http://www.thepunch.com.au/author-bios/russell-emmerson/ Russell was an accountant for 10 years before he realised he was wrong. He moved from Melbourne to Adelaide to join The Advertiser as a cadet in 2006 and then reported on state politics, real estate and commercial property before settling on business journalism. He respects the gravitas of contemporary commerce but admits to being easily distracted by popular culture, science fiction and satirical humour. en Copyright 2012 The Punch penberthyd@newsltd.com.au penberthyd@newsltd.com.au Sat, 26 May 2012 20:00:40 +0000 Sat, 26 May 2012 20:00:40 +0000 Politics, opinion, world news, sports news, latest news, views, Barack Obama, Kevin Rudd, Julia Gillard, Nathan Rees, Malcolm Turnbull, Peter Garrett, Barnaby Joyce, Australian, federal politics, opinion polls, election, The Punch, thepunch, punch ExpressionEngine 1.6.7 http://blogs.law.harvard.edu/tech/rss 15 http://www.thepunch.com.au/images/punch-logo-rss.png http://www.thepunch.com.au/ 144 70 Politics, political opinion, world news, sports news and the latest news and views updated live, daily on The Punch - Australia's best conversation. Search The Punch keywords http://www.thepunch.com.au/search/ http://www.thepunch.com.au/articles/nasa-makes-a-failed-landing-on-junk-science/ The world’s top space agency had a recent, desperate attempt to tap into popular culture - by having a crack at bad Hollywood science. You really can’t fault NASA for trying. Last year it was told it must drop its dreams of replacing its dead Shuttle fleet and give up on its attempt to recapture the post Cold War frenzy of the world’s first Moon landing. After all, this is the agency that brought the world its first reusable space craft and created the world’s second “permanent” space orbiter, SkyLab - a feat which continued to bring joy to earth-bound enthusiasts as its fiery debris rained down across our land and oceans. feedback@thepunch.com.au (Russell Emmerson) Article http://www.thepunch.com.au/articles/nasa-makes-a-failed-landing-on-junk-science/#comments http://www.thepunch.com.au/articles/nasa-makes-a-failed-landing-on-junk-science/#item4837 Fri, 07 Jan 2011 04:00:27 +0000 Russell Emmerson | Author bios | The Punch