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The FIRST Team

January 20th, 2009   By Matt   Filed Under Student Space  

I love to see things like this.  The endeavours of science and technology professionals are often not recognized until either somthing goes wrong or until they create some kind of major economic impact.  Let’s face it, many of the most interesting technologies are designed to be transparent to the end user.  However, with the emergence of niche media via the internet, we now have the joy of geeky content such as The Guild and Ask a Ninja that is more relevant to youth culture.

There is now a place where the stories of the younger segment of the science and technology future workforce is being told in the form of a web comic about a team competing in FIRST Robotics.  This is a great way to demistify some of the notions about robotics clubs, and to show off how cool it really is.  I have long thought it time to put STEM careers back in the spotlight, and this web comic is doing just that.

Rationale and Goals of the U.S. Civil Space Program

January 12th, 2009   By _randall   Filed Under Babble Space, Big Idea Space, Industry Space, Political Space, Student Space  

The Presidents of the National Academy of Science and the
<http://www.nationalacademies.org/>  National Academy of Engineering have
commissioned a study
<http://www7.nationalacademies.org/ssb/rationale_goals_civil_space.html>  on
the Rationale and Goals of the U.S. Civil Space Program.

In short, the Academies are asking why the nation has a civil space program
(including human, robotic, commercial, and personal spaceflight). 

The study is intended to provide a strategic framework for the nation's
activities in space that can provide consistent guidance in an increasingly
interconnected world. The members of the study committee are interested in
the views (positive or negative) of the general public, particularly those
people with a scientific and/or technological interest.

Please provide input by January 30, 2009!

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