Inspirational Professor Given Part In Star Trek, Trekmovie.com“Dr. Randy Pausch is a highly respected and honored professor of Computer Science and co-founder of the Entertainment Technology Center at Carnegie Mellon […]
2008
Posted inPersonnel News
HSPD-12 Update
Was the Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit too liberal in stopping NASA background checks? You decide, ComputerWorldJPL scientists resist NASA’s bargain-basement inquisition, LA Times via SJ Mercury News“For […]
Posted inElection 2008
Election 2008 Update
Time to put the Heat onto Romney, Political Action For Space“Mitt Romney won the Nevada primary this morning. He also accepted the same invitation the Giuliani had acted on yesterday […]
Posted inExploration
Inflatable Hab Up and Running in Antarctica
Blog; NASA/NSF/ILC Dover Antarctica 2008“11 Jan Today started with the Inflatable Hab fully inflated on the site. Most of the morning was spent making sure the anchors were in place […]
Posted inExploration
Alt.VSE: Reinventing Bush's Vision for Space Exploration
Moon Stuck, Aviation Week & Space Technology“Some of the most influential leaders of the space community are quietly working to offer the next U.S. president an alternative to President Bush’s […]
Posted inSLS and Orion
Talk Of Ares Launch Delays
Editor’s note: NASA sources report that Jeff Hanley recently issued a memo wherein the need to delay the first Ares missions was discussed – and recommended. NASA sources also report […]
Posted inSLS and Orion
ESMD Responds To Ares and Orion Questions
NASA Moon Rocket May Shake Too Much, AP“Senior managers were told of the findings last fall, but NASA did not talk about them publicly until the AP filed a Freedom […]
Posted inPersonnel News
Werner Dahm Has Died
Huntsville has lost another one of the original team of German rocket scientists, Huntsville Times“Werner K. Dahm, an internationally recognized rocket pioneer whose work in Germany and the United States […]
Posted inEducation
Someone at NASA HQ Finally Understands How The World Will Soon Work (i.e. Already Does)
NASA IPP Solicitation: Development of a NASA-Based Massively Multiplayer Online Learning Game“The NASA LT Project Office is requesting information to support the development of a NASA-based STEM educational MMO. A […]
Posted inCommercialization
Googling NASA
Google’s Schmidt to NASA: Be more ‘open’, CNet“Google Chief Executive Eric Schmidt on Thursday suggested NASA could learn a few things from his company. Speaking at a luncheon series to […]