• Subjecting the Fermi Paradox to the Fermi Hypothesis and what makes a face ‘real’?

    Updated: 2010-12-31 17:45:34
    : skip to main skip to sidebar Alien Life We reside during a remarkable time , an age when humanity is about to cross a threshold . We are about to leave the nest and meet alien life . This blog is dedicated to the science of astrobiology : understanding space , the field of our search exploring the one example we have of life and its abode , our Earth reaching for the stars imagining what extraterrestrial life may be like and encouraging science education . Please join me for daily updates on the ultimate human . adventure Saturday , January 01, 2011 Subjecting the Fermi Paradox to the Fermi Hypothesis and what makes a face real’ Welcome Alien Life tracks the latest discoveries and thoughts in the various elements of the famous Drake Equation Here's today's : news g Life Studying how

  • Door 31 in the 2010 advent calendar

    Updated: 2010-12-31 16:41:05
    The Planetary Society Blog: Time to open the thirty-first (and next-to-last) door in the advent calendar. Until the New Year, I'll be opening a door onto a different landscape from somewhere in the solar system. Where in the solar system are these dark-rimmed craters? Door 31The image has a resolution of 6.3 meters per pixel and covers an area about 3.2 kilometers square. Credit: NASA / JPL / UMD This view of the pitted nucleus of comet Tempel 1 is composed of many frames ....

  • Briefs: 2010 commercial spaceflight review; KSC review; Space misfires in 2010

    Updated: 2010-12-31 16:27:06
    : Skip to main . content HS Home Space for All Space Transport News Archives About Contact NewSpace Log 10 SFF NewSpace 10 Space Access 10 2009 Review NewSpace Employment Jobs Place your job ad here Further details Bigelow Aerospace Blue Origin Masten Space Scaled Composites The Spaceship Company SpaceDev SNC SpaceX Tethers Unlimited TGV-Rockets XCOR Commercial Human Spaceflight Technical Forum Boulder , Colorado January 12-14, 2011 14th FAA Commercial Space Transportation Conference Washington DC Feb.9-10, 2011 2011 Next-Gen Suborbital Researchers Conference Orlando , Florida Feb.28-Mar 2, 2011 2nd Int . IAA Conf . on Private Human Access to Space Arcachon , France May 30-June 1, 2011 Tip Jar Regular readers can support HobbySpace with a contribution via credit : card Support HobbySpace

  • Photos: Florida Peninsula As Seen At Night From Orbit

    Updated: 2010-12-31 16:10:16
    A southerly looking night view of the upper two thirds of the Florida peninsula was recorded by one of the Expedition 26 crew members aboard the International Space Station on Dec. 28, 2010. Cape Canaveral and the Kennedy Space Center are very well lighted on the left (Atlantic Ocean) side of the peninsula. read more

  • SETI Down Under and Americans in space during 2011

    Updated: 2010-12-31 16:00:10
    : skip to main skip to sidebar Alien Life We reside during a remarkable time , an age when humanity is about to cross a threshold . We are about to leave the nest and meet alien life . This blog is dedicated to the science of astrobiology : understanding space , the field of our search exploring the one example we have of life and its abode , our Earth reaching for the stars imagining what extraterrestrial life may be like and encouraging science education . Please join me for daily updates on the ultimate human . adventure Friday , December 31, 2010 SETI Down Under and Americans in space during 2011 Welcome Alien Life tracks the latest discoveries and thoughts in the various elements of the famous Drake Equation Here's today's : news g Abodes They'll drill through four ice ages , epic

  • Door 31 in the 2010 advent calendar

    Updated: 2010-12-31 15:41:05
    Method TEDTalks Barry Schwartz : Using our practical wisdom Barry Schwartz 2010 Home add your blog Archives Search Contact RSS FEED This site is an rss xml news reader containing our favorite feeds . All articles are the copyrighted material of the blogs that wrote them . Door 31 in the 2010 advent calendar post from Planetary Society Weblog on 31 December 2010 11:41:05 AM . Planetary Society Weblog Time to open the thirty-first and next-to-last door in the advent calendar . Until the New Year , I'll be opening a door onto a different landscape from somewhere in the solar system . Where in the solar system are these dark-rimmed craters Door 31The image has a resolution of 6.3 meters per pixel and covers an area about 3.2 kilometers square . Credit : NASA JPL UMD This view of the pitted

  • Indian Air Force Seeking Bids for New Attack Helicopter

    Updated: 2010-12-31 15:28:22
    AmericaSpace: Several military aviation companies in the United States have announced their plans to vie for a contract with the Indian Government for the purchase of 22 attack helicopters, according to the India Times. American companies had withdrawn in 2009, causing the Indian Government to cancel the estimated $1.4 billion contract when the only Eurocopter remained [...]

