NASA Invites Media to Explore Mars Science Fiction and Fact in Cinema “Media are invited to NASA’s Johnson Space Center in Houston on Tuesday, Sept. 15 for a fresh perspective […]
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JSC's Open Innovation Contract Award Free For All
NASA JSC Solicitation: Open Innovation Challenge “NASA/JSC has a requirement for the use of an established external crowdsourcing support platform with a curated crowd in order to publically post one […]
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Using a Last Place Robot for NASA's Robotics Challenge
Hosting of Humanoid Robots and Validation of Performance for The NASA Space Robotics Challenge Appendix “In 2012, NASA began the design and development of a new bipedal humanoid robot, R5, […]
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JSC Blog on Courage and Dissenting Opinions
“From: Watkins, Vincent D. (JSC-NA111) Date: Fri, May 1, 2015 at 7:53 AM Subject: Check Out New JSC S&MA Director’s Blog To: “JSC-DL-S&MA-ALL-HANDS-(LOC-&-REM)” Great blog on courage and dissenting opinions. […]
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Does NASA Have a Robotics Strategy? Did It Ever Have One?
Military pushes for emergency robots as skeptics worry about lethal uses, Washington Post “Most of the [DARPA Robotics Challenge] entrants resemble humans, with two arms and two legs, and could […]
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NASA: We're Not Working on Warp Drive
Keith’s note: With regard to the Eagle Works EmDrive “warp core” research underway at JSC, NASA HQ PAO has told NASAWatch: “While conceptual research into novel propulsion methods by a […]
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Ellen Ochoa's Warp Drive: Smoke and Mirrors
That NASA Warp Drive? Yeah, It’s Still Poppycock, Wired “The reason the Eagleworks lab presents results in unrefereed conference proceedings and Internet posts, according to Eric Davis, a physicist at […]
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Ellen Ochoa's Warp Drive Gizmo
Is NASA one step closer to warp drive?, CNET “NASA, according to NASASpaceFlight.com, is quietly claiming to have successfully tested a revolutionary new means of space travel that could one […]
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NASA Just Spent $500,000 on Wooden Space Station Models
#NASA just spent $500,000 on wooden space station models NAICS Code:339930 – Doll, Toy, and Game Manufacturing https://t.co/nQvaPVtMkb — NASA Watch (@NASAWatch) March 25, 2015 Reader note: “This isn’t the first […]
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JSC Center Director Ochoa Elected to Deathcare Product Company Board
Service Corporation International Nominates Dr. Ellen Ochoa For Election To The Board Of Directors “Service Corporation International (NYSE: SCI), the largest provider of deathcare products and services in North America, […]