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New NASA focus unlikely given pull of space station, shuttle programs
February 11, 2003 NASA's greatest natural obstacle is Earth's gravity. Gravity clutches at its spaceships and space stations, and it compresses air into a thick barrier against returning spacecraft. It rarely forgives an error by managers or engineers. But there's another force that rivals the power of Earth's gravity: the pull of existing ...
Commercial efforts could reshape future of NASA
December 14, 2001 After nearly a decade of operating under former Administrator Daniel S. Goldin and his "faster, better, cheaper" mantra, NASA is about to get a sweeping makeover. A new leader has been named to reform the beleaguered space agency: Sean O'Keefe, the Office of Management and Budget's deputy director. O'Keefe is ...
NASA
June 29, 2001 Established: 1958 Address: 300 E St. SW, Washington, DC 20546 Phone: 202-358-0000 2001 Budget: $14.3 billion Employment: 18,884 Web Site: www.nasa.gov Function: NASA conducts research and develops operational programs in the areas of aeronautics, space exploration, artificial satellites, and rocketry in an effort to advance space flight, aeronautics, space science, ...
Environmental Protection Agency
June 29, 2001 Established: 1970 Address: 1200 Pennsylvania Ave. NW, Washington, DC 20460 Phone: 202-260-2090 2001 Budget: $7.6 billion Employment: 18,657 Web Site: www.epa.gov Function: The EPA conducts environmental research and enforces federal laws aimed at protecting human health and the environment. The agency regulates air and water pollution, hazardous-waste disposal and cleanup, ...
Agencies work to keep mad-cow disease out of U.S. pastures
June 5, 2001 "Mad-cow disease" is a phrase that often evokes wisecracks. Europe has had to shoulder huge financial losses from the disease's devastating effects, but the image of a frenzied cow shaking and mooing uncontrollably still elicits chuckles, even there. In fact, crazy-cow miniature toys were all the rage in France last ...
NASA drafting rules for space tourists
May 7, 2001 Space enthusiasts have been awaiting the day when normal people, rather than a handful of astronauts and cosmonauts, can voyage to the final frontier. Now the wait may have been shortened--a bit. Last week, 60-year-old California millionaire Dennis Tito became the first paying vacationer to blast off from Earth for ...
