Space: inspirational, but full of greybeards
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So says report The utterly impartial Particle Physics and Astronomy Research Council (PPARC) has published a report outlining how investment in space exploration can encourage youngsters to get into science and improve educational standards and skills.â¦
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It's a pretty big thing, Space. There's lots in there to look at, but you're not going to get very far with just a pair of binoculars and a notebook.
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Now that weâve got tourists blasting into space, we have to give them somewhere interesting to drop their disposable income. Commentary by Lore SjÃ¶berg.
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Several hundred images taken with NASA's Hubble Space Telescope have been woven together into a rich tapestry of at least 50,000 galaxies.
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Thrill seekers are plunking down six figures to ride rockets that haven't even been built yet, and a new airline called Virgin Galactic promises to be up and soaring in the next three years. Still, the budding space tourism industry faces a myriad of safety concerns - in the sky and on the ground - that must be resolved before any paying passenger takes off...
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Astronomers have produced the first truly useful image ever of something in space using gamma rays. It's a picture only an astronomer could love, but it appears to help solve a century-long mystery.
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Buck Rogers visits Jacksonville? Not exactly.  But the quest for a spaceport at Cecil Field, where paying passengers would be launched into sub-orbit, is visionary - and probably a good investment in the city.  Space tourism is more than just a vague concept.
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By Nolan Rosenkrans, Philadelphia Daily News  Feb. 23--Despite the remarkable technical feat of space travel and the high-level skills that astronauts need, being one isn't quite as prestigious as it used to be.
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A select group of rich tourists may be blasting into space within a few years in a craft that looks like a cross between a corporate jet and something out of science fiction.
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Ready to soar like a dragon through medieval world or fly through space on a psychedelic rocket ride? Lair, Project Sylpheed and Space Giraffe let you get your altitude on, with varying degrees of success.
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Comment is free: Charles Kennedy: Space is the premium a leader needs to achieve success, but the demands of a small party make it hard to come by
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Space scientists offer thoughts, both practical and far-fetched, for what to do if thereâs a space rock out there with our planetâs number on it.
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By Keith Whamond, Connecticut Post, Bridgeport  Jun. 6--If you were to take a poll of all the nearly 900,000 members of the Boy Scouts of America and ask them all what they'd like to be when they grow up, chances are that the top answer would probably be astronaut.
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Astronauts have long known that space travel is a good way to diet. The excitement of launch. Thrilling vistas seen from Earth orbit. Floating weightless. Maybe a touch of motion sickness. Who can eat at a time like that?
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CAPE CANAVERAL, Fla. _ For more than a quarter century, space buffs have gathered by the thousands near the Kennedy Space Center, craning for views of shuttles bound for another world. What was it like aboard, they had to wonder.
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By The Miami Herald  Feb. 8--The meltdown of astronaut Lisa Nowak is strange and sad. Even though we no longer throw ticker tape parades for NASA astronauts returning from outer space, they still hold a special place in our collective national image. Astronauts are our heroic pioneers.
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Space is the one frontier that&#39;s out of reach to the average person, but the feeling of space travel is now a little less elusive.