Millions of people have sought fame and fortune in Las Vegas. To name just a few: Bugsy Seigel. The Rat Pack. Sam “Ace” Rothstein. And, of course, the Griswolds. Now, we can Bob Richards to the list. What could it be? I’m hoping that they’ve upgraded their little moon rover into a manned vehicle and that Elvis has returned from his deployment fighting in the Wensyek Nwad Wars on Rigel 4 to drive it […]
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This week in The Space Review…. Red Planet blues With Russia’s Phobos-Grunt spacecraft all but dead, Russian scientists are making plans for future missions even as the president of Russia threatens prosecution for those involved with the failure. Dwayne Day examines what Russia should, and should not, do to reinvigorate its planetary exploration program. The SLS: too expensive for exploration? The Space Launch System, NASA’s new heavy-lift vehicle, has not […]
Here are parts 1 and 2 of an interview that Robert Bigelow gave to reporters during the International Symposium for Personal and Commercial Spaceflight in Las Cruces, NM. Bigelow had just given an address to the conference in which he warned that China could claim the moon in the early 2020s and urged American leaders to renew their commitment to leadership in space. Look for the third part of the […]
This week on The Space Show with David Livingston…. 1. Monday, Nov. 28, 2011: 2-3:30 PM PST We welcome Matthew Kleiman, Atty, re his Space Review article, “Protecting Apollo artifacts on the Moon.” See www.thespacereview.com/article/161/1. 2. Tuesday, Nov. 29, 2011, , 7-8:30 PM PST: We welcome Dave Reneke from Australia to the show. David Reneke, one of Australia’s most well known and respected amateur astronomers and lecturers, has over 40 […]
Brazilian Minister of Science, Technology and Innovation Mercadante with Ukraine Prime Minister Mykola Azarov. (Credit: Office of the Ukraine Prime Minister)
McTier PR:Brazil and Ukraine have decided to deepen the strategic partnership and strengthen cooperation in the spheres of space and military science. This was discussed at the meeting of the Minister of Science, Technology and Innovation in Brazil, Mercadante, with Prime Minister of Ukraine Mykola Azarov.
Mercadante said the strategic cooperation in the space between the countries and expressed interest in signing the relevant contracts for 20-30 years with the possibility of private sector involvement.
In particular, he noted the prospects for bilateral cooperation in the Cyclone-4 project.
Russian President Dmitry Medvedev (Credit: www.kremlin.ru)
Dmitry Medvedev is in a decidedly combative mood in the run-up to Russia’s Dec. 4 parliamentary elections.
The Russian president invoked murderous Soviet dictator Josef Stalin when discussing a series of embarrassing launch failures his country has suffered over the past year. He also threatened to target Russian missiles at a planned U.S. missile defense shield in Europe if he doesn’t get his way.
Well, not a whole lot of holiday cheer emanating these days from the Russian leader, who is stepping aside to allow Prime Minister Vladimir Putin to win the presidential election in March. Putin has said he would appoint Medvedev as prime minister.
NASA Solicitation: No-Cost Intellectual Property Marketing and Brokerage Service
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Solicitation Number: NNH12PL001
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This is a RFI for information only; neither NASA nor the Government will be responsible for any cost an organization incurs in furnishing this information. NASA is requesting information from U.S. owned organizations interested in providing intellectual property (IP) management services (such as patent valuation, marketing, assessment and brokerage) to NASA under a no-cost arrangement that could allow for revenue sharing upon license execution. Services may be provided to one or more NASA Centers nationwide.
NASA CURIOSITY FACT SHEET — NASA’s Mars Science Laboratory mission is preparing to set down a large, mobile laboratory — the rover Curiosity — using precision landing technology that makes many of Mars’ most intriguing regions viable destinations for the first time. During the 23 months after landing, Curiosity will analyze dozens of samples drilled from rocks or scooped from the ground as it explores with greater range than any previous Mars rover.
Curiosity will carry the most advanced payload of scientific gear ever used on Mars’ surface, a payload more than 10 times as massive as those of earlier Mars rovers. Its assignment: Investigate whether conditions have been favorable for microbial life and for preserving clues in the rocks about possible past life.
An Atlas V roared off the pad at Cape Canaveral this morning with NASA’s $2.5 million Mars Science Lab aboard. The spacecraft, which includes a car-sized rover named Curiosity, has separated from the Centaur upper stage and is now in interplanetary space on its way to the Red Planet. Congratulations to everyone at NASA and United Launch Alliance on this successful start to the mission. Best of look going forward. […]
While leaving it largely to the Europeans to update the world on the Phobos-Grunt rescue efforts, Roscosmos public affairs officials have been able to focus on many other topics, including upcoming launches, spacecraft testing and ISS operations. The space agency’s own Phobos-Grunt updates have been — like the spacecraft’s communications sessions — rare, brief and largely uninformative.
On Friday, Roscosmos published a lengthy account of a Thursday meeting of the space agency’s Board of Personnel chaired by agency Head Vladimir Popovkin. The gathering included a who’s who of the Russian federal government and space industry, including the ministers of science and education, the heads of major corporations, and rectors of the nation’s largest universities.
The topic: how to address the acute problem of attracting highly-trained replacement workers to take low-paying jobs in a badly decayed Russian space industry.