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National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA) is the agency of the United States government that is responsible for the nation's civilian space program and for aeronautics and aerospace research.
 
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Headline Tag: Music Rating: Amazing Hits: 865 Comments: 2 NASA Astronaut Chris Hadfield Sings David Bowie's Space Oddity in Space NASA Astronaut Chris Hadfield Sings David Bowie's Space Oddity in Space A revised version of David Bowie's Space Oddity, recorded by Commander Chris Hadfield on board the International Space Station. User: runarounddead May 12, 2013 4:04 PM
Unmoderated Tag: News Rating: No Votes Hits: 10 Comments: 0 NASA: Spacewalk Planned to Fix Station Leak NASA: Spacewalk Planned to Fix Station Leak Two astronauts will make a hastily planned spacewalk Saturday to try to fix an ammonia leak in the power system of the International Space Station. (May 10) May 10, 2013 8:01 PM
Unmoderated Tag: Science Rating: Amazing Hits: 43 Comments: 0 Time: Time, Google and NASA: Timelapse of the Earth over the Last 30 Years Time: Time, Google and NASA: Timelapse of the Earth over the Last 30 Years The story behind the Google and NASA partnership that reveals How Earth is radically changing over the decades.. From Time Magazine. May 9, 2013 8:27 PM
Headline Tag: Barack Obama Rating: Good Hits: 2687 Comments: 0 Neil deGrasse Tyson: Sputnik Moment Neil deGrasse Tyson: Sputnik Moment In Space Chronicles, Neil deGrasse Tyson describes how the Soviet Union was a catalyst for the U.S. space program, and China might be considered a similar catalyst today (http://goo.gl/fzGtH). Transcript-- When the president, President Obama, mentioned the Sputnik moment, seeing that we are losing a competitive edge to the Chinese and others, said, "This is a new Sputnik moment" and then he gave a list of things we should do, which included like higher speed Internet and light rail. I'm thinking, no, no. Energy independence, that's not a Sputnik moment. We should have those things anyway. Sputnik moments, you reserve those for grand visions that take your mind, body and soul to places that no one had previously dreamed. Sputnik moments are occasions where you invent tomorrow. I'm not old enough to remember 1957 but there's certainly plenty of people among us who do. And when the Soviet Union launched Sputnik that was a Sputnik moment. This was our sworn enemy, the communists. And we had our own state of self-assessment that we were technologically proficient, you know, we won the war. Our manufacturing was back in place and here's this country that we were telling the whole world that we were better than they were in every way that mattered and, bam, out comes a satellite. Our response was we created NASA; first we went berserk then we created NASA a year later. We redoubled our efforts in science and technology and engineering. And that would shape the identity of the United States from the end of the 1950s through the 1970s. The Sputnicity of that moment I think comes from the fact, whether or not the public knew this, the military folks knew it, that Sputnik was a hollowed out intercontinental ballistic missile shell. They took out the warhead and put in a radio transmitter that went beep, beep. The military folks knew that if they could put a radio transmitter in a ballistic missile shell and fly it over our heads that they have the new higher ground. So in that case the Sputnik moment was a military one. And it was clear that technology and science would be what would enable nations to take the lead and the high ground. Right now we're, we in America, we're sort of slowing down, or maybe everyone else is just speeding up but the effect is we've lost our edge. We've lost our leadership position. When President Obama said, "In a Sputnik moment, in fact we will rejuvenate the space program." The space program in fact is not dead it's just kind of smoldering back there. One of them is we'll be back to Mars in the 2030s, 2030's, maybe as early as the late 2020's. Who's gonna be president? On what budget? So that's a nice thing to listen to in a speech because he's thinking about the future but that's not a future that's actually within reach that anyone can act upon. I don't like Sputnik moments. I'd rather have been the leader all along. Why do we have to be shocked into being motivated to lead? Why don't we just lead all the time? And maybe that's just unrealistic, maybe that's just not human nature. Maybe we have to feel threatened in order to act. So yes Sputnik moments work, and if we can't lead all the time, let it be a Sputnik moment that kick starts our heart back beating again. But I can't help but be a little disappointed that we haven't stayed there. That we're going to have to play catch-up if we're gonna catch up at all. Directed / Produced by Jonathan Fowler & Elizabeth Rodd User: Curtius May 2, 2013 5:22 AM
