Two-Thirds of Americans Think Barack Obama Is Better Suited to Handle an Alien Invasion Than Mitt Romney “In regards to national security, nearly two-thirds (65%) of Americans think Barack Obama […]
2012
Posted inAstrobiology
Methane on Mars Announcement Today? (update)
NASA Hosts Nov. 2 Teleconference About Mars Rover Progress “NASA will host a media teleconference at 10 a.m. PDT (1 p.m. EDT) on Friday, Nov. 2, to provide an update […]
Posted inShuttle News
Atlantis Has Been Transferred
Photo: NASA Administrator Charlie Bolden and KSC Center Director Bob Cabana sign the formal documents for the transfer of Space Shuttle Atlantis from NASA to the KSC Visitors Center.
Posted inCulture
Captions, Anyone?
Caption text from The Wilson Parrot Foundation – as written: “This is Major General, USMC Ret., Astronaot and now Directer of NASA, Charlie Bolton being a True ParrotHead!!” Larger image. […]
Posted inWorkforce
Court Decision Near in Supposed JPL Intelligent Design Firing
Judge tentatively rules NASA’s JPL didn’t dismiss worker over his belief in intelligent design, Washington Post “A former computer specialist at NASA’s Jet Propulsion Laboratory was not dismissed because he […]
Posted inEducation
Rebooting NASA Education and Public Outreach
Given Tablets but No Teachers, Ethiopian Children Teach Themselves, MIT “With 100 million first-grade-aged children worldwide having no access to schooling, the One Laptop Per Child organization is trying something […]
Posted inNews
Charlie Bolden: "I'm Not a Democratic Political Appointee" (update)
Keith’s note: Charlie Bolden held his SES summit the other day. This time it was done virtually so as to save travel funds. 400-500 people were on the telecon from […]
Posted inCommercialization
Newsflash: George Bush Made U.S. Dependent on Russia
Obama failed space program; Romney would revitalize it, opinon, Gene Cernan, Orlando Sentinel “Frankly, the world’s leading space-faring nation shouldn’t have to pay Russia for rides to the International Space […]
Posted inCommercialization
SLS: Cool Ideas + No Budget = No Payload
NASA’s Huge New SLS Rocket Could Power Missions Far Beyond Mars, Space.com “NASA is contemplating space journeys far beyond a near-Earth asteroid, the moon or Mars for its new heavy-lift […]
Posted inAstronauts
Dogs are Not Hippos – Even in Space
Soyuz spacecraft launches 32 fish, hippo to space station, space.com via Fox “I think it’s going to be something special, and I will get unforgettable memories,” Novitskiy said in a […]