NASA Juno Spacecraft Blasts Off On 5-Year Trip To Jupiter

I think we should all get used to the fact that human exploratio­n of space is many, many years away. My guess is no less than 50 years. It's not NASA's fault .. there are three major obstacles.

1) living in a small, close system for years will drive people crazy.
2) The amount of energy it takes to send, explore and return from anything beyond the moon is mind boggling.
3) The radiation in space is deadly and particles (and larger) zip through the spaceship and the astronauts like a laser beam on a cloudy night. Shielding technology just doesn't exist yet.

Robots are perfect for space travel. They don't get lonely, they don't have squishy parts and they don't have to get back home.

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Space Shuttle Atlantis Makes Historic Final Landing, Ending 30-Year Era (VIDEO)

Other than transporti­ng and then repairing the Hubble telescope, I never really like the Shuttle program. When Kennedy dreamed of space .. we went to the moon, when Reagan dreamed we orbited a flying bus around earth a few times. And that was the problem, after Reagan, the space program was designed to make money. Now every post I see concerning space travel or astronomy has some guy asking how we make a buck from it.

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Comet Hits Sun: NASA Captures Stunning Event (VIDEO)

Now this is one of the best videos I've seen in a while. Of course I was hoping for an impact explosion like you see in Star Trek .. you known .. a blinding flash of light followed quickly by a ring of exploding stars and a concussion wave .. too bad real science can't be as much fun .. or maybe it is.
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