Keith’s note: There is a whole generation alive today who have known no time when humans were not living full time in space. Now the Artemis Generation has members who […]
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Intolerance And Bigotry Vs NASA’s Attempt At Space Leadership
Keith’s note: How is NASA going to achieve all of its forward-leaning diversity goals if the states where the bulk of its activities are conducted (Florida, Texas, Alabama) – and […]
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Career Pivot
Keith’s note: I am making a totally unexpected – but still exciting – career pivot effective 30 October 2023. After more than 25 years today is my last day with […]
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What About A NASA Star Trek Crossover?
Keith’s note: Maybe someone at NASA still has a spark of “why not” left in them … If only NASA and Star Trek could do a cross-over episode with NASA’s […]
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Dear NASA: Why Are We Going To Europa When Earth’s Oceans Are So Screwed up?
Keith’s note: Today’s “Obvious Question Begging An Answer Award” goes to Dennis Lees for his op ed “Earth’s ocean is in crisis. Why spend $5 billion to study the one […]
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Talking About NASA Astronomy & Astrobiology On Arabic Language TV
Keith’s note: I was just on Alaraby TV in Qatar talking about the recent discovery of methane and carbon dioxide in the atmosphere of super-earth exoplanet K2-18b by the Webb […]
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Another NASA Exploration Report (Re)States The Obvious But Lacks True Exploratory Energy
Keith’s note: NASA has issued another report (“New NASA Report Looks at Societal Considerations for Artemis“). Titled “Artemis, Ethics and Society: Synthesis from a Workshop“ the report “seeks to foster […]
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Squandering NASA’s Immense Soft Power
Keith’s note: I just talked about the recent Webb telescope image of the Ring Nebula on Al Jazeera Arabic. Before we started, the interpreter and I had a discussion about […]
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New Survey: Americans Support Space A Lot. Artemis: Not So Much
Keith’s note: According to a Pew Research Report released on Thursday, while Americans broadly support space – with some obvious enthusiasm – they are not all that sold on NASA’s […]
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Another Potent Branding Opportunity That NASA PAO Will Ignore
Keith’s note: According to a tweet by NASA SMD Nicky Fox the other day “Fun Friday night build – some tense moments when I managed to dislodge a critical piece […]