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  • September 2008

    • Chinese Astronaut Takes Spacewalk

      Associated Press  |  Sep 27, 08 6:52 AM CDT

      Chinese Astronaut Takes Spacewalk

      (AP) - A Chinese astronaut took the nation's first spacewalk today, floating outside the orbiter module's hatch for about 13 minutes. "Greetings to all the people of the nation and all the people of the world," he declared in a live broadcast on state TV, waving a Chinese flag. More »

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      China  • space  • space race  • space walk

  • May 2008

    • Why It's Time to Sell the Moon

      Popular Mechanics  |  May 22, 08 12:23 PM CDT

      Why It's Time to Sell the Moon

      (Newser) - The moon isn't up for sale—but it should be, argues Glenn Harlan Reynolds in Popular Mechanics . Dishing out lunar property rights would boost the stagnating government space program, and the interest is proven: One enterprising American has already sold 500 million "novelty" acres of the moon at about $20 per football field-size parcel. More »

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      space  • moon  • property rights  • space race

  • October 2007

    • Sputnik Ignited Era of Discovery

      NPR  |  Oct 4, 07 9:00 AM CDT

      Sputnik Ignited Era of Discovery

      (Newser) - In an era when billionaire tourists book rides in spaceships, launching a basketball-sized satellite into outer space might seem mundane. But when the Russians put Sputnik into orbit 50 years ago today, it kicked off much more than a Cold War competition. It signalled the start of an electrifying era in which, says NPR commentator and then-wide-eyed kid Andrew Chaiken, "Every day, things that had been science fiction were turning into fact." More »

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      Russia  • Cold War  • satellite  • Sputnik  • space race

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