10
Theories on the Sun Space and 2012 "
... Everyone is familiar with the current 2012 doomsday predictions.
In December of 2012, the Mesoamerican Long Count calendar, which was
used by several Pre-Columbian Mesoamerican cultures, will reach the
end of its 13th baktun. People have predicted that this indicates
that a massive geological event will occur on Earth. This article
will be examining some theories surrounding the sun, space and the
2012 severe weather patterns. Put yourself in the place of a high
level government official. If you had direct information that a cataclysmic
event was approaching Earth, would you suppress it from the public
or announce it? The obvious answer is to hide it and secretly prepare
for a response ..." listverse.com (site accessed Oct 2010)
First
Irishman in space set to launch in 2012 "PJ
King, a 41-year-old business man, is set to become the first Irish
man in space. In as little as 18 months, King will be launched into
space in what could be the world's first space tourist exploration.
The Irishman is one of hundreds of aspiring space travelers that signed
up to become the first paying passengers abroad the Virgin Galactic
trip to outer space..." irishcentral.com (site accessed Oct
2010)
See
also: Space hotel says it is on schedule to open in 2012 "A
company behind plans to open the first hotel in space says it is on
target to accept its first paying guests in 2012 despite critics questioning
the investment and time frame for the multi-billion dollar project.
The
Barcelona-based architects of The Galactic Suite Space Resort say
it will cost 3 million euro ($4.4 million) for a three-night stay
at the hotel, with this price including an eight-week training course
on a tropical island. During their stay, guests would see the sun
rise 15 times a day and travel around the world every 80 minutes.
They would wear velcro suits so they can crawl around their pod rooms
by sticking themselves to the walls like Spiderman ..." reuter.com
(site accessed Nov 09)
See
also: Space
tourism to take flight in 2012 "Short
tourist flights into space are expected to begin launching from northern
Sweden in 2012 ... The flights will be run by Virgin Galactic, owned
by British tycoon Sir Richard Branson, which will first send paying
customers around 110 kilometres (70 miles) above the earth from New
Mexico in the United States ..." google.com/hostednews/afp
(site accessed Mar 2009)
See
also: Space tourism in 2012 "EADS
unit Astrium said it plans to launch a space tourism programme next
year with a view to starting 90-minute, sub-orbital flights from 2012-2013.
The
price of the flight will be 'around 150,000-200,000 euros ..."
Forbes.com (site accessed June 2007)
See also: Marc
Newsom Designs Spaceship Planned for Orbit in 2012
blog.wired.com (site accessed June 2007)
As
2012 comes near, Planet X theory thrives "
... Like many other “conspiracy theories” it should contain
some truth because conspiracy theories are just that, most of them
are truth of something that happened without those that believe it
being able to entirely prove it or they do not get the opportunity
to prove the facts behind most conspiracy theories, hence they remain
conspiracy theories.. Although that also is not always the case the
Niburu theory does get pretty convincing once you do some research
..." fromtheold.com (site accessed Oct 20120)
See
also: Planet X, Hercolubus or Nibiru Blog
with links about Planet X. planetx-hercolubus-nibiru.blogspot.com
(site accessed Feb 10)
See
also: Doomsday 2012, the Planet Nibiru, and Cosmophobia
"Stories
about the fictional planet Nibiru and predictions of doomsday in December
2012 have blossomed on the Internet. As of this June, there were more
than 175 books listed on Amazon dealing with the 2012 doomsday. As
this hoax spreads, many more disaster scenarios are being suggested.
“Ask an Astrobiologist” has received nearly a thousand
questions
about Nibiru and 2012, with more than 200 answers posted. Here are
a few of the most popular questions and answers ..." astrosociety.org
(site accessed Oct 09)
See
also: The
myth of Niburu and the end of the world in 2012 "
... An astronomer tries to counter misinformation on the Internet
about claims of a supposed rogue planet and an impending catastrophe,
encountering troubling credulity, scientific illiteracy, and conspiracy
thinking along the way ...In the six months since I first mentioned
Nibiru on my Web site, this topic has threatened to take over “Ask
an Astrobiologist.” I now receive at least one question per
day ranging from anguished (“I can’t sleep; I am really
scared; I don’t want to die”) to the abusive (“Why
are you lying; you are putting my family at risk; if NASA denies it
then it must be true”) This
article is based on more than one hundred questions submitted in the
first four months of 2008, only a few of which were actually answered
online. Except for some condensing, I’ve left the questioners’
text as it was originally submitted ..." David Morrison,
csicop.org (site accessed Sep 09)
See
also: Where
is Planet X? Where is Nemesis? " ... For
the last 80 years, astronomers have been looking for a large planet
that might go to some way of explaining interplanetary features such
as the “Kuiper Cliff”, but Planet X has not been found.
