The latest on the NASA budget:
Some commentary from Bob Zimmerman: The budget battle at NASA – Behind The Black.
On February 15th, Canadian astronaut Chris Hadfield on the International Space Station did a live performance with The Chieftans on stage in Houston, Texas of the Van Morrison song Moondance:
Southern California space enthusiasts should check out the SpaceUp San Diego 2013, March 23-24, 11am to 5pm, McMillin Event Center at Liberty Station.
SpaceUp is a space unconference, where participants decide the topics, schedule, and structure of the event. Everyone who attends SpaceUp is encouraged to give a talk, moderate a panel, or start a discussion. Sessions are proposed and scheduled on the day they’re given, which means the usual “hallway conversations” turn into full-fledged topics.
SpaceUp San Diego 2010 was the first SpaceUp ever, and it was awesome again in 2011 and 2012. It’s coming back to San Diego in March 2013, and you won’t want to miss it.
Participation is limited so register soon.
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My favorite annual conference is coming up soon as well: Space Access ’13 Conference, April 11-13, in Phoenix Arizona.
It’s the place to be for the latest on the technology, business, and politics of Radically Cheaper Access To Space.
A call for more amateur astronomers to help find and track asteroids that could potentially threaten earth: Amateur Astronomers Can Help Planetary Defense – Space Safety Magazine.
MASKEDFRAME Pictures plans to release freely on line the film Project Kronos on April 15th. It is described as a
documentary film following a mission to achieve interstellar space travel. As the mission unfolds, the scientists find themselves questioning whether the space agency’s solution to achieving interstellar space travel is ethical at all.
Written and Directed by Hasraf ‘HaZ’ Dulull
