The Planetary Society announced yesterday that they had gotten a $4.2M from an unnamed donor: The Planetary Society Announces Its Largest Single Donor Gift – The Planetary Society.
And today they are announcing a hiring drive:
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The Planetary Society is growing! We’re looking for stellar (get it?) candidates to head our marketing, public relations, and fund-raising efforts. We want passionate people who get things done. Go to http://planetary.org/careers to learn more.
Copenhagen Suborbitals has a revamped website. The group aims to launch their biggest rocket yet, the HEAT-2X this summer:
CS co-founder and co-leader Kristian von Bengtson recently split from the organization in a dispute with the other founder Peter Madsen. Von Bengtson has indicated that he will start a new group to develop his ideas for spaceflight but haven’t seen a website for it yet.
A skin-tight body suit developed by a group at King’s College London led by Dr David Green will be tested on the International Space Station to see if it counter-acts some of the detrimental effects of weightlessness :
EAC’s crew medical support office is working with King’s College London and the MIT to test prototypes, and ESA astronaut Andreas Mogensen will be the first to wear the suit in space during a mission in early 2015, where he will evaluate it from a functional perspective. If successful UK astronaut Tim Peake could potentially wear the skinsuit on his mission to the International Space Station later in 2015.
The skinsuit could also be used on Earth to counteract the effects of ageing on bone density and muscle mass.
Carvil added: ‘The space environment provides ideal conditions for studying ageing because of the acceleration of muscle and bone wastage in space. At King’s we’re conducting further tests to examine the practicality of wearing the skinsuit both in space and here on Earth as well as investigating further terrestrial applications.’
A discussion panel webcast on Tuesday night: Humanity’s Path To Mars: Presented by Yuri’s Night – Google+
Join us for Yuri’s Night’s 2nd “Hangin’ with Yuri” Google+ Hangout! The focus: Humanity’s Path to Mars. We will highlight recent missions, Mars analogue research, and discuss the future of humans to Mars. Rock the Planet(s)!
March 18th
LIVE at 9pm ET
Guest Panelists:
Chris Carberry, Explore Mars
Robert Zubrin, Mars Society
Kim Binsted, HI-SEAS
Soyeon Yi, Korea’s First Astronaut
Other guests to be announced soon!
Moderators:
Ryan Kobrick, Yuri’s Night
Rick Hanton, Yuri’s Night
Video from NASA, ESA, & HI-SEAS
Music purchased from Audio Jungle
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Today’s selection of space policy/politics related links:
Webcasts:
Update: NASA planetary science funding discussion: LPSC 2014 on Livestream