Keith’s note: according to a LaRC participant: “The overall sentiment was one of transparency, sharing information as it comes, and empathy. The Center Director has been proactive communicating when information is available. And has shared multiple resources for the LaRC employees. While I’m only one of a few thousand, I personally feel the Center Director cares deeply about the group and is doing her best to try and help LaRC as we try to survive this absolute shit show.” Details below.

EmDrive, a Supposed Fuel-less Engine, Is Knocked Down Again, Gizmodo “Five years ago, NASA researchers experimented with an object called the EmDrive (or electromagnetic drive), a Y-shaped metal chamber in which, they reported, thrust could be produced without propellant. Such a contraption would refute core principles of physics as we know them and eliminate a huge barrier to deep space travel by nullifying the need to carry fuel. … If […]

NASA Langley got behind the Agency Innovation Mission (AIM) in a big way this week. https://t.co/ePCsf8Z6yp pic.twitter.com/64YWQvYtj5 — NASA_Langley (@NASA_Langley) November 3, 2016 No folks, this is not an SNL skit – they actually did this group air hug confidence building thing during @DavaExplorer Innovation Day @NASA https://t.co/VZMokvknoD — NASA Watch (@NASAWatch) November 3, 2016 NASA Langley Flexes Creative Muscle at Innovation Day “Panelist Karen Freidt, creativity and innovation program […]

NASA Names New Director for Langley Research Center “NASA has announced that Dr. David E. Bowles has been named director of NASA’s Langley Research Center in Hampton, Virginia, succeeding Stephen G. Jurczyk who served in that capacity from April 2014. Bowles has been serving as the acting center director since March of this year when Jurczyk was temporarily assigned to NASA Headquarters as the acting Associate Administrator for the Space […]

The nuclear reactor in your basement, NASA Global Climate Change “Several labs have blown up studying LENR and windows have melted,” according to Dennis Bushnell, Langley’s chief scientist, in an article he wrote for NASA’s Future Innovation website. This, he wrote, indicates that “when the conditions are ‘right’ prodigious amounts of energy can be produced and released.” But it’s also an argument for the approach that the Langley researchers favor: […]

RARE! NASA 16′ Transonic Wind Tunnel Sitka Spruce Wood Fan Blade Propeller Model Sitka Spruce Fan blade from NASA Langley 16′ Transonic Wind Tunnel *Very Rare* “This wind tunnel no longer exists, and very little remains as historic artifacts available to the public from this remarkable tunnel. You are buying a true piece of aviation and aeronautic history. Most of these fan blades were re-purposed by NASA and used as […]

NASA LaRC Internal Memo: Notes from the Center Leadership Council’s Recent Retreat “We are counting on our Product Units (PUDs) and their business development managers (BDMs) to identify and pursue opportunities for the Center make even more significant contributions to mission directorate programs and projects in collaboration with the other NASA Centers, government agencies, academia and industry. We are counting on our seven Product Line Leads (PLLs) to identify integrated, […]

NASA Partners With Edison Nation to Promote MindShift Technology, LaRC “NASA Langley Research Center in Hampton, Virginia, is working with Edison Nation, an open innovation online service, to help distribute its discoveries and patents. By law, federal agencies are required to have a technology transfer program to promote commercial activity, economic growth and innovation in business and commerce. Edison Nation will target companies that can immediately license and use NASA […]

Chinese ex-NASA worker to be released pending trial “At a detention hearing today, U.S. Magistrate Judge Lawrence Leonard ordered Jiang released after a federal prosecutor acknowledged there is no evidence so far that he was in possession of any sensitive, secret or classified material. Jiang will be under supervision of the federal probation office, will be prohibited from traveling outside the Eastern District of Virginia, and will be tracked by […]

USW Condemns Chinese Spying; Urges U.S. Government to Thoroughly Review Security Procedures and Protocols at NASA “Leo W. Gerard, International President of the United Steelworkers (USW) issued the following statement today after House Appropriations Subcommittee Chairman Frank Wolf (R-VA) identified alleged security lapses at the National Aeronautics & Space Administration’s (NASA) Langley Research Center at a press conference. “Space may be the final frontier, but it is apparently already a […]