Tag Archives: National Aeronautics and Space Administration

NASA Educator Resource Centers


With NASA in the news so much lately(1, 2, 3, 4), it seems a good reminder that the organization has nearly 70 Educator Resource Centers across the country.  These are fantastic resources to tap for information relevant to a wide … Continue reading

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Barriers to Innovation and Inclusion


I am a bit of a space freak (several people will read this and say “A bit???”), so this touches on two of my interests. NASA’s Inclusion and Innovations Council recently had a all-day report period on barriers to inclusion … Continue reading

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Google’s Moon Shot


Google’s Moon Shot is the title of an article in the current New Yorker magazine.  The title refers to a quote that likens the Google Book Project to Nasa’s Project Apollo. Quite a bit of interest in this article, including … Continue reading

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An example of where Open Source could have helped…


NASA recently made 1100 Apollo-era documents, including Mission Reports (I have read several, and they are truly fascinating to those interested in manned spaceflight), Evaluation Reports, Scientific Studies, and Interviews, available on a DVD-ROM, calling it the Lunar e-Library. Fantastic! … Continue reading

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Yes, Mars is bigger than the Moon, but…


…it didn’t, and won’t, appear so from the Earth (unless something goes very, very wrong)! Nasa ; UniverseToday ; Bad Astronomy

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