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Farewell to American Manned Space Operations

Posted on 2011/07/24 by LastTechAge

Yet another chapter in U.S. technical excellence has closed. What have we lost? What have we accomplished?  What will we do? This last flight of the Atlantis provides a reason to review the melancholy  history of one of our greatest … Continue reading →

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LISA goes the way of all US tech

Posted on 2011/06/14 by LastTechAge

On April 6, 2011, the US admitted once again that it would not keep international technology commitments and withdrew from the LISA project (Laser Interferometer Space Antenna) a cooperative agreement with  ESA, (the European Space Agency) LISA was to be … Continue reading →

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