  • Bye bye, Kodachrome, but "Kodak moments" will live on in space

    Updated: 2010-12-31 15:04:18
    The Planetary Society Blog: This week is the end for Kodachrome film. It's a casualty of the digital revolution. Kodak announced in June of 2009 that it would stop manufacturing Kodachrome film, the color film that once captured snapshots and professional color prints alike. Even if you kept some, after Friday, December 31, 2010, you won't be able to get it developed anymore, because the last photo shop that had a supply of the chemicals necessary for its development ....

  • Cheers to 2011!

    Updated: 2010-12-31 14:59:54
    Journey to the Stars: Wishing you all a Happy and Prosperous New Year! Image: The Great Orion Nebula (taken using MicroObservatory Online Telescope last August, 2010) Filed under: Astrophotography, Deep Sky Objects, MicroObservatory, Personal Tagged: 2011, astronomy new year, microobservatory online telescopes, new year greetings, orion nebula Wishing you all a Happy and Prosperous New Year! Image: The Great Orion Nebula (taken using MicroObservatory Online Telescope last August, 2010) Filed under: Astrophotography, Deep Sky Objects, MicroObservatory, Personal Tagged: 2011, astronomy new year, microobservatory online telescopes, new year greetings, orion nebula

  • Mission planned to probe Uranus

    Updated: 2010-12-31 14:54:22
    Home About us What's up tonight How to choose a telescope Front page Space news Sky tonight Stargazing Mars Moon guide Telescope tips Reviews RSS Shop Storm on Saturn visible to amateurs Mission planned to probe Uranus Posted on December 31st , 2010 British space scientists are leading plans to send a probe to explore giant ice planet Uranus . They have put forward a detailed proposal to the European Space Agency to launch a joint mission with NASA to the distant world , 1.8 billion miles from the . sun Uranus imaged by the Hubble space telescope in 1998 NASA ESA It would give scientists their first close-up views of Uranus since NASA’s Voyager 2 flew past and captured fleeting pictures 25 years . ago The 400million mission is designed to go in orbit to study the rings around Uranus and

  • TEDTalks : Barry Schwartz: Using our practical wisdom - Barry Schwartz (2010)

    Updated: 2010-12-31 14:38:14
    : Method the weird things year in review , third edition Home add your blog Archives Search Contact RSS FEED This site is an rss xml news reader containing our favorite feeds . All articles are the copyrighted material of the blogs that wrote them . TEDTalks Barry Schwartz : Using our practical wisdom Barry Schwartz 2010 post from TEDTalks video on 31 December 2010 10:38:14 AM . TEDTalks video In an intimate talk , Barry Schwartz dives into the question How do we do the right thing With help from collaborator Kenneth Sharpe , he shares stories that illustrate the difference between following the rules and truly choosing . wisely Read The Full Article : http : feedproxy.google.com r TEDTalks_video 3 8ssDSB4SSak 1043 Add to del.icio.us Digg this Post to Furl Add to reddit Add to myYahoo

  • Bye bye, Kodachrome, but "Kodak moments" will live on in space

    Updated: 2010-12-31 14:04:18
    , , Method NCBI ROFL : Shocking study finds New Years resolutions work better than procrastination Home add your blog Archives Search Contact RSS FEED This site is an rss xml news reader containing our favorite feeds . All articles are the copyrighted material of the blogs that wrote them . Bye bye , Kodachrome , but Kodak moments will live on in space post from Planetary Society Weblog on 31 December 2010 10:04:18 AM . Planetary Society Weblog This week is the end for Kodachrome film . It's a casualty of the digital revolution . Kodak announced in June of 2009 that it would stop manufacturing Kodachrome film , the color film that once captured snapshots and professional color prints alike . Even if you kept some , after Friday , December 31, 2010, you won't be able to get it developed

  • Top Post of 2010: Inspiration for the Biotechnologist

    Updated: 2010-12-31 13:00:19
    : Method Avoiding Pitfalls in Digital Prototyping Home add your blog Archives Search Contact RSS FEED This site is an rss xml news reader containing our favorite feeds . All articles are the copyrighted material of the blogs that wrote them . Top Post of 2010 : Inspiration for the Biotechnologist post from Canadian BioTechnologist2.0 on 31 December 2010 09:00:19 AM . Canadian BioTechnologist2.0 Our top post of 2010 was a feel good video for the burnt out scientist from the World Science Festival . If you are feeling burnt out or your experiments are becoming monotonous or if you are just in need some inspiration you should definitely check out this great video Scientists are inspirational . Don t you ever Read The Full Article : http : cbt20.wordpress.com 2010 12 31 top-post-of-2010 Add to

