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I just watched the successful landing of the Perseverance Rover!
Cue the Starfleet March!
Cue the Starfleet March!
RIP: Katherine Johnson
Feb. 24th, 2020 02:35 pmI never got to meet her. I've heard and seen interviews, and of course, there's that movie that I'm glad I got to see a couple of years ago. She remains as important in her work as anyone else in space exploration, and her work helped make John Glenn's work in particular survivable.
Respect to her and to her colleagues, living and dead.
https://www.npr.org/2020/02/24/517784975/katherine-johnson-nasa-mathematician-and-an-inspiration-for-hidden-figures-dies
And a request to my American friends: don't let anyone erase her name. Especially in this instance in Langley, VA.
Respect to her and to her colleagues, living and dead.
https://www.npr.org/2020/02/24/517784975/katherine-johnson-nasa-mathematician-and-an-inspiration-for-hidden-figures-dies
And a request to my American friends: don't let anyone erase her name. Especially in this instance in Langley, VA.
OBITS/SPACE:
Apr. 15th, 2019 05:36 pmIn addition to the news about Notre Dame de Paris and Gene Wolfe...Owen Garriott of Skylab 3 and STS-9 is no more.
My source for the info:
https://twitter.com/TheRealBuzz/status/1117875297334910977
My source for the info:
https://twitter.com/TheRealBuzz/status/1117875297334910977
Space: From Canada to Pluto and Beyond
Jul. 1st, 2016 05:22 pmThanks to ![[livejournal.com profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/external/lj-userinfo.gif)
beamjockey for this info.
https://blogs.nasa.gov/pluto/2016/07/01/from-canada-to-pluto-and-beyond/
beamjockey for this info.https://blogs.nasa.gov/pluto/2016/07/01/from-canada-to-pluto-and-beyond/
Kepler Hits the Jackpot!
Dec. 5th, 2011 02:57 pmKepler-22b, to be precise! Right in the "Goldilocks zone" of its parent star.
Thanks tojames_nicoll for the heads-up on this one!
Source: NASA/JPL.
Thanks to
james_nicoll for the heads-up on this one!Source: NASA/JPL.
Speaking of celebrations of Schulz Day?
Nov. 26th, 2011 04:00 pmjames_nicoll reminded me of the launch of Curiosity this morning.Thinking back to Apollo X and the "Snoopy Visits the Moon" arc in Peanuts back in those days, it's a nice - accidentally timed, but who cares about that detail? - way of paying it forward to future generations of space explorers and cartoonists alike.
Best of luck to the Curiosity team!
More cool planet-hunt news from Kepler...
Jan. 31st, 2011 11:19 pm...coming on February 2nd.
Details - what there are of them so far - here: http://www.nasa.gov/home/hqnews/2011/jan/HQ_M11-020_Kepler.html
Details - what there are of them so far - here: http://www.nasa.gov/home/hqnews/2011/jan/HQ_M11-020_Kepler.html
NASA and the Quest for Infrastructure
Oct. 9th, 2006 10:24 pmSpotted this IEEE Spectrum opinion piece on the state and possible future of Kennedy Space Centre today, as a result of looking for more recent news on the Cape Breton Spaceport project.
I think, based on some of the speculations in that opinion piece, that we have a fairer business rationale for anyone looking to build a spaceport in Nova Scotia now. NASA's going to want a fallback position. Probably more than one for the decades to come.
Am I wrong?
I think, based on some of the speculations in that opinion piece, that we have a fairer business rationale for anyone looking to build a spaceport in Nova Scotia now. NASA's going to want a fallback position. Probably more than one for the decades to come.
Am I wrong?
