by G.L. Breedon | Oct 4, 2011 | News, Science, Space
The 12th annual World Space Week begins today (Oct. 4-10). Commemorating the launch of Sputnik on this day in 1957, (54 years ago for the math challenged like me), World Space Week was declared by the United Nations in 1999. It is the largest event in the world, 2,259...
by G.L. Breedon | Aug 23, 2011 | Science, Space
DARPA is hosting the 100 Year Starship Symposium in Orlando from Sept. 30th – Oct. 2nd. It looks to be a fascinating three days of lectures and panels. The agenda covers a wide range of topics, including propulsion systems, starship designs, biological/crew...
by G.L. Breedon | Aug 19, 2011 | Science, Space
There is a good article in today’s New York Times announcing a new program by DARPA to invest in research for human interstellar travel. Talk about forward thinking investment. The awarding of that grant, on Nov. 11 — 11/11/11 — is planned as the culmination of...
by G.L. Breedon | Aug 15, 2011 | Science, Science Fiction, Space
I missed this earlier in the summer. The Kennedy Space Center is having a Summer of Sci-Fi featuring various Star Trek tie-ins and Starfleet guides, including a Vulcan. From the KSC website: Experience the maiden voyage of Sci-Fi Summer: “Where Science Fiction...
by G.L. Breedon | Aug 11, 2011 | Science, Space
Cool new photos from NASA’s Mars Exploration Rover Opportunity as it finishes a nearly three year journey across the surface of the planet to the Endeavor crater. It makes me long for the days when we talked with straight faces about sending humans to Mars....
by G.L. Breedon | Aug 5, 2011 | Books, Space
Via i09, the site Sci-Fi-O-Rama has a great post. In 1969 Time-Life Records released TO THE MOON, a six record set interviews and astronaut conversations along with an accompanying photo diary book. Sci-Fi-O-Rama has some beautiful scans from the book. I only wish...
