Keith’s 7 Aug note: In its 30 July press release listing all MSL media activities and opportunities, no mention is made by NASA that offsite media would be allowed ask […]
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NASA's Misleading Mars Statistics
Keith’s note: NASA just flashed this Mars scoreboard graphic again in an effort to lower expectations about MSL’s landing chances and to give everyone an appreciation as to how hard […]
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Why Are MSL PR Materials Not Openly Available?
NASA Administrator Bolden’s Remarks from the “Go Curiosity” Video “We’ve put together some materials that will help you tell this fascinating story to your family, friends, and neighbors, because no […]
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Another NASA Discovery That NASA Isn't Telling You About
Keith’s note: Early this morning the @NewHorizons twitter posted “RT @AlanStern: Just announced: Pluto has new company– We’ve discovered a 5th moon using the Hubble Space Telescope!”. Why did the […]
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Another Stealth Bolden Media Opportunity
Canada Commits to the International Space Station Beyond 2015 “The meeting will wrap up tomorrow [Thursday] with a press conference at 1:00 pm ET where a group communiqu will be […]
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Is This A Martian Ice Cave?
Mars HiRISE Image: Well-Speckled Polar Dunes “These barchan (crescent-shaped) sand dunes are found within the North Polar erg of Mars. This type of dune provides a great record of the […]
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Another Stealth NASA Rocket Launch (Update)
Scientists Launch NASA Rocket into Aurora, University of New Hampshire “Funded by the National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA), the Magnetosphere-Ionosphere Coupling in the Alfven resonator (MICA) mission sent a […]
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NASA's Misaligned PR Machine
John Kelly: NASA needs to power up PR machine, Florida Today “The solution is for NASA to use its broad, and well-funded, public relations arm to make sure that the […]
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American Astronomical Society's "Citizen Journalist" at Tomorrow's Budget Press Briefing
Keith’s note: Among the “citizen journalists” at Monday’s press briefing on the FY 2013 budget will be Bethany Jones @AAS_Bethany_J (aka @AAS_CAPP, the John Bahcall Public Policy Fellow for the […]
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"Citizen Journalists" at Monday's Budget Press Briefing
Keith’s note: A note for all of the “citizen journalists” who will be participating in the budget briefing on Monday at NASA HQ. This is a great idea – but […]