by Pamela | Mar 10, 2008 | Astronomy, People, Politics
The last time I reported on Michael Griffin I was at AAS and he was addressing us (the astronomy community) on the future of astronomy missions (space missions focusing on stuff outside of our solar system). Today he will address the planetary science community (and a...
by Pamela | Feb 24, 2008 | Astronomy, Meetups, Observing, People, Personal
Want to get involved in taking data? Visiting with researchers? Getting others looking up? Here are some ways: The GLOBE at Night: Starting Monday February 25, the GLOBE at Night program is asking everyone in the world (which would include you) to go out, look...
by Pamela | Jan 28, 2008 | Astronomy, People
STS 51L. credit: NASA Sometime this weekend I looked up at my calendar and realized, I didn’t hear the Space Shuttle Challenger mentioned at all this weekend. Twenty-Two years ago today, during middle school lunch block on the East coast, the Space Shuttle...
by Pamela | Oct 30, 2007 | Astronomy, People, Space Craft
The last time man walked on the moon I wasn’t alive. Hopefully I won’t be able to say that for too much longer. Several different nations are gearing up to make manned assaults on the surface of the Moon. Before the people, there is a wave of explorer...
by Pamela | May 30, 2007 | People
There is an excellant collection of photos from the conference (including one of yours truly) over at the 808scenezine.com that were taken by Katie Whitman. I’m still running around a bit madly, but I’ll be adding pictures to things. For now, get your...
by Pamela | Apr 11, 2007 | People
She turned 100 on March 12 and passed away after a breif illness on April 9. She was sharp and witty and active all the way to the end. Many people have written about her, but I think her personal words describe her the best: “I do it because I like it. …...