Unfortunately, the word “Planet X” has now become synonymous
with conspiracy theories and doomsday, almost as notorious as the
word “Nemesis”. Nemesis is another unanswered question
hanging over Solar System evolution: does the Sun have a binary twin?
Is there a second, dim, hidden “sun” stalking it’s
brighter counterpart from over a light year away? ..." Astroengine.com
(site accessed Apr 2009)
See
also: Planet X and 2012: The Pole Shift explained and debunked "
... There are actually a few different specific versions of this scenario
that various doomsday folks have created. The one that I know the
most about and will address in this post is that of Brent Miller,
founding member of the “Horizon Project,” and the statements
that he has made on the November 10, 2008 and January 11, 2009 episodes
of the Coast-to-Coast AM radio show ..." pseudoastro.wordpress.com
(site accessed Feb 2009)
See also: Malachi
Martin, Planet X Nibiru and the Vatican Short
YouTube clip of interview with Malachi Martin in which he claims the
Vatican are searching for something of interest in space in next five
years. illuminatiarchives.org (site accessed Sep 08)
See
also: 2012:
No Planet X " ... I'm sorry, but
the "facts" behind the Planet X/Nibiru myth simply do not
add up. Don't worry, Planet X will not be knocking on our door in
2012 and here's why … universetoday.com
(site accessed May 08)
See also: Stitchiniswrong.com
An analysis of Zechariah Stitchin's
scholarship in which the author of this site puts several counters
to his argument about the approach of Nibiru (site accessed Aug
08)
See
also: 2012
and Planet X Bulletin "Surviving
2012 and the Planet X (Nibiru) flyby will depend on your ability to
think your way through it and that process begins with knowledge.
Whether you can afford to build a bunker or can barely afford a shovel.To
help you speed your own research efforts, we feature hundreds of research
links ..." 2012planetX.com (site accessed Mar 08)
See also: Planet
X, 2012 and More "They
found something large at the edge of our solar system ... 5-part
video series. As the co-author and publisher of Planet X Forecast
and 2012 Survival Guide, Marshall believes that 2012 will be a survivable,
evolutionary event.
See also: Extraterrestrial
section on this site
Massive
solar storm to hit Earth in 2012 with 'force of 100m bombs' Astronomers
are predicting that a massive solar storm, much bigger in potential
than the one that caused spectacular light shows on Earth earlier
this month, is to strike our planet in 2012 with a force of 100 million
hydrogen bombs. Several
US media outlets have reported that NASA was warning the massive flare
this month was just a precursor to a massive solar storm building
that had the potential to wipe out the entire planet's power grid
... Similar storms back in 1859 and 1921 caused worldwide chaos, wiping
out telegraph wires on a massive scale. The 2012 storm has the potential
to be even more disruptive ..." in.news.yahoo.com (site accessed
Aug 2010)
See
also: Do not adjust your sets: solar storms could cause blackouts
at the Olympics "
... After a period of unprecedented calm within the massive nuclear
furnace that powers the Sun, scientists have detected the signs of
a fresh cycle of sunspots that could peak in 2012, just in time for
the arrival of the Olympic torch in London. Over
the past two years, fewer sunspots have been recorded than at any
time since 1913. But now scientists have detected signs that the next
cycle has begun and it could peak in two or three years ..."
independent.co.uk (site accessed Feb 2010)
See also: The
geomagnetic apocalypse - and how to stop it "Wired.com
talked to (Lawrence)Joseph and John Kappenman, CEO of electromagnetic
damage consulting company MetaTech, about the possibility of geomagnetic
apocalypse — and how to stop it. wired.com (site accessed
April 2009)
See
also: Space storm alert: 90 seconds from catastrophe "It
is midnight on 22 September 2012 and the skies above Manhattan are
filled with a flickering curtain of colourful light. Few New Yorkers
have seen the aurora this far south but their fascination is short-lived.
