Mars, national infrastructure, and dispelling myths, OP Ed, Chris Carberry and Blake Ortner, The Hill “In addition to inflated perceptions of cost, some believe that when budgets for space missions are proposed, this constitutes entirely new spending (on top of the current NASA budget projections). In reality, the majority of mission budgets come from funds already projected within the NASA budget – it’s mostly a decision of how we decide […]
#NASA just spent $500,000 on wooden space station models NAICS Code:339930 – Doll, Toy, and Game Manufacturing https://t.co/nQvaPVtMkb — NASA Watch (@NASAWatch) March 25, 2015 Reader note: “This isn’t the first time NASA has spent $500000 with Gamla. Here is the ISS model they did for NASA Goddard as shown on Gamla’s website. http://www.lifeinscale.net/ISS_model-Goddard_Center.asp” Keith’s note: What does NASA do with these models? They seem to order them every year. I […]
Beyonce Slammed for Sampling Shuttle Tragedy on New Album, ABC “Retired NASA astronaut Clayton Anderson told ABC News, “For the words to be used in the video is simply insensitive, at the very least.” Anderson knows NASA tragedy firsthand. In 2003, he was assisting shuttle Columbia family members the moment news came that all seven had died when the craft disintegrated re-entering Earth’s atmosphere. But Anderson, who flew twice on […]
An Astronaut Fact-checks Gravity, Vulture “Former U.S. astronaut Scott Parazynski has done seven space walks, including the time he spent seven hours dangling from a robotic arm at the International Space Station, repairing a solar panel array that could have electrocuted him at any time. He had to watch that very solar panel get slashed to bits during Gravity, but aside from that moment, Parazynski loved the film. Vulture had […]
Mysteries of #Gravity: Why Bullock, a medical Doctor, is servicing the Hubble Space Telescope. — Neil deGrasse Tyson (@neiltyson) October 6, 2013 Keith’s note: Clearly Dr. Tyson is unaware of the cross training and multiple skills possessed by NASA astronauts. Astronaut Scott Parazynski did a solar array repair on STS-120. He’s an MD. John Grunsfeld did a number of arduous Hubble EVAs involving hardware repairs – no astronomy. He’s an […]
Gravity Review: In Space, Everyone Can Hear You Dream “I saw “Gravity” yesterday – in all its glory – in 3-D on a monster screen. I did so in the middle of the day so as to get the perfect seat. As it happens, any seat in the theater would have been perfect – with or without 3-D – this movie is that good. In watching the film I immediately […]
Gravity Fact Check: What the Season’s Big Movie Gets Wrong, Jeff Kluger, Time “… the physics of moving about in space–thrusts requiring counterthrusts, spins requiring counterspins, the hideous reality that if you do go spiraling off into the void your rotation never, never stops–are all simulated beautifully, scarily and accurately.” NASA expert explains what the Gravity trailer gets wrong, Michael A. Interbartolo III, Blastr “I am all for an entertaining […]
NASA expert explains what the Gravity trailer gets wrong, Michael Interbartolo, DVICE “I usually try not to nitpick space movies, because they are entertainment, not documentaries, but when folks start heaping praise on a movie as the best space movie or most realistic, I feel the need to chime in.”
Trailer for Cosmos the TV Series [Watch], SpaceRef “At Comic-Con in San Diego this past weekend Neil deGrasse Tyson introduced the first trailer for the Cosmos, a 13 part miniseries he’ll be hosting on Fox next year made in conjunction with National Geographic. The series is a remake of the immensely popular 1980’s series when Carl Sagan was host and which aired on PBS in September 1980 through December that […]
The Ames Exchange Council: Star Trek Into Darkness “Boldly go where no one has gone before! The Ames Exchange has bought out an entire theater for the NASA Ames workforce to view the new Star Trek Into Darkness film at AMC Mercado 20 at 4:30 PM on Wednesday, May 22, 2013. Hard-badged employees may pick up their complimentary ticket at the Beyond Galileo gift shop starting this Thursday, May 16, […]
NASA’s Google+ Hangout Connects Space Station, “Star Trek Into Darkness” Crews “The director, a writer and some actors in the film “Star Trek Into Darkness” will join NASA as it hosts a Google+ Hangout from noon to 12:45 p.m. EDT, May 16, about how work aboard the International Space Station is turning science fiction into reality. Google+ Hangouts allow as many as 10 people or groups to chat face-to-face, while […]
As Star Trek: The Next Generation Cast Reunites – Overcrowding Mars Event, SpaceRef (With video) “There were times this past Saturday when the weekend-long Calgary Comic & Entertainment Expo more resembled a mosh pit than a gathering of fans seeking interaction with their favourite celebrities, which included the entire main cast of Star Trek: The Next Generation. SpaceRef saw corridors choked to a standstill with attendees leaving star discussion panels, […]