Earlier this week Obama signed the NASA 2010 Authorization Act into law, which guarantees NASA a decent chunk of change, although the specifics of how it's going to be spent are still up in the air. However, we do know that the moon is passé and now the focus is firmly on Mars. I suppose Richard Branson is now taking over the moon route anyway and before we know it Easyjet and Ryanair will be undercutting him. All of this talk of space travel brought to mind Vincent Fournier's great series Space Project on our long-lasting fascination with space.