Within a few seconds, electric bulbs dim and flicker, then become
unusually bright for a fleeting moment. Then all the lights in the
state go out. Within 90 seconds, the entire eastern half of the US
is without power. A year later and millions of Americans are dead
and the nation's infrastructure lies in tatters ..." Michael
Brooks, newscientist.com (site accessed Mar 2009)
See
also: Severe space weather events - Understanding Societal
and Economic Impacts - Workshop Report "Space
weather can produce solar storm electromagnetic fields that induce
extreme currents in wires, disrupting power lines, causing wide-spread
blackouts and affecting communication cables that support the Internet.
Severe space weather also produces solar energetic particles and the
dislocation of the Earth's radiation belts, which can damage satellites
used for commercial communications, global positioning and weather
forecasting ... It is expected that solar storms will increase in
frequency and intensity toward the next solar maximum, expected to
occur around 2012. NASA report, full report also available (site
accessed Jan 2009)
See
also: Solar storm warning This
week researchers announced that a storm is coming--the most intense
solar maximum in fifty years. The prediction comes from a team led
by Mausumi Dikpati of the National Center for Atmospheric Research
(NCAR). "The next sunspot cycle will be 30% to 50% stronger than
the previous one," she says. If correct, the years ahead could
produce a burst of solar activity second only to the historic Solar
Max of 1958. Nasa (site accessed Mar 2007)
See also: Next
solar storm cycle will start late "The
next 11-year cycle of solar storms will most likely start next March
and peak in late 2011 or mid-2012 – up to a year later than
expected – according to a forecast issued today by NOAA’s
Space Environment Center in coordination with an international panel
of solar experts."sec.noaa.gove (site accessed May 2007)
See also: Table
of different scientists' predictions as to timing and intensity of
solar storms members.chello.be
(site accessed May 2007)
See
also: Sunspot
activity to peak in 2012 A
new computer prediction says that the next cycle of sunspot activity
will be late but 30% - 50% stronger than the last cycle, peaking in
2012. Richard Behnke, director of the US National Science Foundation's
Upper Atmospheric Research Section says: "This prediction suggests
we're potentially looking at more communications and navigations disruptions,
more satellite failures, possible disruptions of electrical grids,
blackouts, and more dangerous conditions for astronauts." (site
accessed Mar 2006)
See
also: 2010
to 2012 will have massive Sun Storms and Solar flares causing massive
communication malfunction and mobile phone blackouts
This
article states that the peak will be in 2010. IndiaDaily.com (site
accessed Jan 2007)
Article no longer accessible.
2012:
The Astronomy of Quetzalcoatl's Return "
... Do books and videos on 2012 seem to be a mass of jargon and incomprehensible
astronomical diagrams? This video may help ..." JimSmithInChaipas,
youtube.com (site accessed Aug 2010)
See also:
Clearing
up the skies of 2012: Explanation of the astronomy "
... Do books and videos on 2012 seem to be a mass of jargon and incomprehensible
astronomical diagrams? This video may help ..." JimSmithInChaipas,
youtube.com (site accessed Jun 2010)
The
end of the world as we know it "Apocalyptic
thought has a tradition that dates to the Persian prophet Zoroaster
in the 14th century BC. Recently, anxiety has grown over the prediction
of the end of the world in the Mayan calendar. It's
true that the Mayan odometer will hit zeros on 21 December 2012, as
it reaches the end of a 394-year cycle called a baktun. But this baktun
is part of a larger 8,000-year cycle called a pictun, and there's
no evidence that anything astronomically untoward will happen as the
current baktun slides into the next ...What kind of catastrophe would
it take to end the world? Astronomical intruders provide a potentially
serious threat ..." independent.co.uk (site accessed Jun
2010)
2012:
Combat the nonsense "
...While there are many websites, like Space Fellowship, which provide
solid and methodical evidence that the 2012 hysteria is complete nonsense,
hordes of other sites out there are full of gobbledygook and a gross
misstating of what they claim to be scientific evidence that some
astronomical event will decimate our planet ..." A list of links
and resources is contained within this article which back the stance
of Space Fellowship. spacefellowship.com (site accessed Oct 09)
A
prediction by an individual emailed to this website "Our
galaxy is a disc with a thicker centre and thiner edge.this is from
the difference of the universal gravity(gravity in short after) in
our galaxy and the edge zone of the galaxy has weaker gravity. 2012
our solar system will go through the central galaxy edge zone of the
galaxy and the gravity of sun will effect stronger on all its stars.
