Events of Interest: Week of May 10-14, 2010
The following events may be of interest in the coming week. For more details, see our calendar on the right menu or click the links below. Times, dates and witnesses for congressional hearings and markups are subject to change; check the relevant committee’s...APL’s Faulconer Starts New Consulting Business
J. Walter (“Walt”) Faulconer, the Applied Physics Laboratory’s (APL’s) business area executive for civilian space, is leaving May 14 to start a consulting business, Strategic Space Solutions, with his wife, Cindy. After 26 years at Lockheed...Orion Pad Abort System Test Successful
The much anticipated Pad Abort 1 test of the launch abort system for the Orion spacecraft was successful today. Conducted at the White Sands Missile Range in New Mexico, the test lasted 135 seconds with the crew module landing about one mile away at 16.2 miles per...Giffords Seeking Compromise on Human Space Flight Plan
Rep. Gabrielle Giffords (D-AZ), chair of the House Science and Technology Committee’s Space and Aeronautics Subcommittee, believes that there is a “third way” to resolve the dispute between the President’s plan for human space flight and the...Next Shuttle Launch Set for May 14; Hutchison and Kosmas Defend Human Spaceflight
Following a Flight Readiness Review today, NASA set May 14 as the launch date for the next shuttle mission, STS-132. Space Shuttle Atlantis is scheduled to launch at 2:20 pm EDT on a 12-day flight to the International Space Station to deliver the Russian Mini...House Appropriations Chair Obey To Retire
Representative David Obey (D-WI) will announce this afternoon that he will retire at the end of this session of Congress according to Congress Daily (subscription required). Obey is one of the most powerful men in Congress as chair of the House Appropriations...SSB to Look at Grand Philosophical Questions Addressed by NASA; Public Invited
The National Research Council’s (NRC’s) Space Studies Board (SSB) is planning a two-and-a-half day workshop in November to look at how NASA addresses the “grand philosophical questions people care about.” Writing in the most recent edition of...President Establishes Task Force on Space Industry Workforce and Economic Development
President Obama today created a Task Force on Space Industry Workforce and Economic Development for Florida’s Space Coast as promised in his April 15 speech at Kennedy Space Center, FL.Events of Interest: Week of May 3-7, 2010
The following events may be of interest in the coming week. Check our calendar on the right menu for more information or click the links below. Congressional hearings and markups are subject to change; check the committee’s website for up to date...Space Talk
Why do black holes have a bright ring if light can’t escape?
The black hole itself isn’t glowing. The light comes from super-hot gas and dust spinning around it in an accretion disk.
🔥 Bright ring = hot matter
⚫ Dark center = black hole
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Did Ya know that U can view earth 🌏 via the @Nasa ISS Satellite🛰️ 24/7 Including launch🚀days? Neither did the other 56 countries. Did I over share?🤭 We haven’t been able to access the @Nasa live feed since😳 NO Satellite access tonight either 👁️Look!👇#Fix It! #Jesus!😭#NASA🛰️
Space stories are a useful break from AI fatigue because the stakes are physical. Rockets, satellites, planets, astronomy, and the cost of getting anything off Earth still matter. Get the full breakdown. #Space #TechNews
NASA Futurist Monty K Reed demonstrating the use of the EEG cap in BCI (Brain Computer Interface) in the laboratory to control the LIFESUIT Powered Robotic Suit aka Exoskeleton that helps paralyzed people walk again Followed by a demonstration of Mind Reading #NASAFuturist #NASA
