October 2024
Simplicity is the space industry’s secret weapon
...broke, don’t fix it’ mentality that can negatively permeate the company culture. In other words, the industry becomes risk averse. A clear... So these challenges aren’t just technical; they are cultural. Every success is built upon the deep ‘scar tissue...
06 July 2015
From SETI to black crust on Churyumov-Gerasimenko: looking for alien life
...proposal to include such equipment was reportedly laughed at. Popular culture often dictates that the search for life outside our planet...Day”), and, as such, have become another pop culture punch line: Yet many scientists believe that humanity’s first...
01 February 2019
First private spacecraft gearing up for Moon landing
... national anthem, “Hatikvah”, the Israeli flag and cultural objects that have been collected over many years from... Lunar archive that contains 25 layers of scientific, cultural and historical information, including dictionaries in nearly 30 languages...
20 November 2020
The iconic Arecibo Observatory to be demolished due to safety concerns
..., a preponderance of data showed that we simply could not do this safely. And that is a line we cannot cross." The cultural and economic significance of Arecibo Observatory to Puerto Rico and the astronomers who used it cannot be understated and...
26 February 2018
Why do we go into space?
... worlds of space. How would it feel to be part of a culture with that as its driving goal?” While the Founders of 2211 believe government... the creation of new forms of government and the culture of today were easily available to thinkers and decision ...
16 March 2018
CSUN undergraduate published in Room, The Space Journal
... miles away from home was different, Perez said, but also extremely rewarding. “It’s a completely different culture so it was a bit of a culture shock,” Perez added. “California is so chill and relaxed that I always feel like I have time to take...
