NASA is at it again. They are planning a new mission to land on the planet Mars. They are sending a rover nicknamed Curiosity to land on the planet and to send back data about it. The rover cost about $2.5 billion dollars and is expected to make the nine month trip as soon as [...]
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Heading for Mars again
November 27th, 2011
No more jobs
October 8th, 2011
This week marked the end of the life of Steve Jobs. He died at the age of 56 from cancer. Steve was one of the founders of Apple Inc and had a hand in many of the products it produced. He also ended up acquiring the company Pixar that was then purchased by Disney. In [...]
Man and heights
August 10th, 2011
Man has always been inspired to build. Whether it was a simple hut back in the stone ages or a modern office building, we want to make things newer and better. The latest addition to man’s ability to build will blow your mind. Formerly, the tallest building in the world was 2,717 feet tall. The [...]
Post office blues
August 9th, 2011
The U.S. Postal service has announced that it could soon default on its debts. With the advent of E-mail and online bill pay, the rate of people using the service has dramatically dropped. This has led to a massive shortfall in profits for the service. The Post office wants congress to step in help make [...]
Hitting down under
August 7th, 2011
A Florida sheriff announced today that he plans to end the practice of giving each inmate five free pairs of underwear when they are incarcerated. Sheriff Grady Judd plans to save the taxpayers about $45.000 dollars a year with the move. He hopes to keep one more law-enforcement official with a job. The sheriff also [...]