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NASA

  • Blogs

    January 9, 2012

    Colorado in space: Buzz Aldrin's son on how a spaceport would change the state's economy

    Colorado currently hosts the number two space economy in the country, but the possibility of adding a spaceport on the Front Range could raise our rank while raising the industry's stakes. Whether you plan to see the moon in your lifetime or not, the issue is a hot topic for business and aerospace o ... More >>

  • Blogs

    December 13, 2011

    Reader: Fracking critics are taking things too far -- and trying to kill jobs

    ​Alan Prendergast's latest post about fracking, touching on how polluted water in Wyoming could spell trouble in Colorado, found those opposed to the process facing off against folks who see it as a safe job-producer. Here's a post from a representative of the latter.

  • Blogs

    November 9, 2011

    Extraterrestrial life: White House claim that it has no proof clearly false, says Jeff Peckman

    Jeff Peckman.​As conspiracy theorists wonder if the federal government is being forthright about today's nationwide Emergency Alert System test, the White House is under fire from UFOlogists after formally declaring that it possesses no evidence of extraterrestrial life. Jeff Peckman, the man ... More >>

  • Blogs

    September 29, 2011

    Reader: Comet Elenin scare can make world it didn't destroy a better place

    ​You've probably noticed by now that Comet Elenin didn't devastate Earth or cause Barack Obama to hide in secret DIA underground tunnels during his Denver visit earlier this week. Now, the space rock has the potential for improving the planet for all of us, says one reader.

  • Calendar

    September 29, 2011

    A Musical Space Odyssey

    ​You've probably noticed by now that Comet Elenin didn't devastate Earth or cause Barack Obama to hide in secret DIA underground tunnels during his Denver visit earlier this week. Now, the space rock has the potential for improving the planet for all of us, says one reader.

  • Blogs

    August 1, 2011

    We talk with DMNS Curator of Space Science Dr. Ka Chun Yu about Moon

    ​The Sci-Fi Film Series is getting down to its final two weeks, and this Wednesday, they'll be showing one of our favorites, Moon, at 7 p.m. at the Denver FilmCenter/Colfax. The purpose of the series is pretty simple: show off some great science fiction movies and provide an intellectual intro ... More >>

  • Blogs

    July 12, 2011

    Sex on the Moon, Rango and more round out our new release picks for the week of July 12, 2011

    ​All of these rain-soaked evenings have been keeping us locked indoors lately, and while we've got stockpiles of media to keep us entertained, that doesn't mean we don't want more. Of course, being that it's summertime, the media conglomerates have all teamed up to narrow the spectrum of new r ... More >>

  • Blogs

    July 7, 2011

    When NASA's space shuttle program dies tomorrow, a little of the American dream dies with it

    Take one last look.​It was former President George W. Bush who enacted the end of NASA's space shuttle program, set for this year, but he did so in order to make way for a new program, which he promised would usher in new technology, bring humans to Mars and give new breath to the dying space ... More >>

  • Blogs

    July 1, 2011

    Denver International Airport snow can be caused by planes inadvertently seeding clouds?

    Heymsfield.​Why is snow so common at Denver International Airport? A new study led by Andrew Heymsfield, a cloud physicist at Boulder's National Center for Atmospheric Research, and published in the journal Science suggests that planes can inadvertently seed clouds under the right conditions, ... More >>

  • Blogs

    May 6, 2011

    Astronaut Bruce McCandless II touches down at Space Day tomorrow at the DMNS

    ​When it comes to Astronauts, Bruce McCandless II is a straight O.G. Selected by NASA in 1966, a mere eight years after the agency was founded, he got right down to business as the CAPCOM -- the astronaut NASA designates as a mission-control liaison to the astronauts in space -- of Apollo 11, ... More >>

  • Calendar

    April 21, 2011

    Space Is the Place

    ​When it comes to Astronauts, Bruce McCandless II is a straight O.G. Selected by NASA in 1966, a mere eight years after the agency was founded, he got right down to business as the CAPCOM -- the astronaut NASA designates as a mission-control liaison to the astronauts in space -- of Apollo 11, ... More >>

  • Blogs

    March 25, 2011

    Tim Tebow Jockey preview hypes Chuck Norris & Sinatra's "Send in the Clowns"? (VIDEOS)

    Tim Tebow.​The release last July of Tim Tebow's first photos for Jockey underwear caused multiple small orgasms among the faithful. So imagine the body rockin' on the way now that a print and TV campaign is about to roll out. In advance, Jockey has released a couple of preview videos that are ... More >>

  • Blogs

    March 8, 2011

    Big Head Todd & the Monsters serenade astronauts aboard Shuttle Discovery

    ​This morning, while most of us in the working world were sound asleep, the dudes from Big Head Todd and the Monsters were at Mission Control in Houston serenading the astronauts aboard the Shuttle Discovery on their last day in space with Big Head's song "Blue Sky."

