Statement on NSF Record of Decision on Arecibo Observatory, NSF “On Nov. 15, 2017, the National Science Foundation (NSF) signed its Record of Decision for the Arecibo Observatory in Puerto […]
telescope
Posted inAstronomy
While U.S. Ponders Closing Arecibo China Builds Something Much Bigger
Notice of Intent To Prepare an Environmental Impact Statement and Initiate Section 106 Consultation for Proposed Changes to Arecibo Observatory Operations, Arecibo, Puerto Rico and Notice of Public Scoping Meetings […]
Posted inAstronomy
Gravitational Waves Detected
Gravitational Waves Detected, NSF “For the first time, scientists have observed ripples in the fabric of spacetime called gravitational waves, arriving at Earth from a cataclysmic event in the distant […]
Posted inSpace & Planetary Science
Hawaiian Court Rules Against Thirty Meter Telescope
Hawaiian court revokes permit for planned mega-telescope, Nature “Hawaii’s supreme court has ruled that the construction permit for the Thirty Meter Telescope (TMT) atop the mountain of Mauna Kea is […]
Posted inAstrobiology
Looking For Other Earths
Looking for a Mirror, NY Times “The challenges to photographing a mirror Earth are daunting, but not insurmountable. A small rocky planet is a dim mote of dust lost in […]
Posted inSpace & Planetary Science
Scolese: Webb Cost Overrun was a "Hiccup"
NASA GSFC center director Chris Scolese just refered to #JWST cost overrun as "that little hiccup a while back" #clueless — NASA Watch (@NASAWatch) February 3, 2014 Mikulski on #JWST […]
Posted inSpace & Planetary Science
Kepler Full Recovery Not Possible: But It Is Still Very Useful
NASA Ends Attempts to Fully Recover Kepler Spacecraft “Following months of analysis and testing, the Kepler Space Telescope team is ending its attempts to restore the spacecraft to full working […]
Posted inSpace & Planetary Science
"Another Government Agency" Gave NASA Spy Satellite Hardware
NASA Request for Information: Concepts for Applications of Large Space Optics “NASA is soliciting broad community inputs in support of a study activity focused on utilization of large flight qualified […]
Posted inSpace & Planetary Science
NASA Seeks Members for NRO Hardware Study Group
>Notice of Intent to Solicit Science Definition Team for National Reconnaissance Orbiter Optical Hardware via Dear Colleague Letter – NRO Gives NASA Two Hubble-Class Telescopes (Shh!), earlier post – NASA’s […]
Posted inCommercialization
B612 Foundation Announces SENTINEL Mission
B612 Foundation Announces First Privately Funded Deep Space Mission “In a press conference at the California Academy of Sciences Thursday morning, the B612 Foundation unveiled its plans to build, launch, […]