Editorial: Space no longer a government program

Source: The Orange County Register

Sunrise Friday over Orange County may also have brought the dawn of a new Space Age, propelled by the money of private individuals and companies, not enormous government spending. This one small step was ...
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First commercial spacecraft docks with space station

Source: Sify

Washington, May 26 (IANS) Private American spaceflight company SpaceX's unmanned capsule docked with the International Space Station (ISS) Friday, becoming the first commercial spacecraft to have reached the orbital out ...
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International Space Station Catches 'Dragon by the Tail'

Source: PBS NewsHour

By: News Desk "Looks like we've got us a dragon by the tail," announced NASA astronaut Don Pettit as the International Space Station's robotic arm reached out and grabbed the SpaceX Dragon capsule Friday morning. Since the ...
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SpaceX Private Vessel Reaches ISS

Source: Scientific American

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Vacuum tubes could be the future of computing

Source: Dvice

Back in the day, electronics were made with vacuum tubes, which are like little light bulbs that function as amplifiers or switches. In the present, electronics use transistors instead, which do the same thing but can be made tiny and for cheap. ...
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SpaceX Dragon Docks With Space Station; Success for Private Enterprise in Orbit

Source: ABC News

“Looks like we’ve got a Dragon by the tail,” said NASA astronaut Don Pettit. The SpaceX Dragon capsule safely berthed to the International Space Station today, greeted by cheers in mission c ...
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SpaceX's billionaire founder Elon Musk calls Dragon capsule just the beginning

Source: Guardian Unlimited

The successful docking of a privately funded capsule at the International Space Station puts human beings a step closer to becoming "multi-planet species", according to the billionaire boss behind the project. Elon Musk beamed as he described o ...
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Dragon makes history with space station docking

Source: King 5

CAPE CANAVERAL, Florida (AP) — The private company SpaceX made history Friday with the docking of its Dragon capsule to the International Space Station, the most impressive feat yet in turning routine spaceflight ...
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Philip Kaufman and Walter Murch Collaborate on ‘Hemingway & Gellhorn’

Source: The New York Times

ALMOST a quarter of a century has passed since the director Philip Kaufman last worked with the film editor Walter Murch . In 1988, when their “Unbearable Lightness of Being” was released, the Soviet Union was still in existence (th ...
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