The Last Resort
What will Earthlings do when we are down to our last vacation resort? What will we resort to? What will be our last resort to saving our last resort? [Reference Notes]
Everything
Sooner or later… everything passes through the Membrane.
Space- NASA Glenn To Host Tweetup Celebrating 50th Anniversary Of First American To Orbit EarthNASA's Glenn Research Center (GRC) in Cleveland will host a special event on March 2 to celebrate the 50th anniversary of John Glenn's first orbital flight by an American. […]
- NASA Receives Second Highest Number Of Astronaut ApplicationsMore than 6,300 individuals applied to become a NASA astronaut between Nov. 15, 2011 and Jan. 27, the second highest number of applications ever received by the agency. […]
- NASA to Host Media Telecon on Space Station StatusNASA will host a media telecon at 2 p.m. CST today to discuss the status of the International Space Station and the progress toward an updated launch schedule, including international partner and commercial space vehicles. […]
- NASA Glenn To Host Tweetup Celebrating 50th Anniversary Of First American To Orbit Earth
- NASA Image of the Day
- Panorama of the East CoastThis Jan. 29 panorama of much of the East Coast, photographed by one of the Expedition 30 crew members aboard the International Space Station, provides a look generally northeastward: Philadelphia-New York City-Boston corridor (bottom-center); western Lake Ontario shoreline with Toronto (left edge); Montreal (near center). An optical illusion in the photo ma […]
- Panorama of the East Coast
- FIRST Robotics
- 2012 Travel DiscountsWe are excited to announce that the following companies will be providing FIRST and our community with discounts on car rentals and airline tickets. The below discounts can be used for all FRC Regional Events, (including district events) and the FIRST Championship in St. Louis by all members of the FIRST community. This includes staff, volunteers, teams, sp […]
- 2012 Travel Discounts
- Natural Hazards
- Dust over the Arabian PeninsulaLikely fed by the Empty Quarter, a dust storm sweeps across the Arabian Peninsula in this image from February 2, 2012. […]
- Puyehue-Cordón CaulleAs the eruption continues into its eighth month, ash has coated and damaged the forest downwind of the volcano plume. […]
- 100 Years at KilaueaJanuary 2012 marks the 100th anniversary of the Hawaiian Volcano Observatory, situated on the rim of Kilauea Caldera. […]
- Dust over the Arabian Peninsula
- Science
- Global Extinction: Gradual Doom as Bad as AbruptThe deadliest mass extinction of all took a long time to kill 90 percent of Earth's marine life--and it killed in stages--according to a newly published report.It shows that mass extinctions need not be sudden events.Thomas Algeo, a geologist at the University of Cincinnati, and 13 colleagues have produced a high-resolution look at the geology of a Per […]
- Global Extinction: Gradual Doom as Bad as Abrupt