This means all the solar system stars will be pulled closer to the
sun and temperature of these stars will be hotter than now. When the
solar system moves away from the central galaxy edge zone, the gravity
of the sun is become weaker and all the solar system stars will move
further from the sun and further from the distance now because of
the effect of the inertia,the temperature of the stars will be cooler
than now. wang song 2009-07-12
China
plans its first woman astronaut by 2012 "China
could launch its first woman into space as early as 2012, state media
reported. Yang Liwei, who in 2003 became China's first astronaut and
is now in charge of new recruits for the space programme, said the
search for the first woman in space was under way ..." google.com/hosted
news (site accessed July 2009)
The
astronomical insignificance of Maya date 13.0.0.0 "
... The individual responsible for devising the Long Count must have
himself been an Olmec, for the timing of his calculation pre-dates
by fully four centuries any known calendrical glyphs from the area
of Maya settlement ...the Olmec priest could not possibly have foreseen
any event of astronomical significance taking place on December 23,
2012, at the end of Maya baktun 13.0.0.0.0. Therefore, to suggest
that this date will have any meaning or importance to anyone but a
historian of chronology is to embroider it with a significance it
was never intended to have ..." Vincent H Malmstrom, www.dartmouth.edu
(site accessed May 2009)
Close
encounter with retrograde orbit asteroid for 2012 "A
pretty interesting discovery was announced today, an asteroid with
a retrograde orbit, also fairly large (2-3 km or so in diameter, thus
surface area of around 12 - 28 km²), and close enough to Earth
that it's surprising that it hasn't been discovered until now ...
It gets as far away as 4 AU from the Sun and Earth, and will have
the following close encounters over the next few years:
3 January 2012: 0.158 AU
28 April 2012: 0.786 AU
mithridates.blogspot.com
(site accessed May 2009)
Plants
on the Moon by 2012 "Groundbreaking
advancements in the realm of space engineering may soon see the moon
sown with the first gardens to grow on the lunar surface. As part
of the Google Lunar X Prize, Paragon Space Development Corporation
has recently teamed with Odyssey Moon to develop a pressurized mini
greenhouse to deploy on the surface of the moon, grow a plant from
seed, and hopefully see it flower and seed itself ..." inhabitat.com
(site accessed April 2009)
Doomsday
in 2012: Science-Lite "I’ve
had equal measures of praise and criticism for my most recent “No
Doomsday in 2012? article. Most of the praise came in the form of:
“I’m really glad you addressed the 2012 comet scenario,
those ads were p***ing me off!“. However, it did get criticised
for chasing after a “small website” with “very little
written on it” which “obviously confuses” what a
comet is and what Planet X is. However,
this “small website” (which actually receives an awful
lot more traffic than Astroengine.com), has decided to comment on
my views on the subject. And you know what? I think it has enhanced
their content ten-fold ..." Ian O'Neill, astroengine.com
(site accessed Jan 2009)
See also: 2012:
No comet " ... the Planet X conspiracy
theory is wrong, but the 2012 comet theory is even worse. The chances
of a large planet swinging through the inner solar system in 2012
has the same odds as a comet impact on that date: nil. ...
I am sure 2012 will be a significant year for spiritual and religious
reasons, I'm not debating that. However, for doomsayers to use modern
science to prove their inaccurate doomsday creations for personal
gain is not only irresponsible, it can be very damaging." universetoday.com
(site accessed Dec 2008)
Catalina
Sky Survey will continue its search for near-Earth objects through
to 2012 "The
University of Arizona's Catalina Sky Survey has been awarded a $3.16
million NASA grant to continue its search for near-Earth objects,
or NEOs, through 2012 ...the survey, known as CSS, has discovered
about 70 percent of all NEOs found in the past three years ..."
uanews.org (site accessed Jan 2009)
Europe
to launch IXV in 2012 (YouTube)
"The European Space Agency will launch the IXV [Intermediate
eXperimental Vehicle] onboard a new Vega booster rocket [Vega info]
from the Kourou, French Guiana spaceport in 2012. The mission is essential
to development of critical technologies for future robotic or manned
spacecraft by testing brand-new European atmospheric re-entry technologies
during its hypersonic and supersonic flight phases ..." spaceports.blogspot.com
(site accessed Jan 2009)
Will
Earth pass through the galactic plane in 2012? "As
seen from the sun, the Earth crosses the Milky Way’s galactic
plane (also called the galactic equator) twice a year, every year.
