Check out the Future Space 2013 event that will be held at the Dirksen Senate Office Building, Washington, District of Columbia:
On July 17 the Future Space Leaders Foundation is hosting its second annual one-day event on Capitol Hill covering cross-cutting issues in space. Future Space 2013 will raise scholarship funds to support educational programs and networking opportunities for graduate students and young professionals.
I have been drawing as a hobby since I was a graduate student long, long ago. I finally submitted some of my artwork to a show in Washington D.C. at the urging of a friend. Luckily they accepted two of my color pencil still life works. The opening is on June 25th. See the invite below.
The show prompted me to create a website to display more of my work. In addition to my still lifes, I have posted a gallery of my NewSpace inspired pieces like this one:
Hope you enjoy my space art show as well as my other works.
Check out astrophysicist Rick Boozer‘s new book, The Plundering of NASA: an Exposé
At last, here is a book peering behind the veil of Congressional politics which force NASA to do the bidding of regional interests that cripple the nation’s capabilities in both exploring outer space and exploiting its enormous economic potential. Presenting the opinions of astronauts, prominent “rocket scientists” and space policy analysts while also revealing unpublicized studies conducted by NASA, industry and universities, The Plundering of NASA: An Exposé combines into one book many of the facts the major media have either ignored or not discovered. It relates how honest misconceptions, greed, and an outdated faction within NASA itself cause our nation to get less for its space agency tax dollars than it could and should.
Currently it is available as a Amazon ebook
Rick will be on the SpaceVidCast program on July 6 to discuss the book.
Strap on your stereo glasses and watch the European ATV cargo module “Albert Einstein”, which was launched on June 6th, as it separates from the upper stage booster:
The Planetary Resources fund-raising for the ARKYD public access space telescope has reached 10,350 Backers and $916,582 pledged towards the $1,000,000 goal with 12 days to go. That’s a tremendous accomplishment for a space Kickstarter campaign but it actually seems a bit disappointing considering how fast the pledges were coming in during the first couple weeks. It looks like they will have to work hard just to make sure they reach the $1.0M goal, much less meet their $2M stretch goal to fund exoplanet searches.
Kickstarter campaigns often have a surge in the final few days as efforts intensify to meet the deadline. So it’s still likely they will beat the $1M goal and it will be interesting to see how far past it they get.
Follow their money raising rate at ARKYD: A Space Telescope for Everyone by Planetary Resources :: Kicktraq.
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