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January 10, 2005

SpaceShipTwo Won't Be Like SpaceShipOne

Rutan To Embrace Space, He's "Finished With Airplanes For A While"

The guy who put Mojave, CA, on the map, SpaceShipOne into the history books, and himself at the top of the list as the most-admired airplane designer in decades, says the time has come to move beyond all of the above. In recent candid talks including a recent wide-ranging interview with well-known space writer Irene Mona Klotz and a December 20th interview with George Nemiroff, Burt Rutan says that Mojave won't be the only spaceport for the coming project, that it won't -- it can't -- look like SpaceShipOne, and that he is finished with airplanes for the time being.

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NASA Goes ‘Down Under’ for Shuttle Mapping Mission Finale

Working With NGIA, NASA Completes Most Extensive Topographical Map Ever

Culminating more than four years of processing data, NASA and the National Geospatial-Intelligence Agency have completed Earth's most extensive global topographic map.

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Saturn's Moon Iapetus Shows a Bulging Waistline

Or Are You Just Happy We're In Orbit?

Images returned by NASA's Cassini spacecraft cameras during a New Year's Eve flyby of Saturn’s moon Iapetus (eye-APP-eh-tuss) show startling surface features that are fueling heated scientific discussions about their origin.

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Mars Reconnaissance Orbiter Mission Status

As The Rovers Continue Their Remarkable Mission, Another Mars Mission Is In The Works

Even as the Spirit and Opportunity rovers complete a year of successful operation on Mars, the next major step in Mars Exploration is taking shape with preparation of NASA's Mars Reconnaissance Orbiter for launch in just seven months.

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