HOW we look at the world is changing – what’s in store for our space future…
At the annual American Institute of Aeronautics and Aerospace (AIAA) SPACE 2015 Conference last week in Pasadena, CA, where down the street reside Caltech and NASA’s Jet Propulsion Lab, I learned that the future has arrived. I strapped in, realizing that it’s happening faster than previously thought. We are redefining our boundaries each week, and […]
What We Each Take into Space When We Go
The Annual Novato, CA, Space Festival on August 1, was spectacular: several Apollo astronauts and Star Wars troopers greeted about 4000 guests who came to see what’s happening in the world of space. Experts from many fields, with telescopes to view the sun to samples of what’s been manufactured in space, were there to explain […]
More on Space Games
My paper went in today–now it will be reviewed for acceptance. It’s on the Space Games competition to make one of the first objects on the 0G 3D printer aboard the International Space Station–a unique learning experience for STEM students. Did you know that the US is in a critical shortage of STEM graduates? (Science, […]
Space Games
Space Games: concept to send designs by top robotics students and made aboard OG 3D printer created by Made In Space will expand its presence at the AIAA Space Forum in Pasadena in August 2015. Inspiring younger generations to set their sights on spaceflight, the winning idea–to design and manufacture a game for space, in […]
LIFE @ TED
Attending a TED event is one of the best ways to inspire your dreams. Attend one. Or at least watch one TED presentation per day. In Monterey, California, May 24-26, I had the privilege to go to my first, and will make it to another. They’re that helpful to meeting others with the same dreams, […]
Put a Pebble in your Pocket
Your pebble is your dream. And your dream is the center of the universe. Really. Now you and your dream are at the center of all we know. Why is this? Because astronomers have found that the universe is expanding in all directions. From wherever you stand. You are at the center. You are the […]
Decision Waypoints, Is the Wing Attached?
Photos Courtesy of MJ Master Editor: Deborah Begley Pilots often run in families, as do some other professions, like dentists and mortuary directors. Many pilots have family aviators who flew in the military, or were captains for big commercial carriers, or owned a small aircraft that was handed down so that the next generation could […]
Mars: Our next great journey
What will we pack to go to Mars, and back? What do you take when you leave home for a 2-3 year trip? Preparing for such an epoch journey has begun. Every rover and orbiter that scouts its surface, every day we spend on the International Space Station, every time we reach to touch the […]
50-Word Stories: Overview Effect
She’s practiced all the maneuvers and feels ready for everything. “Tower, ready for takeoff.” “Cleared for takeoff.” “First solo.” “Roger.” The controller glances at another: “Think she’ll be next?” Wheels roll, wings rise, the sky opens, and heaven and earth release their graces. Astonished, her late mother surrounds her, smiling.