United Launch Alliance Reveals Transformational CubeSat Launch Program “ULA will offer universities the chance to compete for at least six CubeSat launch slots on two Atlas V missions, with a […]
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Never Ask NASA a Simple Question
NASA Awards Two Robots to University Groups for R&D Upgrades “Humanoid robots will be helpful to astronauts on our journey to Mars, so NASA has awarded prototypes to two universities […]
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White House Astronomy Party – Media Not Wanted
Keith’s note: Other than a short presentation by the President, Astronomy Night at the White House was a webcast with long periods of silence, dark murky streamed video of people […]
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NASA's Education Programs Are Still Broken
NASA OIG Audit: NASA’s Education Program “NASA’s Office of Education has taken steps to improve its management of the Agency’s diverse education portfolio … However, the Office’s efforts have been […]
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Growing The Next Generation Of Space Explorers
How Matt Damon could rocket NASA to Mars in real life, MarketWatch “Public support is seen as crucial to the agency as it works to make due on a promise […]
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NASA Ignores The Same Next Generation It Hypes
NASA Is the Unlikeliest ‘Design Firm’ in Human History, Observer “Earlier this month, a young maker named Ahmed Mohamed was arrested while wearing a NASA t-shirt after bringing a homemade […]
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Teen Robotics NASA Enthusiast Arrested For Making Electronic Clock
14-year-old Ahmed Mohamed arrested for bringing homemade clock to school, The Verge “Police in Texas have arrested a 14-year-old boy for building a clock. Ahmed Mohamed, who lives in Irving […]
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NASA Misses Another Opportunity to Explain Itself
Keith’s update: I just listened to Ken Savin, the Eli Lilly representative being interviewed at the International Space Station Research and Development Conference (ISSRDC). Lilly has 4 experiments that will […]
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Sally Ride's Google Doodle
Sally Ride: Behind the Google Doodle that marks the late space pioneer’s birthday, Washington Post “Sally Ride, this trailblazing astronaut turned physics professor, for so long keenly studied, and then […]
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Disney/Google/NASA Collaborate To Inspire Girls
Google, NASA work together on Disney show to inspire girls into sciences, Washington Post “There are certain television tropes about computer scientists that just drive programmers nuts. They include the […]