Sriracha Hot Sauce Catches Fire, Yet ‘There’s Only One Rooster’, BloombergBusinessWeek “The first thing you smell at the Huy Fong Foods factory in suburban Los Angeles is the overwhelming aroma […]
2013
Posted inNews
Testing for Mars Organics
CuriousMars: Rover Poised to Test For Organics Where Habitability Potential is High, SpaceRef “The Mars rover Curiosity’s team is beginning to amass enough diverse science data to actively consider whether […]
Posted inCommercialization
NASA Creates Space Technology Mission Directorate
Investing in Technology to Enable the Future: NASA Creates Space Technology Mission Directorate “As part of the Obama Administration’s recognition of the critical role that space technology and innovation will […]
Posted inAstrobiology
David McKay
Dr. David S. McKay Has Passed Away “Our friend and colleague, Dr. David S. McKay, passed away peacefully in his sleep in the early morning hours yesterday, 20 February 2013. […]
Posted inSpace & Planetary Science
Forgetting/Ignoring Space Drilling History
NASA: Red Planet looks a little gray inside, USA Today “This is the first time any robot has drilled into a rock on another planet,” says mission sample chief Louise […]
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Special Sequestration Protection for MSFC?
Marshall Space Flight Center may feel minimal hit from sequestration, Rep. Mo Brooks said, Huntsville Times “During a speech today at the Washington Update Luncheon at the Von Braun Center, […]
Posted inChina
Lamar Smith Joins Frank Wolf's Witch Hunt
GOP Chairmen Go After Pete Worden, Aviation Week “The official in question, Ames Research Center Director Simon P. “Pete” Worden, vehemently denies he has been lax in protecting technology covered […]
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NASA's Big PR Bonus – About The Same Asteroids That They Don't Want To Visit
Keith’s note: Apparently the NASA webcast of the asteroid flyby last week may have set some all time records. Funny thing: NASA is supposed to be planning a mission to […]
Posted inCommercialization
Non Sequiteur: Overcoming Space Malaise By Cutting Space Education
Can Commercial Space Rescue NASA From Deadly Public Indifference?, Forbes “Sustainable public advocacy will depend upon around bold goals and clear plans that warrant substantial investments. Writing in Reason magazine, […]
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AXE Apollo: Reinforcing Tired Stereotypes
Keith’s note: Official AXE slogan: “Leave a man. Come back a hero.” (Sigh) So much for the other half of humanity. I guess girls need not apply to this promotional […]