Keith’s note: The Planetary Society has distinguished itself by speaking out and standing up for its members and the people of the NASA space exploration and research community. Bravo. See […]
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NASA Uses Old People To Plot A Space Future For Young People
Keith’s note: Will someone please explain how a bunch of older folks (all well-intentioned, to be sure) on the NASA Advisory Council are expected to have clear knowledge of what […]
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Always Look Toward The Stars
"Only in the darkness can you see the stars" – Martin Luther King Jr. #MLKDay2022 #MLK pic.twitter.com/t8uMGDS7LV — NASA Watch (@NASAWatch) January 17, 2022
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Drones On Mars: How NASA Can Reach Underserved American Communities
Keith’s note: On Wednesday I listened to Administrator Bill Nelson testify before a Congressional Committee. During the course of the hearing every single member chimed in about the importance of […]
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Nichelle Nichols: Woman In Motion
Woman In Motion, Star Trek And The Remaking Of NASA – A Review, SpaceRef “You know that you have been involved with something beyond living memory when you find yourself […]
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Mars Ingenuity Makes Time's Best Inventions Of 2020 List
Time magazine's best inventions of 2020 "Ready for Takeoff – NASA Ingenuity Helicopter "https://t.co/CYxiBcqsyQ FYI @SciAstro @Dr_ThomasZ @JimBridenstine pic.twitter.com/VobPNs7d9K — NASA Watch (@NASAWatch) December 2, 2020
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International Women's Day: Future Space Influences
It Was a Big Week in Politics for Star Trek: Voyager Fans, Slate “The show’s lasting influence can be felt in two stories from this week about prominent Democratic politicians, […]
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Arm Waving Space Advocates
Getting strange emails with wacky conspiratorial arm waving language from the "Space Development Steering Committee" – a "group" that brags about its membership but refuses to identify all of its […]
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Science March Or Not To Science March
Scientists plan to march on Washington — but where will it get them?, Washington Post “Mike Brown, the Caltech astronomer who famously “killed Pluto” with his discovery of dwarf planets […]