Solving a problem isn’t sexy

Source: Florida Today Engineering doesn’t make good on-screen drama. You can’t tie a bow on a big engineering problem in an hour or two, unless you skip a lot of details, add some overly dramatic dialogue, and only show the “Aha!” moment when...

New car may bring jobs

Source: Florida Today Space Florida prototype investment could help former space workers ROCKLEDGE — Newly formed automaker Avera Motors has its first customer. The board of directors at Space Florida has agreed “to purchase” for $500,000 a prototype of...

Robbing the ‘cradle of astronauts’?

Source: Indy Star Young dreamers still arrive at Purdue University, the “cradle of astronauts,” with hopes of following in the footsteps of Neil Armstrong, Gus Grissom and David Wolf. Inspired by 30 years of breathtaking space shuttle launches and...

CSExtra – Monday, June 28, 2010

Monday’s CSExtra offers new reporting and commentary on the Obama Administration’s forthcoming space policy and NASA future.  Purdue University’s reputation as a “cradle for astronauts” is in peril as the shuttle program retires without...

CSExtra – Sunday, June 27, 2010

Sunday’s CSExtra includes the latest edition of This Week in Space with Miles O’Brien who reports on the latest space shuttle launch scheduling plus an interview with Ken Bowersox on the Falcon 9’s recent test success. ATK receives a funding reprieve...

CSExtra – Saturday, June 26, 2010

Saturday’s CSExtra features more reporting on Congressional deliberations over the future of NASA’s Constellation Program. More on the soon-to-be-released White House space policy that will seek greater international cooperation and promote greater...

Oceans on Venus Might Have Been Habitable

Source: Space.com Venus, currently one of the most inhospitable places in the solar system, may once have had an ample supply of water – possibly even oceans – and been a potentially habitable place when it was young, a new study suggests. The finding comes from the...