Keith’s Note: There is a NASA Advisory Council Meeting (NAC) today and tomorrow. If you have nothing better to do and want to listen to a bunch of people put forth opinions and ideas that NASA simply ignores, then tune in: Oh yes: Why is there never anyone under 40 – or under 30 – on the NAC? With all this talk about Artemis Generation, education, STEM diversity etc. there is no one on the NAC representing the ACTUAL sector of society that is moving into NASA and the global space industry. is there anyone on the NAC STEM committee who is actually a member of the Artemis Generation? No. Meeting info
(more…)"Only in the darkness can you see the stars" – Martin Luther King Jr. #MLKDay2022 #MLK pic.twitter.com/t8uMGDS7LV — NASA Watch (@NASAWatch) January 17, 2022
Keith’s note: On Wednesday I listened to Administrator Bill Nelson testify before a Congressional Committee. During the course of the hearing every single member chimed in about the importance of NASA to their state (and vice versa) and twisted Nelson’s arm for a site visit. As the hearing wore on it was obvious that this was all transactional – they people who give things to NASA want things from NASA. […]
Woman In Motion, Star Trek And The Remaking Of NASA – A Review, SpaceRef “You know that you have been involved with something beyond living memory when you find yourself telling stories of things that affected the world today to people who never knew how things came to be. That is at the core of “Woman in Motion” – a documentary about the life of actress and activist Nichelle Nichols. […]
Time magazine's best inventions of 2020 "Ready for Takeoff – NASA Ingenuity Helicopter "https://t.co/CYxiBcqsyQ FYI @SciAstro @Dr_ThomasZ @JimBridenstine pic.twitter.com/VobPNs7d9K — NASA Watch (@NASAWatch) December 2, 2020
It Was a Big Week in Politics for Star Trek: Voyager Fans, Slate “The show’s lasting influence can be felt in two stories from this week about prominent Democratic politicians, Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez and Stacey Abrams, both of whom are fans of Voyager and, in particular, its lead character. The first surprise nod to Trek in the political sphere came from the Daily Mail’s unexpectedly wholesome interview with Blanca Ocasio-Cortez, who […]
Getting strange emails with wacky conspiratorial arm waving language from the "Space Development Steering Committee" – a "group" that brags about its membership but refuses to identify all of its members when asked. Just what space advocacy needs right now. — NASA Watch (@NASAWatch) August 10, 2018
Scientists plan to march on Washington — but where will it get them?, Washington Post “Mike Brown, the Caltech astronomer who famously “killed Pluto” with his discovery of dwarf planets in the outer solar system, said he still has misgivings. He’s not opposed to activism in general — Brown took his daughter to the Women’s March in Los Angeles in January and called it “one of the most amazing things […]