Space - Salon.com http://dir.salon.com/topics/space/?source=rss&aim=space en-us Copyright 2007 Salon.com. Mon, 10 Mar 2008 12:03:00 PDT Meet Dextre, Canada's robotic space hand, eh Farhad Manjoo Mon, 10 Mar 2008 12:03:00 PDT http://www.salon.com/tech/machinist/blog/2008/03/10/dextre_robot/index.html?source=rss http://www.salon.com/tech/machinist/blog/2008/03/10/dextre_robot/index.html?source=rss But is this Canada's last big venture into space? Virgin Galactic unveils SpaceShipTwo tourist spacecraft By Farhad Manjoo Mon, 10 Mar 2008 12:03:00 PDT http://www.salon.com/tech/machinist/blog/2008/01/23/virgin_galactic/index.html?source=rss http://www.salon.com/tech/machinist/blog/2008/01/23/virgin_galactic/index.html?source=rss A super-duper badass plane. Who owns the moon? By Elizabeth Svoboda Mon, 10 Mar 2008 12:03:00 PDT http://www.salon.com/news/feature/2008/01/19/moon_real_estate/index.html?source=rss http://www.salon.com/news/feature/2008/01/19/moon_real_estate/index.html?source=rss Shady moon peddlers look like lunar Donald Trumps, now that civilian space travel appears feasible. But are moon plots legal? A tragic setback for SpaceShipOne By Farhad Manjoo Mon, 10 Mar 2008 12:03:00 PDT http://www.salon.com/tech/machinist/blog/2007/07/27/spaceshipone/index.html?source=rss http://www.salon.com/tech/machinist/blog/2007/07/27/spaceshipone/index.html?source=rss An explosion kills three employees at the company that built the first private space vehicle. Next stop, Mars By Adrienne So Mon, 10 Mar 2008 12:03:00 PDT http://www.salon.com/news/feature/2006/12/08/mars/index.html?source=rss http://www.salon.com/news/feature/2006/12/08/mars/index.html?source=rss Science writer Timothy Ferris examines the latest evidence of water on the red planet -- and why millions of people could end up living there. Republicans are getting wet, but it's not a wave yet Tim Grieve Mon, 10 Mar 2008 12:03:00 PDT http://www.salon.com/politics/war_room/2006/11/07/wave/index.html?source=rss http://www.salon.com/politics/war_room/2006/11/07/wave/index.html?source=rss Democrats take seats from Republicans in Indiana, Kentucky, Ohio, Pennyslvania and beyond. Bogged down on earth, Bush looks to the heavens Tim Grieve Mon, 10 Mar 2008 12:03:00 PDT http://www.salon.com/politics/war_room/2006/10/18/space/index.html?source=rss http://www.salon.com/politics/war_room/2006/10/18/space/index.html?source=rss The president's unilateral plan for space. Back to the mothership By Jod Kaftan Mon, 10 Mar 2008 12:03:00 PDT http://www.salon.com/mwt/feature/2006/10/18/star_trek/index.html?source=rss http://www.salon.com/mwt/feature/2006/10/18/star_trek/index.html?source=rss Spock's bride, T'Pring, has conjured fantasies for Trekkies for decades. Imagine their surprise when I tell them she's my mother. Pluto's retreat By Lamar Clarkson Mon, 10 Mar 2008 12:03:00 PDT http://www.salon.com/mwt/feature/2006/08/25/no_pluto/index.html?source=rss http://www.salon.com/mwt/feature/2006/08/25/no_pluto/index.html?source=rss Sure, Pluto's demotion to non-planet status has startling implications for the astronomy lab. But what about predicting our romantic and financial futures? Spaced out By Patrick Di Justo Mon, 10 Mar 2008 12:03:00 PDT http://www.salon.com/tech/feature/2003/02/05/space_flight/index.html?source=rss http://www.salon.com/tech/feature/2003/02/05/space_flight/index.html?source=rss Critics of manned spaceflight say the Columbia disaster means we must retreat from space. But what they're abandoning is the future. Noam needs a