MythBusters debunks all those theories about the Apollo 11, 12, 14, 15, 16 and 17 NASA manned lunar landings being faked. Their Aug 27 2008 show entitled Moon Landing Hoax Hour examined the flapping flag, footprints, shadows, wonky moonwalking in 1/6 gravity and so on. They declare the myth to be Busted, with their strongest [...]

Wired Magazine throws cold water on the notion that we’ll ever get to the stars. Why? … it’s too expensive & takes too long with conventional propulsion. And with exotic but plausible drives like Daedalus, the engineering isn’t there yet. And then there’s alternative & breakthrough proplusion systems that have the problem of being fictional, [...]

The Sky, From Above - Boston Globe, Jume 9 2008

NASA just confirmed that the Phoenix Mars Lander has landed on Mars today.

…looking for any Martians who might be near the Heimdall impact crater at about 68° north & 234° east.

…hmm…nope, don’t see any.
Phoenix Mars Mission

Uncommon video of a MiG-29 firing an outer-pylon R-73 missile at a Hermes 450 UAV belonging to Georgia … doesn’t end well for the drone.
Georgia-Russia Tension Escalates Over Downed Drone - NYT, April 22 2008

The Rocket Racing League finally seems to be taking off. Originally inspired by the fictional Star Wars pod racers, and after about two-and-a-half years of work, the 1st Exhibition Race of the Rocket Racing League will take place August 1-2 2008 in Oshkosh, Wisconson. The X-Racer, as the plane is called, is a single-pilot craft [...]

The Space Shuttle program is to be ended in 2010, after 29 years of service and two disasters. NASA will be downsized by about 8600 jobs by that time, as the follow-on Constellation program, with its Orion Crew Vehicle, Ares Launch Vehicles and Altair Lunar Lander, is not expected to be operational until about 2015.

There [...]

The Navy plans to start testing carrier launches of the X-47B in the 2011. The X-47B is part of the Joint Unmanned Combat Air Systems (J-UCAS) program to establish the effectiveness of carrier landing of unmanned stealth-type air vehicles.
40,000 ft ceiling with 1,500 nm range.
…as part of its mission involves surveillance, one wonders how well [...]

STS-123 Endeavour is up there right now and carrying at least 1 iPod (probably more) by the Pilot’s seat as shown by the attached photo.
Space Shuttle Gallery - NASA via Engadget

A rocket sled at the Holloman High-Speed Test Track (HHSTT) located near Alamogordo, New Mexico, set a new land speed record of 6,589 mph on Thurs Jan 31 2008, beating the previous record by 136 mph.
Aside from raising the potential of getting one from NYC to LA in 22.25 minutes, the HHSTT exists for [...]