U.S. urged to keep space shuttle flying past 2010, Reuters“[Weldon’s] proposal, which would cost about $10 billion, would have the shuttles make six or seven additional flights between 2010 and […]
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Posted inEducation
Getting Detention For Being Efficient
High Schooler Gets Detention for Using Firefox?, Gizmodo“Today in class [name] had a program launched called Foxfire.exe. I had told [name] to close the program and to resume work but […]
Posted inEducation
Science Cafes: Something NASA Should Be Doing
Science Cafes Tap Nation’s Fascination With Research and Discoveries, Wired“Toby Garfield, an oceanographer at San Francisco State University, was explaining the science of big ocean waves, like the giant Mavericks […]
Posted inPersonnel News
Dr. Robert E. Shurney
reader note: “Dr. Robert E. Shurney recently passed away in Huntsville, Alabama. Dr. Shurney, a retired Marshall Space Flight Center engineer, accomplished several major and significant tasks for NASA.” Dr. […]
Posted inEarth Science
NASA Imagery Request From Kangaroo Island, South Australia
Attention NASA Earth Science: Can You Help These Folks?, SpaceRef“I’m not sure if ‘suggest a story’ is the right heading, but here goes anyway. I live on Kangaroo Island, South […]
Posted inExploration
White House Direction: Open For Interpretation By NASA?
President Bush Announces New Vision for Space Exploration Program, White House“Beginning no later than 2008, we will send a series of robotic missions to the lunar surface to research and […]
Posted inShuttle News
Weldon's Push To Extend Shuttle's Life Expands
Rep. Dave Weldon to Announce S.P.A.C.E. Act“Rep. Weldon is announcing new legislation that would propose additional Space Shuttle flights through the “gap” in which America will not otherwise have access […]
Posted inCulture
Neil deGrasse Tyson: Certified Space Geek
Star Power – As an Astrophysicist, Neil deGrasse Tyson Is A Universal Expert, Washington Post“Tyson is a 6-foot-4 African American who today is wearing a dark suit and a vest […]
Posted inFinancial Management
GAO Reviews NASA Payment Systems
Improper Payments: Weaknesses in USAID’s and NASA’s Implementation of the Improper Payments Information Act and Recovery Auditing, GAO“While both USAID and NASA took steps to assess their payment activities for […]
Posted inEducation
NRC Report on NASA Education Programs
NASA’s Elementary and Second Program: Review and Critique, NRC“The federal role in precollege science, technology, engineering, and mathematics (STEM) education is receiving increasing attention in light of the need to […]