In light of the recent announcement of a sixth American military branch, the Space Force,  it maybe interesting to know that all space efforts fell to the Army, Navy, and Air Force prior to 1958. This urged me to discuss the birth of NASA. There are several contributing factors that led to the formation of […]

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Are we alone? Is that not the greatest question in space exploration? One of our driving forces to constantly search among the stars for life and learn what we can along the way.  Where do we begin to look for life among the stars, after all the Milky Way alone is estimated to have 150-250 […]

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