  • Blogs

    February 17, 2011

    Sierra Nevada Systems, SpaceX to help Denver-Boulder area become Silicon Valley of space?

    Sierra NevadaThe Dream Chaser​These days, as the government slashes NASA's budget and entrepreneurs start making inroads towards the heavens, the space race is increasingly becoming a private-sector enterprise. The development could bode well for the Front Range. Indeed, the Denver-Boulder are ... More >>

  • Blogs

    January 11, 2011

    Lust-Cats of the Gutters submit "Moon Milk" for NASA's wake up contest

    Sarah Cass​Apparently, for the last forty years or so, NASA has chosen Top-40 songs that the astronauts wake up to every morning on their missions. This year, prior to the April 1 launch of the Space Shuttle Endeavour, NASA, uh, launched the "Space Rock" song contest, which inspired The Lust-C ... More >>

  • Blogs

    September 22, 2010

    New Ancient Astronauts invoke the ancient days of our youth in this week's flier

    ​There's a lot to like about this week's flier. First off, who doesn't love LEGO? And can we get a "hell, yeah" for the way the New Ancient Astronauts have cleverly incorporated the LEGO Space Authority's orbiting rocket symbol into the Colorado state flag? Even the eye-bleed-inducing color sc ... More >>

  • Blogs

    July 15, 2010

    Catching The Heart is a Drum Machine on the second rotation

    The first time The Heart is a Drum Machine caught my eye was sometime in March when it popped up on my Netflix Instant queue. It looked interesting -- but I quickly moved on to something else -- probably something with explosions or monsters or some obscure foreign film that put me to sleep. Eithe ... More >>

  • Calendar

    December 17, 2009

    The Stars Have Aligned at CSFAC

    The first time The Heart is a Drum Machine caught my eye was sometime in March when it popped up on my Netflix Instant queue. It looked interesting -- but I quickly moved on to something else -- probably something with explosions or monsters or some obscure foreign film that put me to sleep. Eithe ... More >>

  • Blogs

    October 15, 2009

    This is what silver balloon boy Falcon Heene was imagining: Flight of the Navigator!

    Okay, now that the kid-in-a-runaway-ballon-saga has ended safely with 6-year-old Falcon Heene being discovered in hiding in his family's attic, I can finally say out loud what every male who came of age in the 80's was thinking while viewing the fantasical footage of the silver, billowing aircraft ... More >>

  • Blogs

    October 5, 2009

    The Obama administration: a Colorado College cabal?

    ​Every presidency has its own biases about the kind of education that makes for good leaders. JFK stacked the deck with Harvard grads; Bush I and Bush II leaned toward Yalies, of course. Snobbery, Eastern elitism, Ivy Leaguism--it's been expected of the White House since the days of Woodrow Wi ... More >>

  • Blogs

    September 3, 2009

    George H.W. Bush's speech to schoolchildren: There's no room for drugs in space

    George H.W. Bush.​As noted in our blog about a Douglas County school allowing parents to opt out of letting their kids watch President Barack Obama's speech to children on Tuesday, we pointed out that other Commanders-in-Chief have directly addressed younglings -- among them President George W ... More >>

  • Blogs

    July 15, 2009

    Get your fake moon rocks here

    An image from the Zybek website. Been looking everywhere for realistic representations of the lunar surface? Look no more. Zybek Advanced Products, a Boulder-based firm just chosen for assistance by a University of Colorado-affiliated nonprofit dedicated to promoting space-industry entrepreneurship ... More >>

  • Blogs

    July 2, 2009

    Q&A with Moon director Duncan Jones

    Courtesy of Sony PicturesSam Rockwell in "Moon." Moon, which opens on Friday, July 3, at the Mayan Theatre, is a low-budget science-fiction film that shoots for the stratosphere using ideas, not computer graphics and flashy effects. That it does so well with so little is a testament to the performa ... More >>

  • Blogs

    June 29, 2009

    UFO booster Jeff Peckman's anti-NASA screed

    Jeff Peckman as he appeared on 9News' "Your Show." Examiner.com, another enterprise bankrolled by Denver-based billionaire Phil Anschutz (currently in danger of losing a a button or two on his shirt related to an aborted Michael Jackson tour he bankrolled), attempts to rack up web hits with help fr ... More >>

  • Blogs

    June 29, 2009

    The Westword.com blog shortcut, June 29 edition

    Zoning out.... Changing channels? Today in Cafe Society: • ESPN ZONE turns off the scoreboard, blames economy. • Tonight: A symphony of food and wine at Opus. • Milking It: All-Bran Yogurt Bites. • Bad weekend for barbecue at Big Hoss, Q Worldly Barbecue. • Bye-bye, Brandon's. • Arriv ... More >>