fact checker Mon, 10 Mar 2008 12:03:00 PDT http://www.salon.com/people/letters/2002/01/22/chomsky/index.html?source=rss http://www.salon.com/people/letters/2002/01/22/chomsky/index.html?source=rss Human Rights Watch says Chomsky's wrong, plus responses to E.O. Wilson. My own private space station By Amy Standen Mon, 10 Mar 2008 12:03:00 PDT http://www.salon.com/tech/feature/2001/06/07/bigelow/index.html?source=rss http://www.salon.com/tech/feature/2001/06/07/bigelow/index.html?source=rss Robert Bigelow has his funding priorities straight: Orbiting cruise ships and paranormal research. "PETA's Ingrid Newkirk" and "Hey, NASA, quit hoggin' space!" Mon, 10 Mar 2008 12:03:00 PDT http://www.salon.com/people/letters/2001/05/02/peta/index.html?source=rss http://www.salon.com/people/letters/2001/05/02/peta/index.html?source=rss Readers respond to Peter Brandt's interview with Newkirk and to Eric F. Lipton's essay on civilians in space. "The Hole in the Universe" by K.C. Cole By Michael Scott Moore Mon, 10 Mar 2008 12:03:00 PDT http://www.salon.com/books/review/2001/01/26/cole/index.html?source=rss http://www.salon.com/books/review/2001/01/26/cole/index.html?source=rss An engaging new book explores the riddles of space, from string theory to the possibility that the universe is a holographic projection. "Do svidanya, baby!" By Carina Chocano Mon, 10 Mar 2008 12:03:00 PDT http://www.salon.com/people/feature/2000/10/05/mir/index.html?source=rss http://www.salon.com/people/feature/2000/10/05/mir/index.html?source=rss Capitalist pigs are lost in space. Space noise By Frank Houston Mon, 10 Mar 2008 12:03:00 PDT http://www.salon.com/tech/feature/1999/06/24/space_noise/index.html?source=rss http://www.salon.com/tech/feature/1999/06/24/space_noise/index.html?source=rss Astronomers listening for distant stars and extraterrestrials are getting an earful of satellite buzz. What happened to heavenly quiet time? Salon Daily Clicks: Newsreal By Geoff Shandler Mon, 10 Mar 2008 12:03:00 PDT http://www.salon.com/news/feature/1997/08/13/news/index.html?source=rss http://www.salon.com/news/feature/1997/08/13/news/index.html?source=rss And where lawyers go, venture capitalists and investment bankers are sure to follow. Good looking, so refined By Andrew Rice Mon, 10 Mar 2008 12:03:00 PDT http://www.salon.com/news/feature/1997/07/09/news/index.html?source=rss http://www.salon.com/news/feature/1997/07/09/news/index.html?source=rss At Miss Exotic World, the strippers are old enough to be your grandmother, but they still know a thing or two about the erotic arts. There's gold in them thar aliens! By David Corn Mon, 10 Mar 2008 12:03:00 PDT http://www.salon.com/news/feature/1997/07/07/news/index.html?source=rss http://www.salon.com/news/feature/1997/07/07/news/index.html?source=rss Jack Boulware reports from the 50th anniversary of the UFO crash landing, or whatever it was, in Roswell, N.M. UFO Summit: Experts squabble, fans jeer By Jack Boulware Mon, 10 Mar 2008 12:03:00 PDT http://www.salon.com/news/feature/1997/07/04/news/index.html?source=rss http://www.salon.com/news/feature/1997/07/04/news/index.html?source=rss The great alien debate lacked the cheesy exaggerations of yesteryear. Roswell: The loonies have landed By Joe Loya Mon, 10 Mar 2008 12:03:00 PDT http://www.salon.com/news/feature/1997/07/02/news/index.html?source=rss http://www.salon.com/news/feature/1997/07/02/news/index.html?source=rss Jack Boulware reports from the 50th anniversary of the UFO crash landing, or whatever it was, in Roswell, N.M.