  • Machining Music to Our Ears

    Updated: 2010-12-31 12:30:00
    Method Bye bye , Kodachrome , but Kodak moments will live on in space Home add your blog Archives Search Contact RSS FEED This site is an rss xml news reader containing our favorite feeds . All articles are the copyrighted material of the blogs that wrote them . Machining Music to Our Ears post from CR4 Recent Blog Entries on 31 December 2010 08:30:00 AM . CR4 Recent Blog Entries Even if the cash box isn t ringing with the sweet sounds of success , here is proof that our tools of the trade can make sweet music . Music to our ears Video1 Video2 Created by the team at dpmmfg Thanks for the link contributed by Chris Ko Read The Full Article : http : cr4.globalspec.com blogentry 15183 Machining-Music-to-Our-Ears from_rss=1 Add to del.icio.us Digg this Post to Furl Add to reddit Add to myYahoo

  • Forgive Cheating Students?

    Updated: 2010-12-31 11:00:00
    Method Machining Music to Our Ears Home add your blog Archives Search Contact RSS FEED This site is an rss xml news reader containing our favorite feeds . All articles are the copyrighted material of the blogs that wrote them . Forgive Cheating Students post from CR4 Recent Blog Entries on 31 December 2010 07:00:00 AM . CR4 Recent Blog Entries The principal at West Potomac High School in Fairfax County VA 8212 considered to be one of the most progressive schools in the U.S.A . 8212 recently instructed teachers to allow cheating students to retake the tests instead of giving them a zero score . His idea is to separate the disciplinary Read The Full Article : http : cr4.globalspec.com blogentry 15235 Forgive-Cheating-Students from_rss=1 Add to del.icio.us Digg this Post to Furl Add to reddit

  • NASA finds more cracks on Discovery fuel tank

    Updated: 2010-12-31 04:16:57
    Method Friday Whatsit for December 31, 2010 Home add your blog Archives Search Contact RSS FEED This site is an rss xml news reader containing our favorite feeds . All articles are the copyrighted material of the blogs that wrote them . NASA finds more cracks on Discovery fuel tank post from Space Tourism , Space Transport and Space Exploration News on 31 December 2010 12:16:57 AM . Space Tourism , Space Transport and Space Exploration News Washington AFP Dec 30, 2010 NASA said Thursday it has found four more small cracks on the metal supports of the shuttle Discovery's external fuel tank , as the shuttle and external tank undergo further X-ray testing before its final space mission next year . Repairs would be made to the cracks in a similar fashion to the cracks discovered after the

  • Field trips for the long weekend

    Updated: 2010-12-30 17:55:58
    We'll be taking Friday off to ring out the old and ring in the new, but here are some destinations on the Web worth exploring during the long New Year's weekend:

  • News: The Year in Pictures: 2010

    Updated: 2010-12-30 08:00:00
    The Year in Pictures: 2010 (from Planetary News)

  • NASA Seeks Space Technology Graduate Fellowship Applicants

    Updated: 2010-12-30 06:58:24
    NASA is seeking applications from graduate students for the agency's new Space Technology Research Fellowships. Applications are being accepted from accredited U.S. universities on behalf of graduate students.

  • NASA Space Technology Research Fellowships - Fall 2011 Fellowship Start

    Updated: 2010-12-30 06:58:21
    NASA Space Technology Research Fellowships - Fall 2011 Fellowship Start

  • See a Martian crater in 3-D

    Updated: 2010-12-27 18:11:16
    Get out those 3-D glasses — the ones with red and blue lenses stuffed into the junk drawer — and check out this view of a Martian crater made by NASA's Opportunity rover.