  • Blogs

    June 18, 2009

    Centennial's United Launch Alliance taking off with smaller crew

    Photo by Pat Corkery, United Launch AllianceA United Launch Alliance Atlas V rocket set to launch in Florida this afternoon. United Launch Alliance, based in Centennial, is earning some nice ink today in relation to its Atlas V rocket, which is scheduled to boost the Lunar Reconnaissance Orbiter an ... More >>

  • Blogs

    June 17, 2009

    Urbavore's Dilemma: Growing weird with Russ Dale's mystic space garden

    Joel WarnerThe Great Experimenters (from left): James Quirk, Barnabas Von Scarecrow, Russ Dale and Matt Twardy Urbavore's Dilemma is an ongoing web series detailing city dwellers' commitment to urban homesteading. From May through September, Westword writer Joel Warner will get his hands dirty, co ... More >>

  • Blogs

    November 21, 2008

    DIA conspiracy promoted to one of history’s greatest!

    The Daily Telegraph in the UK recently compiled a list of "History's Greatest Conspiracy Theories" – and the contributors have put the murals at Denver International Airport at number five! The DIA conspiracy is beaten out only by NASA moon landings, Roswell, JFK and 9/11. The paper notes how th ... More >>

  • Blogs

    October 17, 2008

    Friday Rap-Up: ytCracker, DJ AM , Eminem and No Limit

    The Daily Telegraph in the UK recently compiled a list of "History's Greatest Conspiracy Theories" – and the contributors have put the murals at Denver International Airport at number five! The DIA conspiracy is beaten out only by NASA moon landings, Roswell, JFK and 9/11. The paper notes how th ... More >>

  • Blogs

    June 2, 2008

    Ray Loves Terrorists, Wants To Make Them Pie

    The Daily Telegraph in the UK recently compiled a list of "History's Greatest Conspiracy Theories" – and the contributors have put the murals at Denver International Airport at number five! The DIA conspiracy is beaten out only by NASA moon landings, Roswell, JFK and 9/11. The paper notes how th ... More >>

  • Home Entertainment

    February 14, 2008

    Chafing Dishes

    The Daily Telegraph in the UK recently compiled a list of "History's Greatest Conspiracy Theories" – and the contributors have put the murals at Denver International Airport at number five! The DIA conspiracy is beaten out only by NASA moon landings, Roswell, JFK and 9/11. The paper notes how th ... More >>

  • Calendar

    August 23, 2007

    Balloon Bonanza

    The Daily Telegraph in the UK recently compiled a list of "History's Greatest Conspiracy Theories" – and the contributors have put the murals at Denver International Airport at number five! The DIA conspiracy is beaten out only by NASA moon landings, Roswell, JFK and 9/11. The paper notes how th ... More >>

  • News

    October 12, 2006

    Rocket Man

    David Grinspoon is popularizing science, one alien joke at a time.

  • Calendar

    June 30, 2005

    This Week's Day-by-Day Picks

    David Grinspoon is popularizing science, one alien joke at a time.

  • Calendar

    May 26, 2005

    Space Case

    David Grinspoon is popularizing science, one alien joke at a time.

  • Music

    May 12, 2005

    Scratching the Surface

    DB

  • Calendar

    October 28, 2004

    Baroque and Roll

    Red Priest rocks the classical canon

  • Calendar

    August 26, 2004

    This Week's Day-by-Day Picks

    Red Priest rocks the classical canon

  • Calendar

    March 25, 2004

    Best New Club

    hi-dive/Sputnik

  • Calendar

    January 1, 2004

    Contact!

    The Mars Rover, live from Denver

  • Calendar

    October 9, 2003

    Flight Club

    Kites unite in One Sky

  • Calendar

    August 28, 2003

    Mad About Mars

    Mars is close enough to pinch during Mars Marathon.

  • Dining

    May 15, 2003

    Drink of the Week

    Luna-Tic

  • Food & Drink

    April 4, 2002

    Best Place to Tell Your Significant Other It's Over

    Sacre Bleu

  • News

    October 26, 2000

    Going for the Gourd

    Geeks make good at Aurora's pumpkin toss.

  • News

    July 30, 1998

    The Final Frontier

    In the deadly race to circle the globe in a balloon, team Re/Max plans to rise above the crowd. But can a bold ego go where no man has gone before?

  • News

    September 18, 1997

    Mars or Bust

    The sky's no limit for these Colorado scientists. They're heading straight for the Red Planet.

  • News

    August 21, 1997

    Filling the Void

    It had to happen: outer-space law and outer-space lawyers.

  • News

    September 7, 1994

    5...4...3...2...1...HEADS UP

    It had to happen: outer-space law and outer-space lawyers.

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