Former Ohio Senator John Glenn, the grand old man of space
exploration, pulls no punches when you ask him about President
Bush's plan for a permanent colony on the moon and a manned mission
to Mars by 2035.
It "pulls the rug out from under our scientists," he says.
Expedition 8 Commander Michael Foale reestablished a vacuum
between the Destiny Laboratory’s science window’s two
panes of optical-quality glass over the weekend. The window work
was associated with continuing repairs following a small pressure
leak detected on the International Space Station in January.
It took the combined efforts of the world's most populace
country to put a Chinese man into space last year, but it took a
proposal by the Chinese All-Women's Federation to get a woman into
the program.
Okay, so there's water on Mars. That's an incredible discovery.
But the big questions remain: where did the water come from and
even more importantly, where did it go?
What was it Grandma used to tell us? If you want something done
right, do it yourself. That seems to be the philosophy that drives
GE's jet engine operation. Unlike rivals Pratt & Whitney and
Rolls Royce, GE flies its own test bed over the California desert,
determined to see firsthand the results of its experimental
work.
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