Tag Archives: National Aeronautics and Space Administration

NASA Educator Resource Centers

Posted on 6 August 2009 by Rick Mason

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

Posted on 10 February 2009 by Rick Mason

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

Posted on 30 January 2007 by Rick Mason

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…

Posted on 1 October 2006 by Rick Mason

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…

Posted on 27 August 2006 by Rick Mason

…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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