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The Cultural argument of going to the Moon: Religion, Colonialism, and One World
Following the small group break-out session, they brought us all together (with coffee… They are doing an great job feeding and liquefying us) so each group could go over their group’s discussion. One of the themes that keeps coming up over and over is the...
LPSC: A discussion of why? (Moon…)
I'm currently sitting in a group session with grad students, two other professors, and high school teachers discussing how we can sell manned missions to the moon. As educators (formal and informal) we need to consider: who are our audiences, and what are our...
LPSC: Returning to the Moon: Reasons (Part 1)
This morning I’m attending an educators workshop at the Lunar and Planetary Institute on “Returning to the Moon.” At 8:45am on a Sunday I find my self in a room packed with formal educators, EPO professionals (that’s my category today), and...
Check out a A Space Geek’s Pilgrimage
My student Scott is off to see the Space Shuttle Launch (I'm so jealous). He is blogging about it over on Astronomy Cast Live. Please go check out what he has to say and leave him some comments. STS-123 - A Space Geek’s Pilgrimage: Part I STS-123 - A Space...
Getting to LPSC
Part of the reason I’m able to attend the LPSC meeting in Houston is its convenient location in time. Its mid-March date span landed exactly on my Spring Break. For some reason, however, this knowledge hadn’t triggered a flag in my brain to warn me that it...
10 days of Space Science!
This is going to be another crazy wonderful week on Astronomy Cast Live. Just like we covered the American Astronomical Society meeting last January, this week we will be covering BOTH the launch of STS-123 and the Lunar and Planetary Science Conference in Houston,...
In Search of Organization
Everyday, life seems to get a snert more complicated. As IYA gets closer and Astronomy Cast grows, the number of projects I’m involved in is increasing and the projects are increasing in complexity. For the past year one of my colleagues has been trying to sell...
Buck Rogers in the 1980’s
So, if you hadn't guessed, I spend a truly unhealthy amount of time online. I work online. I chat with friends online. I play games online. I watch video online. I even met my husband online. When my husband's Media Center failed to record anything I wanted to watch,...
Spoofing 3am Commercial
This is from PhD Comics. Normally I wouldn't throw the whole thing in my blog, but . . . If you don't already subscribe, hit up their RSS Feed over here.
ISS until 2016. Science never?
This newspaper article really says all that needs to be said (hat tip to Chuck Pullen). I didn't know until I read this that ISS was only funded through 2016. It's insane how much money we're spending for something that still fails to meet its international...