ready by 2013

TH!NK FROST is a tracked Porsche-like concept for the arctic

20,000 Feet Below The Sea: MIT's underwater robot explores the ocean all alone

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