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Rogue NASA manager isn't ready to buy into Obama's vision for space

Monday, April 26, 2010 - 4:12am

President Obama has made it pretty clear that he wants NASA to go in a new direction, relying more heavily on the private sector while developing next-gen tech that would take us beyond the original target of the moon to...

NASA might get the bucks to go to Mars after all

Wednesday, April 14, 2010 - 9:39am

Budget cuts recently spanked NASA's space program, reducing it to a ragtag fleet of space-faring robots, but wait. President Obama somehow found $6 billion for the beleaguered space agency, in the name of creating 2,500 additional jobs at NASA. The...

Obama to NASA: Skip the Moon, scrap the rockets

Kevin Hall

Monday, February 1, 2010 - 5:01pm

It looks like big changes are coming NASA's way as the Obama administration outlines a new direction for the space agency with its 2010 budget proposal. Interestingly, the White House isn't calling for a dwindling operating budget year after year;...

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

Kevin Hall

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...

ObamaBot added to robot presidents exhibit

Friday, July 3, 2009 - 9:35am

Walt Disney World just modernized its Hall of Presidents attraction, adding a new likeness of our current president, Barack Obama. Take a look at the video above and see if you think it captures his essence. We're thinking it looks...

PETA sends a humane bug catcher to Obama The Fly Swatter

Michael Trei

Saturday, June 20, 2009 - 8:06am

While most of us were impressed by President Obama's fly swatting hand speed when he thwacked a pesky critter during an interview last week, the folks at PETA point out that you can no longer refer to our President as...

Boeing's Airborne Laser shot down by the DoD along with another sci-fi weapon

Kevin Hall

Friday, May 8, 2009 - 2:32am

We're never going to get to The Future at this rate. The Department of Defense is cutting two big sci-fi-ish projects in an effort to funnel its resources toward more practical research. Namely, both the Airborne Laser and the Multiple...

White House plans modified Washington Monument in 'carbon-free' National Mall

Michael Trei

Wednesday, April 1, 2009 - 10:49am

One of President Obama's key campaign promises was to make the U.S. a leader in sustainable green energy, and by the looks of this concept, he intends to lead by example. The White House unveiled today a plan for a...

Obama-inspired clock says yes we can tell time with ball bearings

DVICE Staff

Wednesday, March 25, 2009 - 9:40am

When Barack Obama made the clarion call to his fellow Americans, exhorting them to pull together and breathe hope back into the nation, he probably didn't expect his words to become inspiration for a design exhibition. Students from the Design...

Presidential super-luxo copter project on the rocks?

Wednesday, February 25, 2009 - 10:40am

When John McCain quizzed President Obama about the spiraling costs of his upcoming presidential uber-copter, otherwise known as the "21st Century Oval Office in the sky," Obama said the current Marine One "seems perfectly adequate to me. Of course, I've...

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Obama stories

Rogue NASA manager isn't ready to buy into Obama's vision for space

NASA might get the bucks to go to Mars after all

Obama to NASA: Skip the Moon, scrap the rockets

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

ObamaBot added to robot presidents exhibit

PETA sends a humane bug catcher to Obama The Fly Swatter

Boeing's Airborne Laser shot down by the DoD along with another sci-fi weapon

White House plans modified Washington Monument in 'carbon-free' National Mall

Obama-inspired clock says yes we can tell time with ball bearings

Presidential super-luxo copter project on the rocks?

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