  • Astronauts in Space to have Live Phone Call with Students at Great Lakes Science Center, Home of NASA Glenn Visitor Center

    Updated: 2010-12-24 12:32:13
    Astronauts in Space to have Live Phone Call with Students at Great Lakes Science Center, Home of NASA Glenn Visitor Center

  • A Christmas present from Galaxy Zoo

    Updated: 2010-12-22 22:54:54
    A Christmas present from Galaxy Zoo

  • NASA Selects United Negro College Fund To Help Build Science Careers

    Updated: 2010-12-22 05:41:27
    NASA Selects United Negro College Fund To Help Build Science Careers

  • Vietnam's amazing cavern

    Updated: 2010-12-21 17:06:05
    Site Navigation Blog Create content Topics Using Earth , Transforming Earth Once and Future Earth Vaccines The Human Spark Archive Features Object of the Month Scientist on the Spot Changing Seasons Browse Images Browse Tags Links Community Latest comments Contribute Buzz points Mentors Scientists Teachers Community Guidelines Member Gallery Exhibit Buzz kiosks About Where is Science Buzz Awards Credits Copyright Information Contact Us Privacy Help Be part of the buzz . Login Register Research findings Vietnam's amazing cavern by mdr on Dec . 21st , 2010 Check out these absolutely amazing photographs of the Hang Son Doong mountain river cave” discovered last year in remote central Vietnam . Sections of the cave could hold an entire city block of 40-story buildings The full story can be

  • Mars rovers (current and upcoming) and orbiters achieve milestones

    Updated: 2010-12-21 16:51:03
    Site Navigation Blog Create content Topics Using Earth , Transforming Earth Once and Future Earth Vaccines The Human Spark Archive Features Object of the Month Scientist on the Spot Changing Seasons Browse Images Browse Tags Links Community Latest comments Contribute Buzz points Mentors Scientists Teachers Community Guidelines Member Gallery Exhibit Buzz kiosks About Where is Science Buzz Awards Credits Copyright Information Contact Us Privacy Help Be part of the buzz . Login Register Mars rovers current and upcoming and orbiters achieve milestones by Joe on Dec . 21st , 2010 in Earth and Space Science 0 comments Add a new comment Spirit Courtesy xkcd The current Mars rovers are , not surprisingly , still on Mars The surprising bit is that one , Opportunity is still operating , nearly

  • Last lunar eclipse of the year

    Updated: 2010-12-20 02:50:52
    Site Navigation Blog Create content Topics Using Earth , Transforming Earth Once and Future Earth Vaccines The Human Spark Archive Features Object of the Month Scientist on the Spot Changing Seasons Browse Images Browse Tags Links Community Latest comments Contribute Buzz points Mentors Scientists Teachers Community Guidelines Member Gallery Exhibit Buzz kiosks About Where is Science Buzz Awards Credits Copyright Information Contact Us Privacy Help Be part of the buzz . Login Register Science links Last lunar eclipse of the year by mdr on Dec . 19th , 2010 Lunar eclipse Courtesy Mark Ryan The Moon is set to be eclipsed by the Earth early , early Tuesday morning on December 21, 2010. It will be the last lunar eclipse for the year , and one I probably won't see . But if you're a night owl or

  • Lunar Eclipse, the Moon’s Interior, and the Holy GRAIL

    Updated: 2010-12-15 21:47:36
    In addition to the awesome views they offer, lunar eclipses have always provided scientific clues about the moon's shape, location and even surface composition.

  • Proposals Accepted for the NASA Earth and Space Science Fellowship Program – Deadline Feb 1, 2011

    Updated: 2010-12-14 17:41:31
    This call for graduate fellowship proposals, entitled NASA Earth and Space Science Fellowship Program – 2011-2010 Academic Year, solicits applications from accredited U.S. universities on behalf of individuals pursuing master’s or doctoral (Ph.D.) degrees in Earth and space sciences, or related disciplines. The purpose of NESSF is to ensure continued training of a highly qualified [...]

  • Geography Trivia From Space Contest

    Updated: 2010-12-14 00:19:05
    NASA astronaut Scott Kelly is currently living aboard the International Space Station. During his six-month stay in space, Kelly will have the opportunity to see and photograph various locations on Earth. In fact, part of his job is to capture a kaleidoscope of geographic spots used for scientific analysis of our planet. Using these pictures, [...]

  • 2011 NASA High Altitude Student Platform Opportunity – Application Deadline Dec 17, 2010

    Updated: 2010-12-14 00:17:44
    NASA is accepting applications from students at U.S. colleges and universities who want to send experiments to the edge of space on a high-flying scientific balloon. The annual NASA project provides near space access for 12 undergraduate and graduate student experiments to be carried by a NASA high-altitude research balloon. The flights typically last 15 [...]

  • Press Release: Bill Nye Congratulates SpaceX

    Updated: 2010-12-08 08:00:00
    On the Planetary Society web site: Bill Nye Congratulates SpaceX

  • Unchained Goddess: Frank Capra Knew

    Updated: 2010-12-07 00:06:07
    Global warming is not new.

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