Jun 28, 2010 | Blog, Education, Planet Earth
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...
Jun 28, 2010 | Blog, NASA
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...
Jun 28, 2010 | Blog, Education
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...
Jun 28, 2010 | Blog, Coalition News, CSExtra
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...
Jun 27, 2010 | Blog, Coalition News, CSExtra
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...
Jun 26, 2010 | Coalition News
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...
Jun 25, 2010 | International Space Station, Uncategorized
Space station “Stars” in Night Sky. Image Credit: NASA The International Space Station is unusually bright during its night time passes for the next few days, making it possible to easily observe the large orbital outpost several times a night as it...
Jun 25, 2010 | Blog, Exploration, Uncategorized
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...