Keith’s note: According to this press release from the National Space Society, I will be receiving the NSS’s ‘Space Pioneer Award for excellence in mass media’. I am not exactly […]
Education
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Preparing For a Congressional Flip At NASA
Keith’s note: Prior to the arrival of NASA Administrator Jared Isaacman a substantial part of NASA management direction was done verbally and not documented. Often times it was in direct […]
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Ed Buckbee
Keith’s note: according to this article “The U.S. Space & Rocket Center’s first director, Edward “Ed” Buckbee, has died. He was 89. Hailed as a visionary, he assembled and managed […]
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Announcing “NASA Front Door”
Keith’s note: An interesting ‘Notice of new information collection‘ from NASA appeared in the Federal Register this morning about the “NASA Front Door”. It is not totally clear as to […]
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NASA Outreach Sugar Highs
Keith’s note: In case you have not already noticed NASA and space exploration have a deep branding and meme penetration. These two ads just ran (again) back to back midday […]
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Build Your Own Mars Astrobiology Rover
Keith’s note: NASA currently has two droids at work on Mars: Perseverance and its Older sibling Curiosity. Their common task is to perform astrobiology and astrogeology exploration activities on Mars. […]
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Eric Ingram: The Power and Promise of Lunar Gravity
Keith’s note: As humanity expands outward we need to make sure it is all of humanity. Moreover, we may find that living in space may be a more enabling – […]