On 26 November 1986 #StarTrek "The Voyage Home" opened in theaters. This is how the film opened. #AdAstra @ChallengerCtr pic.twitter.com/5UfcKkvOjg — NASA Watch (@NASAWatch) November 26, 2017
2017
Posted inCulture
Rocket Boys in Carbon Creek
Keith’s note: I first wrote “Rocket Boys, Vulcans, and Wandering Apollo Rockets” for StarTrekâs official website in 2002 the day after the âEnterpriseâ episode âCarbon Creekâ first aired. The story […]
Posted inSpace & Planetary Science
WFIRST Report Released
WFIRST Independent External Technical/Management/Cost Review (WIETR), NASA “This report responds to the questions asked in the Terms of Reference (TOR) that established the WIETR and includes recommendations and options for […]
Posted inTrumpSpace
Waiting For Bridenstine
Is Trump’s NASA Nominee Ready to Tackle Climate Change?, Wired “[Tony] Busalacchi, who has twice testified before Bridenstine’s House Subcommittee on Space, says he’s had two phone calls with Bridenstine […]
Posted inAstronomy
Rendezvous With `Oumuamua
Keith’s note: Larger image. Objects are to scale. But the way that this thing rotates might dictate a more prudent station keeping distance. First Interstellar Asteroid `Oumuamua is Like Nothing […]
Posted inIT/Web
NASA Is Dark In Some Places (Update)
Keith’s 4:40 pm Update: They fixed it. I was about to duplicate this issue when attempting to access the NASA website. I'm reaching out to our engineers to have the […]
Posted inAstronomy
SETI vs METI Dispute: Lions and Tigers and Bears – Oh My
We just sent a message to try to talk to aliens on another world, New Scientist “Ninety-eight percent of astronomers and SETI researchers, including myself, think that METI is potentially […]
Posted inCulture
Its The End Of The World As We Know It Again
Please stop annoying this NASA scientist with your ridiculous Planet X doomsday theories “David Morrison is a real NASA scientist who studies real planets and makes real discoveries about the […]
Posted inAstronomy
NSF Decides Not To Shut Down Arecibo
Statement on NSF Record of Decision on Arecibo Observatory, NSF “On Nov. 15, 2017, the National Science Foundation (NSF) signed its Record of Decision for the Arecibo Observatory in Puerto […]
Posted inExploration
Hey NASA: These Are The Droids You Should Be Looking For
Keith’s 16 Nov update: Just the other day I posted some new video (below) of the latest cool droid from Boston Dynamics. Now they have simply outdone themselves. Compare NASA’s […]