Or as seen from Earth, the sun crosses the galactic plane twice a
year, every year ... Much ado has been made of the winter solstice
sun aligning with the galactic plane on December 21, 2012. But according
to the computational wizard Jean Meeus (page 302 of Mathematical Astronomy
Morsels), the solstice points were alignment with the galactic equator
in the year 1998." earthsky.org (site accessed Dec 2008)
Indian
Space Research Organisation plans lunar robot in 2012 "
... The lunar rover will be built in collaboration with Russia ..."
livemint.com (site accessed Dec 2008)
See also: British mission to the moon
by 2012 "Britain could be sending
its first mission to the Moon within five years after it won the backing
of Nasa. There
are plans to send an unmanned probe into lunar orbit by 2012. The
probe would fire four suitcase-sized sensors down to explore below
the lunar surface under a proposal called Moonlite. The sensors are
darts called "penetrators". Once embedded under the surface,
instruments in the penetrator would listen out for "Moonquakes"
..." news.sky.com (site accessed Dec 07)
See also: China
to launch remote-controlled lunar rover in 2012 "China
is planning to launch a remote-controlled lunar rover in 2012 to explore
the moon for three months as the second phase of the country's lunar
ambitions, said the chief scientist of China's lunar exploration yesterday..."
shanghaidaily.com (site accessed May 2007)
See also: Russia
to conduct first flight to the Moon in 2011-2012 "Russia
plans to conduct its first manned flight around the Moon in 2011-2012,
the president of a leading spacecraft company said Thursday, RIA Novosti
news agency reports.
'The
Energia Rocket and Space Corporation plans to explore the Moon in
three stages: a Soyuz spacecraft flight to the Moon, the construction
of a permanent base on the Moon (from 2010 to 2025), and the industrial
exploration of space around the Moon,' Nikolai Sevastyanov said at
the 5th Airspace Congress in Moscow.
He went
on to say that the main goals of the lunar exploration would be to
conduct astrophysical research of its surface, to transfer environmentally
unfriendly industries from the Earth to the Moon, and to extract raw
materials, including helium-3, to meet the increasing energy demand
on the Earth." Mosnews.com (site accessed Sep 2006)
See
also: "... the
unmanned flight will include a lunar orbiter that will fire 12 penetrators
across diverse regions of the Moon to create a seismic network, which
will be used to study the Moon's origin. After
firing the penetrators, the mother ship will deliver a polar station,
equipped with a mass spectrometer and neutron spectrometer, to the
surface. The objective of the station is to detect water ice deposits
in the polar zones of the Moon..." Rian.ru
(site accessed Dec 2006)
Military
space policy in 2012 "
... it might be interesting to think about what the next US president
is going to face in 2012. Geopolitically the world will probably not
look that much different. What is certain is that the laws of physics,
and above all the law of gravity, within the Earth-Moon system and
beyond will not have changed ... Operationally Responsive Space will,
by 2012, have produced a small number of useful satellites, but will
not have revolutionized the field. After a major embarrassment caused
by the publication of a satellite image that directly contradicted
the words of at least one major world leader, commercial remote sensing
satellites will have improved and will multiply as more and more politicians
will want to have their own private access to overhead imagery ...
" Taylor Dinerman, thespacereview.com (site accessed July
2008)
NASA's
new supercomputer aims for 10 PFLOPS by 2012 "SGI
and Intel Corp. are teaming up to build a supercomputer for NASA that
they expect will pass the PFLOPS barrier next year and hit 10 PFLOPS
by 2012. A petaflop is a quadrillion floating-point operations per
second ... "We're
designing our next-generation rocket for getting to the moon and then
eventually to Mars," said Bill Thigpen, engineering branch chief
at NASA. ...According to SGI, the system will have more than 20,800GB
of memory, which is equal to the memory in average 10,000 desktop
PCs." computerworld.com (site accessed May 2008)
Transiting
Exoplanet Survey Satellite (TESS) may be launched in 2012 "MIT
scientists are designing a satellite-based observatory that they say
could for the first time provide a sensitive survey of the entire
sky to search for planets outside the solar system that appear to
cross in front of bright stars. The system could rapidly discover
hundreds of planets similar to the Earth ...Google ...(has) ... provided
a small seed grant to fund development of the wide-field digital cameras
needed for the satellite. Because of the huge amount of data that
will be generated by the satellite, Google has an interest in working
on the development of ways of sifting through that data to find useful
