Keith’s note: Nick Skytland (now with the Open Gov office at NASA HQ) gave a variant on his standard Gen Y presentation yesterday at the NASA CIO IT conference. Of […]
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Desert RATS Update: Testing Power Connections
Desert RATS 2010: NASA and Challenger Center Hardware Interface Tests (photos) “Two power interface tests were conducted today at NASA JSC between the GSW7000 solar/wind generator system and NASA’s Habitat […]
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Challenger Center Prepares for Desert RATS 2010
NASA Desert RATS 2010: Challenger Center Hardware Arrives at JSC “As was the case in 2009, Green Trail Energy has partnered with the Challenger Center for Space Science Education to […]
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Political Commentary Disguised as a Video Game Review
Why NASA’s New Video Game Completely Misses the Point, Popular Mechanics “Which makes Moonbase Alpha all the more unfortunate. The game serves as an epitaph for what appears to be […]
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You Are Never Too Old To Stop Learning
Centenarians Participate in Challenger Learning Center Mission “If you have ever seen a photo of someone participating in a simulated space mission at a Challenger Learning Center, odds are it […]
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NASA Ames Makes Payloads Out of Phones and Toys
Cheaper, Better Satellites Made From Cellphones and Toys, Wired “Instead of investing in their own computer research and development, engineers at the NASA Ames Research Center are looking to cellphones […]
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Video: Using Cellphones as Payloads
Video from a Google NexusOne smartphone with specially programmed Android apps, installed aboard James Dougherty’s Intimidator-5 on a CTI N4100 load. Launch from Black Rock Playa on 24-July-2010 thanks to […]
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Video: Think Big Picture – For Just a Moment
Keith’s note: I feel compelled to feature this masterful video by Karen Lau and David Sanders at least once a year. This was done when Craig Steidle ran ESMD. For […]
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Conrad Foundation and ManSat Limited Join Forces
Conrad Foundation & ManSat Limited Expand the Spirit and Innovation Awards program on International Stage “Officials with The Conrad Foundation today announced ManSat Limited, a global commercial space corporation headquartered […]
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Signing From Orbit
NASA Astronaut Sends First Signed Message from Orbit “The number of languages used on the International Space Station has recently increased. In addition to those spoken in the 15 countries […]