After the tragedy involving the Space Shuttle Columbia on Saturday, NASA has begun an investigation into the incident. As a sign of the times, they are taking advantage of the internet and digital photography, audio and video to quickly accept evidence from the public. On their Shuttle Columbia page there …

At this point, doubtless everyone has heard about contact with the Space Shuttle being lost this morning about 8am CST. The presumption is that the Shuttle broke up on reentry and that all hands were lost. Personally, I have very vivid memories of the Challenger accident back in 1986. I …

People are going to have mixed feelings about this, but it is probably the most exciting Space news in years. According to a report in the LA Times, and showing up in a summary on Space Today, the Bush administration is planning on including an additional $1B for funding nuclear …