More Shameless Research Plugs I go into a bit more detail on my summer research over at the SSDS blog.

Please excuse the mildly philosophical thought experiment:  Imagine a giant tree that was planted many years ago in an empty meadow.  This tree provides many things – fruit, shade, and beauty to name a few – that almost anybody you ask would agree makes it superior to the empty field.... [Read More]

In other NASA related news, the agency is at the center of yet another budgetary hearing and subsequent congressional debate.  This happens so frequently that each individual instance has begun to meld into the next in my mind.   While I agree with Joe Shoer that NASA’s lack of an... [Read More]

Saturday Space Stories! On the PR front, Space Exploration needs more celebrity endorsement like this LEGOS...in spaaaace 3D printers… in spaaaaace Indiana Jones might have to upgrade his equipment Further developments on the congress-makes-me-want-to-scream front We choose to go to the moo...no, mars...no an asteroid, no the moon again! An... [Read More]

One of the upshots of Monday’s post is that NASA has kind of poor PR. A slew of factors contribute to this problem: Half of the news published about NASA focuses on congressional squabbling over funding and constant direction changes that make it look like it’s NASA’s fault. NASA has... [Read More]