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Review: To a Distant Day (The Space Review)

12 May 2008

To a Distant Day: The Rocket Pioneers By Chris Gainor Univ. of Nebraska Press, 2008 hardcover, 264 pp., illus. ISBN 978-0-8032-2209-0 US$29.95

KU Professor To Appear On 'Daily Show' (FOX 4 News Kansas City)

7 May 2008

A University of Kansas journalism professor and author will be on the hot seat Thursday when he sits down with Jon Stewart on "The Daily Show" to discuss his newest book about political blogging. David Perlmutter, associate dean for graduate and research studies and professor of journalism at KU, will be a guest on Stewart's popular Comedy Central "fake news" show, which frequently features ...

The Vision for Space Exploration and the retirement of the Baby Boomers (part 2) (The Space Review)

5 May 2008

Is this the beginning of the end, or the end of the beginning? In part 1 of this article, we documented the projected significant impact to the federal budget of the retirement of the baby boomers, which will begin in the next few years.