Theme

Funny...(?)More NASA mentions on the Colbert Report tonight.
Always up in the air whether this is good or bad... :-)

Fear
http://www.mpdailyfix.com/2006/11/fear_strikes_us_out.html
This also applies to us in the government space business, and probably a lot of other things, but interesting to think about.

Floating bed

Article
Actual website

Familiar Martian Crater Names

New names have been approved and announced for some Martian craters.
Among the special ones you may recognize:

Soffen - For Dr. Gerry Soffen, founder of the NASA Academy program
Ada - After the Oklahoma (USA) town

Looking through the list, one was also specifically named for Freedom, OK. Is there a reason, or did someone just want to call it "Freedom" and found out we had a conveniently named town? Anyone know?

The rest of the new ones.

The full listings for craters.

Gazetteer of Planetary Nomenclature (AKA "Lists of Named Space Stuff")

Space Fashion... kinda

Anyway, space themes are in, so says Harper's Bazaar.

The shoot was done at the US Space and Rocket Center (AKA Space Camp)in Huntsville.

Plus they mention Virgin Galactic. Go Team Space-is-Hott!



More pics at the Fashion Addict Diary flickr page.

SGAC on Facebook and MySpace

It occurred to me while talking to Kevin last night (and after some searches to confirm it) that Space Generation Advisory Council did not have a Facebook OR MySpace group. We're trying to get youth involved, and we don't hit up the two biggest young people websites around to get info out there? That's not good. He's the official guy, but he's busy, so I made the groups. Please join and spread the word!

Facebook

MySpace

And the ACTUAL Space Generation site: http://www.spacegeneration.org/

If you don't know, Space Generation is, "...a non-governmental organisation which brings the views from its members to and works with the United Nations, space agencies and other organisations. Members are students and young space professionals." Basically, they say it's a "global volunteer base, working on projects that are related to space." To get involved, simply join the mailing list on the main page. On the list, there's tons of info on space goings-on from around the world, as well as opportunities to get involved in awesome projects.