A Scientist’s Misguided Crusade, op ed, NY Times “As a private citizen, Hansen, 71, has the same First Amendment rights as everyone else. He can publicly oppose the Keystone XL […]
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NASA's Big PR Bonus – About The Same Asteroids That They Don't Want To Visit
Keith’s note: Apparently the NASA webcast of the asteroid flyby last week may have set some all time records. Funny thing: NASA is supposed to be planning a mission to […]
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Why Does MSFC Point NASAIMAGES.Org At Pictures of Weapons?
NASA and Internet Archive Launch Centralized Resource for Images (24 July 2008) “NASA and Internet Archive, a non-profit digital library based in San Francisco, made available the most comprehensive compilation […]
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JPL PAO Whines About Curiosity Parody
Plastic beads on Mars: The short life of a NASA spoof site, MSNBC “Update for 10:30 p.m. ET: Veronica McGregor, who manages the news and social media office at JPL, […]
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Backpedaling on Mars
Undisclosed Finding by Mars Rover Fuels Intrigue, NY Times “Guy Webster, a spokesman for NASA’s Jet Propulsion Laboratory in Pasadena, Calif., which operates Curiosity, said the findings would be “interesting” […]
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NASA Remains Silent on MSL News
Keith’s note: Last week NASA PAO was telling the media that there would be an announcement (of what they did not know) of MSL results at the AGU meeting tomorrow […]
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JPL PAO Ignores White House Interest In Promoting Value of Mars Curiosity
Keith’s note: NASA just repeated this tweet to its 2.9 million followers: “In 1 hour, join @NASA and @SBAgov in a Google+ hangout to celebrate #smallbiz contributions to @MarsCuriosity http://go.nasa.gov/QllNLZ“. […]
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SMD PAO Plans MSL Telecon To Conflict with Mars Hearing
Hearing: The Path from LEO to Mars, Senate Committee on Commerce, Science, and Transportation “Sep 12 2012 2:00 PM” NASA to Host Mars Curiosity Rover Progress Teleconference “September 12, 2012 […]
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Why does NASA need multiple websites for the same mission?
Keith’s note: The following is put at the bottom of most press releases issued regarding Mars Curiosity. “More information about Curiosity is online at: http://www.jpl.nasa.gov/msl , http://www.nasa.gov/msl and http://mars.jpl.nasa.gov/msl.” Why […]
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NASA Still Can't Get That Metric Stuff Right (update)
NASA Announces Next Opportunity for CubeSat Space Missions “CubeSats are a class of research spacecraft called nanosatellites. The cube-shaped satellites are approximately four inches long, have a volume of about […]