James Cameron Completes Record-Breaking Mariana Trench Dive “Now “the science team is getting ready for the returned samples,” expedition astrobiologist Kevin Hand, of NASA, said in an email. … Because Cameron had prepared extensively for the dive, he should be in good psychological health, said Walter Sipes, an aeronautics psychologist at NASA’s Johnson Space Center.” Keith’s note: A former NASA Advisory council member and MSL imaging co-investigator goes to the […]

‘Avatar’ director rumored to have bought first ticket to the moon, Newscore “The first of two $150 million tickets for a pioneering tourist mission to the moon was off the market Sunday, and its owner was rumored to be the world-famous “Avatar” director James Cameron. Space Adventures, the American company offering the trip scheduled for 2015, said only that the buyer of the ticket was a “well-known” personality. The expedition […]

NASA Stops Work on James Cameron’s Cameras for Mars Science Laboratory “Work has stopped on an alternative version of the instrument, with a pair of zoom-lens cameras, which would have provided additional capabilities for improved three-dimensional video. The installed Mastcam on the Mars Science Laboratory mission’s Curiosity rover uses two fixed-focal-length cameras: a telephoto for one eye and wider angle for the other. Malin Space Science Systems, San Diego, built […]

NASA Names “2012” The Most Absurd Sci-Fi Film, Worst Previews “NASA held a private meet at the Jet Propulsion Laboratory in California to discuss the movies Hollywood has been releasing and to plead for filmmakers to stick to more rational plots.” Apocalyptic blockbuster absurd, say NASA scientists, The Australian “Experts at NASA have named 2012, an apocalyptic blockbuster starring John Cusack, as the most absurd science-fiction film. The US space […]