Human test subjects in NASA's Lunar/Mars research programs. Audience interactive, includes detailed Q&A, effects of weightlessness on the body, space science, NASA insider stories, and info on how to qualify for studies that pay participants.
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Working for the Harvard-Smithsonian Center for Astrophysics is such a serious and mind-engaging affair, you might think it would render you unable to find time for aimless whimsy in your life. You'd be wrong.
I found this bloke at the HSCA who...
Putting a spacesuit on is called "donning" the suit. Removing the suit is called "doffing." I don't know what it's called when you dip yourself in plaster to make body-molds that will decide all your space-suity parts, and custom seat-liners for space...
This is almost better than the Alien Abduction Prevention Helmet. Almost.
Such is the advertisement from a 1963 issue of Warren Publications' Screen Thrills Illustrated, which mostly covered "classic" (I guess today we would say "cult") films from...
I know, I know... I said I was going to "lighten up" last week, and then got all re-suctioned back into the vortex of space politics and senatorial wrangling and other signs of the coming solar flare apocalypse.
I thought to myself, I'll do a summery...
Most space program employees can name particular events or missions they saw during childhood that excited their interest for rocket science, inspired a desire to be space-travelers, or at the very least, captivated them enough to be pilots. With so...
A vibrant blog with interesting posts around space science, NASA, and related issues. Well written with informative and engaging content. A great find.
Heather presents interesting information about NASA and space in a conversational manner. Makes it easy for non-science folks like me to understand and become enthusiastic.
