On the night of Oct. 15, 1997, a six-ton spacecraft was launched from Cape Canaveral Air Force Station in Florida where it began its quest to Saturn. This spacecraft, called the Cassini-Huygens, or Cassini, was a collaboration between NASA, the European Space Agency (ESA) and the Italian Space Agency (ASI), to send the probe to…
Nearly 45 years ago, in 1972, man stepped upon the lunar surface during the Apollo 17 mission. In the decades since, the space industry and NASA have chosen to focus on low Earth orbiting projects, such as the International Space Station. While these programs provided humans with vital information about operating in space, manned deep…
On April 22, people across the world celebrated Earth Day. Originating in 1970, this national holiday provides focus on the environment and sustainability. Over 20 million Americans gathered in massive coast to coast rallies to demonstrate their support against the deterioration of the environment. Environmentalists have been fighting against oil spills, polluting factories, power plants,…
Reusing, reducing and recycling: effective actions or solely common good beliefs? In too many cases of environmental degradation, good intentions are morphed into excuses for the rapidly increasing clutter, carbon and catastrophe that plagues our growing world. In the very economic “Theory of Good Intentions,” Dr. Paul Niehaus, an economics professor at the University of…
On Wednesday, Feb. 22, as- tronomers from NASA discov- ered a nearby solar system with seven Earth-sized planets, with three orbiting around their par- ent star at similar proportions like Earth and the Sun. The star named TRAPPIST-1 is located about 40 light years away, but with modern rocket technology, it would estimate about 11,250…