information ..." io9.com (site accessed Mar 08)
Space hotel sees 2012 opening ""Galactic
Suite", the first hotel planned in space, expects to open for
business in 2012 and would allow guests to travel around the world
in 80 minutes. Its Barcelona-based architects say the space hotel
will be the most expensive in the galaxy, costing $4 million for a
three-day stay ..." reuters.com (site accessed Aug 2007)
India
to set up Asia's largest telescope in 2012 "
... Asia's largest telescope "will enable us to see four to five
times deeper into space than before, and receive high-quality images,"
said Professor Ram Sagal of the Aryabhatta Research Institute of Observational
Sciences ..." RIA Novosti (site accessed Aug 2007)
2012
–due to simultaneous polar reversal the gamma for the earth’s
core and sun can come close to 4/3 – what happens if the core
collapses? " ... Traditional physics
expects nothing to go wrong for another 6 billion years. But some
computer simulation studies are showing signs of trouble in the core
of the earth ... " indiadaily.com (site accessed Jul 2007)
The Abysmal A
semi-scientific site containing a vast amount of information about
world calendars, lunar cycles, constellations, celestial rhythms,
solar cycles, history of time reckoning. TheAbysmal.wordpress.com
(site accessed Mar 2007)
Russian Shuttle Debut in 2012 "The
Russian Kliper space craft will make its debut flight in 2012, with
full operations to the International Space Station (ISS) ..... the
descent vehicle is to be reusable and to have glider-like properties..."
Nasaspaceflight.com (site accessed Jan 2007)
See
also: Novosti
Russia hopes to launch reusable spacecraft in 2012 (site
accessed Feb 2006)
2012:
India's Mars Odyssey Indian
space scientists are planning a 6-8 month probe of Mars looking at
a range of features including secrets hidden below the ground. Hindustan
Times (site accessed Nov 2006)
First Turk in space in 2012 Russia
has decided to send the first Turkish astronaut into space into 2012.
One hundred candidates will be considered. English.Sabah.com (site
accessed Nov 2006)
Details
of the 2012 transit of Venus Astronomical
information on where to watch the transit. www.venus2012.nl
(site accessed Sep 2006)
Russia
to launch mobile space labs "Russia
plans to launch two laboratory modules that would orbit near the International
Space Station beginning in 2012." NewScientistSpace.com (site
accesed August 2006)
NASA
to launch Radiation Belt Storm Probes in 2012 "Four
university teams will share $100 million to provide experiments and
supporting hardware for a future NASA mission to study near-Earth
space radiation. This type of radiation is hazardous to astronauts,
orbiting satellites and aircraft flying high altitude polar routes
... Called the Radiation Belt Storm Probes, the two-spacecraft mission
is scheduled for launch in 2012. The mission will study how accumulations
of space radiation form and change during space storms. Space weather
storms involve constantly changing magnetic and electric fields and
gusts of radiation particles that produce intense energy. This energy
can black out long-distance communications over entire continents
and disrupt the global navigational system." NASA (site accessed
August 2006)
China
plans exploration of the sun in 2012
"CHINA plans to conduct a 3-year exploration of the Sun with
three satellites beginning from 2012, the peak year for Sun energy,
which is expected to be the first study of its kind, Xinhua news agency
reported today. The
exploration will focus on Sun-Earth space environment to offer data
for space disaster alerts and develop the country's deep space exploration,
said Tu Chuanyi, an academician of the Chinese Academy of Sciences.Tu
said that the project might reveal how the solar system influences
the Earth's environment, which might improve the ability to forecast
weather." Sina English (site accessed July 2006)
NASA
Transits of Venus
Astronomical information relating to the rare transits
of Venus, one of which is scheduled for 2012. NASA
(site accessed Feb 2006)
Crew
Exploration Vehicle (CEV) in space by 2012
NASA Glenn Research Center will help oversee development of a spacecraft
that will return astronauts to the moon, a project worth at least
$2 billion and possibly hundreds of jobs over the next decade.
The Cleveland center will oversee development of the CEV's service
module, which would provide most of the power and propulsion for the
crew capsule as it heads to the International Space Station and, later,
to the moon and back. NASA wants it in space by 2012. Ohio.com
(site accessed May 2006) Article
no longer accessible
Nasa
is moving up its target year for the shuttle successor, the Crew Exploration
Vehicle (CEV), from 2014 to no later than 2012. iol
(site accessed Feb 2006)
China
plans unmanned moon landing by 2012 Orlando
Sentinel (site accessed April 2006)
Article
no longer accessible.
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