DIY Space: You Are the Asteroid Hunter

The above picture looks exciting, doesn’t it? At least it should if you are yearning to join the elite ranks of the “Asteroid Hunters.” You, too, can be an Asteroid Hunter thanks to Zooniverse. The website introduced the asteroid hunting project, called “Asteroid Zoo,” earlier this week. If the organization’s name sounds familiar, it’s because I […]

From German Tunnels to Space, Part 7–Living in America

In the last post, I posed the question about whether the US government succeeded in making moral and balanced decisions when a government program, “Operation Paperclip,” was used to shepherd NAZIs into the US. Before you answer that question, here is some more information to consider. Flexible Ethics, Questionable Judgement A very good book, “Operation […]

DIY Space: Citizens in Space

Are you a citizen scientist with a satellite payload idea? Then this might be the program for you: Citizens in Space. Citizens in Space would like you to develop an actual experiment, one in which you’ll be surprised by the outcome, no matter what the outcome is. They’d like you to keep the payload experiment within […]

DIY Space: Rebrick’s LEGO Friends in Space

Okay, so this isn’t building a “real” space craft, but it involves LEGOs and it involves the idea of space. Rebrick would like fans and owners of LEGO Friends, the very, uh, young and feminine (?), version of the LEGO franchise, to build something spacey. Then those same fans should upload pictures of their creations, to […]

From German Tunnels to Space, Part 6–The Corruption of Clippy

In beginning of part 4 of this series, I mentioned the “magical gem,” with the gem obviously representing the benefits we enjoy resulting from space technologies. The scientists and engineers of the United States have done great and historic accomplishments, including landing on the moon. The magical gem of space technology has proven very fruitful. […]