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Does space really stink?

Does space really stink?Space doesn't smell at allOdors cannot travel through vacuum.What the astronauts are smelling is machinery, ozone, the outgassing of their suit material, etc.I'll go with the ISS office.What with the universe supposedly made up of so much metallic matter, some of it VERY hot, is it any...

Tags: shuttle, smell, particle, vacuum

Discussion threads 2008-10-20

Thinking -- Or Feeling -- Like A Computer

So an unknown billionaire named Jeffrey E. Epstein has spent millions trying to develop a thinking and feeling computer. But winds up in jail instead. This sounds eerily like a wish to build a HAL 9000 computer that was the central character of Arthur C. Clarke's science...

Tags: Thinking Machines, Massachusetts Institute Of Technology, Computer, Astronaut, Productivity, Robots, Emerging Technologies, Tom Steinert-Threlkeld

Blog posts 2008-07-01

Astronaut repairs shuttle's heat shield

Astronaut repairs shuttle's heat shieldWay past time to shut down the ShuttleWay too expensive, never met the promise. The Shuttle has been a huge drag on the manned space program - it needs to be terminated and replaced.Unfortunately...We're at least 10 years away from a replacement for Shuttle. Unless...

Tags: Government, Vertical industries, Shuttle, Astronaut

Discussion threads 2005-08-03

Additional Resources

FantasyLens 2.2 (Mobile)

With FantasyLens, you can turn anyone into an astronaut, the Mona Lisa, or a gigantic jumbotron ad on Times Square... all without any prior photo editing skills. To get started, browse through the photo template gallery and pick one you like. There are 30 fun templates to choose from in...

Tags: Apple iPhone, Mobile, Photograph, Widgetize, FantasyLens 2.2

Software downloads 2009-10-08

NASA's lost video of original moonwalk

A Hollywood post-production house is working to re-create images of astronaut Neil Armstrong's historic walk on the moon. Here is how Lowry Digital is approaching the project.

Tags: NASA, Video, Walk, Corporate Communications, Marketing, News, moon, moonwalk, Apollo 11, restoration

Videos 2009-07-20

Bolden confirmed as NASA chief

While the Senate Judiciary Committee grills Judge Sonia Sotomayor over her speeches if not her decisions, the full Senate confirmed President Obama's choice to head NASA, former astronaut Frank Bolden, The Register reports. In accepting, he called for a renewed commitment to "technological leadership": Today, we...

Tags: NASA, U.S. Senate, Leadership, Entrepreneurship, Professional Development, Management, Career, Richard Koman

Blog posts 2009-07-16

To the Moon: Rocketdyne, Keeper of the Flame

The historic Apollo 11 mission in July of 1969 culminated in the first manned moon landing. While many of the proud Americans who were involved in that project are no longer with us 40 years later, the technologies they built still live on, will be further refined, and will return...

Tags: Engine, Moon, Aerospace & Defense, Workforce Management, Manufacturing, Human Resources, Jason Perlow

Blog posts 2009-07-15

Amazing Collage 1.6 (Mobile)

Choose one of provided templates, such as Ballerina, Sexy Nurse, Bodybuilder, Astronaut, Wrestler, Monkey, and Sumo Wrestler and easily make a funny collage of you or your friends just in few taps.

Tags: Tap, Mobile, Template, MacPhun, Advertising & Promotion, Marketing

Software downloads 2009-05-25

Obama picks Bolden for NASA

So, it looks like manned spaceflight may yet have a future at NASA, with the selection this weekend of former astronaut Charlie Bolden to head the troubled agency. Bolden would be the agency's first black Administrator. The LA Times talked to NASA insiders, who said Bolden wouldn't...

Tags: NASA, Barack Obama, Advertising & Promotion, Recruitment & Selection, Marketing, Human Resources, Workforce Management, Richard Koman

Blog posts 2009-05-24

Astro_Mike to ground control: 'Launch was awesome'

A true landmark in Twitter PR: Astronaut Mike Massimino has delivered two tweets from space back to all of us on planet Earth. He's not floating in a tin can, though; he's getting ready to work on the Hubble Space Telescope. 18 hours...

