NASA is turning science fiction into fact (Interview with NASA ARC Center Director Pete Worden), New Scientist “Is science fiction a big source of inspiration? Here, there’s almost a secret handshake among engineers who have read lots of science fiction. It lets you dream – how can we make that technology real, how can we make a better future? What are your dreams for exploring space? A principal tenet of […]

Tor/Forge Books and NASA Jointly Announce Publishing Collaboration “In an effort to educate and encourage math and science education Tor/Forge Books, an imprint of Tom Doherty Associates, LLC, and NASA have embarked on a collaboration to publish a series of science based, commercial fiction books, referred to as “NASA inspired Works of Fiction” around concepts pertinent to the current and future work of NASA. NASA will allow existing and new […]

Neil Armstrong Talks About The First Moon Walk, NPR “Well, this doesn’t happen every day. In yesterday’s post, I talked about Neil Armstrong and Buzz Aldrin’s walk across the lunar surface back in 1969 and wondered, how come they walked such a modest distance? Less than a hundred yards from their lander?” Keith’s note: Hmm, do you believe this traditional, boring version (as told by Armstrong) or the version below […]