What is a Galaxy? Cast Your Vote Here “Our aim here is to promote further discussion of how to define a galaxy and, in particular, what separates it from a […]
2011
Posted inCulture
Coming Soon: Stealing Moon Rocks
Sony Pictures Adapting Sex on the Moon, Coming Soon “Sony Pictures has picked up the film rights to Ben Mezrich’s “Sex on the Moon: The Amazing Story Behind the Most […]
Posted inNews
Bolden's Semi-Monthly Interview
Q&A with Charles F. Bolden NASA Administrator, The Post and Courier “Q: The recent elections showed voters’ concern about the level of government spending and debt. How will that affect […]
Posted inSLS and Orion
Nelson & Hutchison Cite Federal Legal Precedents to NASA
Letter from Sen. Nelson and Sen. Hutchison to NASA Administrator Bolden Regarding Space Launch System / Multi-purpose Crew Vehicle “Finally, we would like to clarify our intent when stating “to […]
Posted insuborbital
Next-Generation Suborbital Researchers Conference (NSRC) Update
“A reminder that the Early Bird Registration Deadline is THIS FRIDAY, Jan 21! The conference [DRAFT program] will be held at University of Central Florida Feb 28 – Mar 2, […]
Posted inEarth Science
Mt. Everest As Seen From Orbit
Photo: Region Around Mt. Everest As Seen From Orbit Keith’s note: This image was aquired by the ISS crew on 6 January 2011. Although the summit if Everest itself is […]
Posted inNews
Bolden Speaks in Charleston
NASA chief to be keynote speaker, Post and Courier “NASA Administrator Charles F. Bolden Jr., a Columbia native, will be the featured speaker at this year’s Dr. Martin Luther King […]
Posted inEarth Science
James Hansen Continues To Have Special Privileges
NASA’s Hansen prefers rule by decree to fight ‘global warming’, Washington Times “NASA laboratory head James Hansen’s anti-democracy rants were published while he was on a November junket in China, […]
Posted inCongress
Gabrielle Giffords Earth and Space Leadership Fund Established
Gabrielle Giffords Earth and Space Leadership Fund: Support future leaders in Earth and Space Sciences, Engineering and Policy. “To honor the victims of the recent tragedy in Tucson and their […]
Posted inCongress
NASA: A Fly Trapped In Bureaucratic Amber
Analysis: NASA flails as forces pull on it from all directions, Orlando Sentinel “Our civil space agency has decayed from Kennedy’s and Reagan’s visions of opening a new frontier to […]