William Harwood gives an update on the efforts to deal with the recent computer snafu on the Curiosity rover: Mars Science Lab | More Curiosity computer troubleshooting on tap – Spaceflight Now/CBS News.
Monthly Archives: March 2013
Chris Hadfield’s advice translated into inspirational cartoons
Many people are being inspired by Canadian astronaut Chris Hadfield who is creating great music and amazing photographs during his stay on the International Space Station and tweeting about his activities to the public. Australian artist Gaving Aung Than of the Zen Pencils site took some of Hadfield’s remarks given during a recent Reddit Ask Me Anything session and turned them into motivational cartoons:
Carnival of Space # 291 – NextBigFuture.com
NextBigFuture hosts the latest Carnival of Space.
House hearing on “Threats from Space”
There will be a hearing tomorrow (Mar 6, 2013 2:00pm) in the US House of Representatives on the threat from asteroid impacts:
- House Science Committee to hear about “threats from space” « Space Politics
- Full Committee Hearing – Threats from Space: A Review of U.S. Government Efforts to Track and Mitigate Asteroids and Meteors, Part 1 | Committee on Science – U.S. House of Representatives – includes webcast
Copenhagen Suborbitals: It is for real + Space nation Denmark video
After several years of building and flying things at Copenhagen Suborbitals, Kristian von Bengtson addresses the question of why some people still accuse the project of being a hoax: Copenhagen Suborbitals – How Do You Know this is Not a Hoax? – Wired Science/Wired.com.
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In this video von Bengtson and Peter Madsen talk about the CS project: Space nation Denmark – Videos about Denmark/The official website of Denmark –
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