Nasa just unveiled their plan to return mankind to the surface of the moon by 2018. However, this date will most likely be pushed back because of the federal government's pledge of aid to the Gulf Coast, the damage done to NASA installments in Louisiana and Mississippi totaling $1.1 billion, and the money pit that is the war in Iraq. How is NASA going to do it? Part of the plan is to completely finish the International Space Station, and in order to do that, the shuttle program has t...

When I first heard of Judge Lawrence Karlton's ruling in San Francisco, I was elated. I was elated because for me, this seemed like a great victory in the fight against the religious overtones that have permeated American society in the last five years. However, my elation was turned to dissapointment when I heard that the Senate voted unanimously on a resolution to condemn the ruling. I stopped and thought for a moment, trying to gain perspective on the issue. I mused: I can see both sid...