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How NASA Became Massively Dysfunctional

Posted on Dec 26, 2008, Source: CounterPunch

"At the highest levels of the agency, there seems to be a belief that you can mandate reality ..."

Cowed Media Disease

Posted on May 3, 2004, Source: Extra!

The media's attitude before the outbreak of Mad Cow was akin to waiting until there's a pile-up with bodies strewn across an intersection to put up a traffic light -- but why aren't they talking now?

Say No to Nuclear Power

Posted on Jun 13, 2002, Source: AlterNet

Nuclear power plants provide both a desirable target for a terrorist attack and potential raw material for a "dirty bomb." It's time to shut them down.

U.S. Launching Lethal Plutonium Into Space

Posted on Apr 26, 2000, Source: deleted

Despite tremendous danger, huge expense and a clear alternative, the U.S. government is pushing ahead with plans to deploy nuclear power in space. In October, NASA will launch the Cassini space probe to Saturn carrying 72.3 pounds of lethal plutonium, long described by scientists as the most toxic substance known. Should something go awry, billions of people on Earth could be affected.
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