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...want to make sure you get enough sleep on Tuesday night, you might have to get to bed earlier. You don't have to adjust your schedule by much: about 1.26 millionths of a second ought to do it. According to a NASA scientist's computer modeling, that's how much an Earth day should have been shortened by the subterranean upheaval that triggered the Feb. 27 earthquake in Chile. Some basic physics explains why. (See pictures of Chile's massive earthquake...
...terms of the public sector, U.S. government programs are also the envy of the world. NASA, the U.S. government’s space agency, is the unquestionable leader in exploring our universe. The National Institutes of Health and Centers for Disease Control and Prevention provide much of the cutting-edge medicine in the world. And those are just two of a host of extraordinary government programs...
BUZZ ALDRIN, one of the original Apollo 11 astronauts, supporting the Obama Administration's plan to scrap NASA's Constellation program--intended to put American explorers back on the moon--in favor of smaller projects...
Many of us have grown to take NASA for granted. Our generation’s lack of understanding of the importance of space exploration was made evident by a 2007 survey revealing that young Americans between the ages of 18 and 25 showed high levels of apathy about sending astronauts to the moon and Mars. If space travel were once again important to Americans, maybe more children would be interested in pursuing careers in math, science, and engineering. Complex and difficult engineering and scientific endeavors cannot be accomplished without an educated workforce...
...spent bailing out American International Group, the nearly 130 billion dollars spent bailing out the auto industry, the 663.8 billion dollars allotted for the Defense Department budget, or the 1.58 trillion dollars allotted for social programs. The Department of Health and Human Services spends the equivalent of the annual NASA budget every 7.5 days. Support for NASA is a comparatively small investment with big returns...