Tags: Public Relations, Marketing, Corporate Communications, Richard Koman

Blog posts 2009-05-13

Still waiting for space-tweet

Still waiting for space-tweetTwits from spaceBig deal, a few birdbrains aren't going to get a useless and silly message "from space". I think a bunch of people need to get a life. And I include the space twit who made the promise in that arena too. Now, let's...

Tags: Web 2.0, Now Let, Still Waiting, Big Deal

Discussion threads 2009-05-12

Still waiting for space-tweet

Astronaut Mike Massamino, Astro_Mike has promised to tweet from the space mission to repair Hubble, but we haven't heard anything from him in the last 17 hours. Guess he can't get a Wi-Fi connection. Or maybe he's just busy. Last tweet: I'm going to put my...

Tags: Richard Koman, Wi-Fi Connection, Wireless LANs, Wi-Fi, Wireless And Mobility

Blog posts 2009-05-11

Alien X 1.0 (Mobile)

Begin your mission from planet Earth, Luna the moon, then swap thru all planets, including Mercury, Jupiter, Saturn, Pluto..., etc, in our galaxy and get back to the Sun. Clear all alien space invaders in those 11 progressive stages (each with 16 levels) before meeting the ultimate boss TITAN the...

Tags: Mobile, Apple iTunes, Y Lau, Digital Music, Digital Media, Personal Technology, Consumer Electronics

Software downloads 2009-03-11

Collaboration & Partnerships in Orbit

My son Alexander showed me the above fascinating four part informal HD video tour of the international space station over the weekend, and it really made me think about the similarities between the enterprise business world and this collaborative environment. The 15 nation...

Tags: Space Station, Collaboration, ISS, Oliver Marks

Blog posts 2009-02-03

FunPhotor 5.0 (Windows)

ZeallSoft FunPhotor is fun and easy to use photo blending software. Put yourself,friends and family members on $100 bills. Swap faces and bodies. Change yourself into an astronaut or a personality on a poster. Change photos for practical jokes. FunPhotor is professional fun-photo-blending maker, Combine your photos to funny or...

Tags: Microsoft Windows, Photograph, ZeallSoft FunPhotor, FunPhotor

Software downloads 2008-12-10

Space Walk 1.0 (Mobile)

The Solar System is an amazing collection of heavenly bodies and this all new iPhone/iPod Touch Application provides some great insight to it. Explore the planets of our solar system and our very own moon as well right from the comfort of your home. And yes, you can carry it...

Tags: Mobile, RAM, Solar System, Ram Nelakantan, Memory, Semiconductors, Hardware, Components

Software downloads 2008-11-20

Space Icons 2008.1 (Windows)

Design scientific, astronomy or space-oriented projects with readily available graphics. Space Icons collection contains 60 images dedicated to space technology. Astronaut, spacesuit, all planets of the solar system, sun, satellite, constellations and comets are carefully crafted in common style and gamma. These icons will revive your scientific project or Web...

Tags: Project, Aha-soft, Microsoft Windows, Web Site Development, Operating Systems, Software, Internet

Software downloads 2008-09-30

Photos: The right stuff at Space Camp

CNET News.com's Daniel Terdiman visits Space Camp in Huntsville, Ala., the original home of NASA. Space Camp offers kids the chance at up to a week's worth of astronaut training. The program puts kids ages 7 to 18 through a series of exercises aimed at giving them a sense of...

Tags: Photograph, News.com, Workforce Management, Training And Certification, Human Resources, CNET News.com

Image galleries 2008-06-17

NASA robots on Moses Lake dunes

According to the Tri-City Herald, WA, NASA engineers in space suits have tested new robotic vehicles for two weeks on the dunes of Moses Lake, WA. These robots could be used on future NASA missions on the Moon and on Mars. According to the newspaper, five robotic vehicles were tested:...

Tags: NASA, WA, Robots, Emerging Technologies, Roland Piquepaille

Blog posts 2008-06-12

See your potential future salaries

See your potential future salariesHere @ MexicoInteresting post!Here at Mexico an average employed software developer earns between 12K-23K USD.And there is a lot developers out there working in US companies.Become an astronaut ...I haven't checked the website mentioned, but the basic logic shown in the blog article is flawed. ...

Tags: Benefits, payroll solutions, Web site development, future salary, salary

Discussion threads 2008-06-11