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Monday’s CSExtra features several reports on the winding down of NASA’s shuttle program from a Houston perspective as well as a calendar of space policy events on tap in the week ahead. Astronomers turn to sound waves in a bid to understand dark energy.
1. From National Public Radio: NPR joins the crew of the last scheduled shuttle mission, Endeavour’s late February 2011 mission, in the shuttle training simulator at NASA’s Johnson Space Center.
http://www.npr.org/templates/story/story.php?storyId=128738134
A. From the Galveston Daily News: One aerospace worker’s transition from Kuwait to NASA in Houston then off to Corpus Christi, Texas as shuttle program layoffs unfold. The Texas Workforce Committee establishes working groups for those who need help with resumes and a job search many are not looking forward to. http://galvestondailynews.com/story/164998.
B. From Florida Today: Sales of shuttle memorabilia on the rise, as the program nears retirement.
http://www.floridatoday.com/article/20100725/BUSINESS/7250315/1006/NEWS01/Shuttle+shutdown+could+launch+sales+of+collectibles
2. From Spacepolicyonline.com: A calendar of space policy events this week. They may include full House consideration of a NASA Authorization bill.
http://www.spacepolicyonline.com/pages/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=1042:events-of-interest-week-of-july-26-30-2010&catid=67:news&Itemid=27
3. From the Coalition for Space Exploration: The European Space Agency readies an atomic clock for the International Space Station. Studies will test Einstein’s theories, offer improvements in global navigation system. http://www.exploredeepspace.com/blog/a-moment-in-time-space-station-to-fly-atomic-clock
4. From Space.com: The Meteoritical Society meets in New York City this week. Topics include the age of the solar system, and how planets become habitable.
http://www.exploredeepspace.com/scienceastronomy/meteoritical-society-meeting-new-york-100724.html
5. From Discovery.com: The universe is expanding at an accelerating rate. Dark energy is to blame. Physicists, astronomers look to studies of distant sound waves as a new technique for gaining a deeper understanding.
http://news.discovery.com/space/the-search-for-dark-energy-has-a-new-weapon.html
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