Monday Quick Hits
Lightsaber chopsticks. No, really. Tyson replaces Labor Day with a Muslim religious holiday. In a recent union negotiation, Tyson, the ubiqitous packagers of poultry products, granted their workers at...
View Article(Potential) Life on Mars?
NASA scientists recently briefed the White House on a discovery made by the Phoenix lander. The blogosphere and editorial pages across the Western world were rife with speculation–had life been...
View ArticleWednesday Quick Hits
First of all, these will be posted by Kate, even though I (Pete) wrote it. Damn all WordPress upgrades, anyway. West Helena, Arkansas is under martial law. Well, not really. But they do have a 24-hour...
View ArticleBarack Obama's Space Plan: Flip-flop?
Obama in January. Obama in August. In January, it was kosher to pull money from the space program to fund schools in the inner city. After all, he had to distinguish himself from his fellow Democrats...
View ArticleCassini: Four Years of Discovery
This video follows the last four years of the Cassini mission and is what I would describe as incredible. If only we could see this stuff with our own eyes through space travel and exploration.
View ArticleDo You Have a Flag?
Various nations have pledged a visit to the moon within the coming years, and it will only be a matter of time before someone lays a claim to ownership. In an article published by CNET News, this will...
View ArticleSpace Program Faces Tough Questions
This article in the Orlando Sentinel tells the story. Obama transition team members (those “strong” on policy and weak on actual science and engineering knowledge), have visited NASA to determine the...
View ArticleSilkworms: The New Tang
The crazy Chinese scientists responsible for the feeding and care of Taikonauts have come up with a new wrinkle in space-based cuisine–silkworms. Honestly, folks, I couldn’t have made this one up if I...
View ArticleA "Bold, New Initiative" for Space
We live in a crazy country when healthcare reform, temporary nationalization of the auto industry, and bailouts to financial institutions trump Ad Astra. It is no surprise that our President, full of...
View ArticleHabitable planet?
Another couple of planets have been discovered around the red dwarf star Gliese 581. Labeled Gliese 581g, the new planet’s proximity to the star would allow water to cycle around its freezing point....
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