“Enriched by a singular event that is larger than life, I no longer have the luxury of being ordinary. To stand on the lunar surface and look back at our Earth creates such a personal sense of awe that even Alan Shepard wept at the view. Trying to exist within the paradox of being inContinue reading “The luxury of being ordinary”
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JJ Abrams newest documentary series episode two features my dear friend Robert
My Dear friend Robert is the focus of Episode two of JJ Abrams / Bad Robot’s latest documentary series. Robert and his team are an amazing group and I’m so glad JJ did such a good job doing something I tried to do for this competition for years. I get to say “I knew themContinue reading “JJ Abrams newest documentary series episode two features my dear friend Robert”
The value of 3D printing in space
This week, NASA is going to send the first 3D printer to the International Space Station. The purpose is to test the manufacture of spare parts in space and hopefully reduce the number of spare parts we send up there. One of the problems of being off planet for a long time is that humans,Continue reading “The value of 3D printing in space”
It’s a Curious Raspberry Monday Mars Pi
Not only did Curiousity land safely last night and is already sending images but I have 5 Raspberry Pi’s on my desk at work right now. Happy Monday!
An update on my book
I’ve been working on a book for about 2 months now with a working title “A New Kind of Hero”. It was originally going to be entirely based on the Google Lunar X PRIZE but has been broadened in scope a little (okay, a lot) to include heroes outside of that particular competition. This wasContinue reading “An update on my book”
The most important question you need to ask yourself: why not?
I’m already planning SpaceUp DC 2.0, but in case you missed how rediculous I’m willing to look in the name of Space Exploration: (Photo credit: Chris Radcliff) Haley Stephenson did a terrific writeup of her experience at SpaceUp DC here. I have two favorite quotes from it: An important aspect of the unconference was theContinue reading “The most important question you need to ask yourself: why not?”
Inspiring kids by thinking big in space
The audio quality is shockingly bad in this video. This was on Feb 18th, at Ignite-DC. I’d like to do a new spin on this talk soon. This is an Ignite talk. If you’re not familiar with Ignite, the talks are all EXACTLY 5 mins. You get 20 slides that auto advance every 15 seconds.Continue reading “Inspiring kids by thinking big in space”
On saving NASA
I noticed a new Twitter hashtag this morning for the first time: #SaveNASA I love rallying cries. I also love the huge list of things that the world benefits from as a result of NASA over the last 50 years. BUT (come on, you knew there was a BUT in here) Making lists of thingsContinue reading “On saving NASA”
“Significant” water on the moon
Some sites are talking about a press conference being set up on Thursday to talk about what they are calling “Evidence of Water on the Moon – Lots of It”. If you’re not a space geek, let me back up a second since NASA isn’t even on most people’s mind these days and fill youContinue reading ““Significant” water on the moon”
The Launch Pad: Successful NASA Program in Jeopardy!
This afternoon (June 24, 2009) at 2:30pm Eastern Time, the Commerce, Justice, Science and Related Agencies Subcommittee of the United States Senate’s Appropriations Committee will be marking up the FY 2010 Commerce, Justice, Science and Related Agencies Appropriations Bill. For those of you feeling lost by that sentence, the plain English translation is: this afternoon,Continue reading “The Launch Pad: Successful NASA Program in Jeopardy!”
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