politics

If you are voting in the democratic primary Tuesday and aren't sure whom to vote for try this selector. Jamel has the information on the opinions of the candidates on the space program.  ¶ 9:16 AM

 

humorous songwriter

Tom Lehrer lyrics. The Werner von Braun song is here.  ¶ 9:19 AM

 

no mention

I did a quick search in the text of the State of the Union address and it doesn't look like space plans are mentioned.  ¶ 10:39 AM

 

internship

Anyone interested in applying for a paid internship in space policy in Washington DC for this summer? The deadline Is Feb. 16.  ¶ 12:22 PM

 

some humor that came in by email

The first picture from the Mars rover:
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Etzioni

Sociologist Amitai Etzioni, who used to be a major comentator questioning the space program, has a blog. He hasn't yet commented on Bush's Mars announcement. For more on Bush's announcement see Space Daily, CNN, and an MSNBC interview with John Glenn. An earlier CNN article talks about how much of what was done in the 1960s is no longer available to build on.  ¶ 6:57 AM

 

robots

Since I offered extra credit for the play about robots, here is an article about using robots rather than humans for space exploration.  ¶ 1:23 PM

 

I'm back

Pictures of my trip are here.

Don't forget to read Burrows chapters 1 and 2 before Monday's class.
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