Headline Tag: Science Rating: Amazing Hits: 734 Comments: 1 Wringing Out Water on the ISS Wringing Out Water on the ISS CSA Astronaut Chris Hadfield performed a simple science experiment designed by grade 10 Lockview High School students Kendra Lemke and Meredith Faulkner. The students from Fall River, Nova Scotia won a national science contest held by the Canadian Space Agency with their experiment on surface tension in space using a wet washcloth. Credit: Canadian Space Agency/NASA For more info about the experiment: http://www.asc-csa.gc.ca/eng/media/news_releases/2013/0416.asp User: spam_vigilante Apr 19, 2013 8:01 AM
Unmoderated Tag: Internet Rating: Good Hits: 43 Comments: 0 SciShow: We're Going Asteroid Wranglin'! SciShow: We're Going Asteroid Wranglin'! Hank has good news about NASA. Apr 13, 2013 10:18 AM
Permanent Tag: Science Rating: Good Hits: 182 Comments: 0 From Earth to Mars in 30 Days From Earth to Mars in 30 Days That's less time than it took Columbus to cross the Atlantic. User: Curtius Apr 13, 2013 5:50 AM
Unmoderated Tag: Politics Rating: No Votes Hits: 20 Comments: 0 Today in History April 9 Today in History April 9 Highlights of this day in history: The U.S. Civil War ends as Lee surrenders to Grant at Appomattox; Saddam Hussein's statue toppled in Baghdad; NASA picks the Mercury 7 astronauts; Britain's Prince Charles marries Camilla Parker Bowles. (April 9) Apr 8, 2013 11:01 PM
Unmoderated Tag: Science Rating: Amazing Hits: 57 Comments: 1 Time Lapse: Earth Time Lapse: Earth All Time-lapse sequences were taken by the astronaunts onboard the International Space Station (ISS). All footage has been color graded, denoised, deflickered, slowed down and stabilized. Apr 6, 2013 9:18 PM
Unmoderated Tag: Politics Rating: Good Hits: 56 Comments: 0 SciShow: NASA Needs You SciShow: NASA Needs You Hank usually likes to keep science and politics separated, but the reality is that a lot of scientific research in the United States is funded by the government. This is a problem right now because the disfunction in the world of politics has begun to seriously affect the realm of science. Because of sequestration, NASA needs our help! Like SciShow? Want to help support us, and also get things to put on your walls, cover your torso and hold your liquids? Tardigrade Poster: http://vid.io/xom SciShow Mug: http://vid.io/xoa SciShow Shirt: http://vid.io/xog -- Looking for SciShow elsewhere on the internet? Facebook: http://www.facebook.com/scishow Twitter: http://www.twitter.com/scishow Tumblr: http://scishow.tumblr.com References for this episode can be found in the Google document here: http://dft.ba/-5wP9 Mar 30, 2013 1:56 PM
Headline Tag: Science Rating: Amazing Hits: 1357 Comments: 0 Neil DeGrasse Tyson: Message to the Future Neil DeGrasse Tyson: Message to the Future Neil DeGrasse Tyson's Audacious Vision. Mar 25, 2013 7:22 PM
Unmoderated Tag: Science Rating: Ok Hits: 80 Comments: 0 Chris Hadfield's ISS Haircut Chris Hadfield's ISS Haircut Canadian astronaut Chris Hadfield filmed a recent "clip and buzz" in the weightless environment of the ISS: International Space "Salon". Credit: CSA/NASA User: spam_vigilante Mar 21, 2013 4:48 AM
Headline Tag: Science Rating: Good Hits: 1175 Comments: 0 Hammer Throw on the Moon Hammer Throw on the Moon Jack Schmitt throws his geology hammer in the 1/6 lunar gravity before they get back inside the lunar lander. Hammer can be seen going nearly strait up above Jack and then falls off to the left and descends behind the LM. The rover is parked at the VIP site behind the lunar module. Jack emerges as a small figure, 145 meters away, to the right of the lunar module. He pleads with Gene to let him throw his geology hammer. The commander concedes his permission and warns him not to hit the lunar module or the ALSEP. Jack flings it into the air and careful observation of the clip reveals the spinning hammer in flight, barely visible against the mountain in the background, and then against the black sky. Jack is thrilled with the long flight of the hammer and walks back to the lunar module. Mar 13, 2013 4:11 PM
Headline Tag: Science Rating: Good Hits: 672 Comments: 1 Breaking News: Mars had habitability Breaking News: Mars had habitability Earlier today, mission specialists with NASA's Mars Science Laboratory announced that they have found, for the first time, evidence of an ancient environment on Mars that could have sustained life. Hank tells us the specifics in this very special, super-exciting episode of SciShow News. User: Curtius Mar 13, 2013 3:45 AM
Unmoderated Tag: News Rating: No Votes Hits: 46 Comments: 0 Mars Rover Shows Planet Could Have Had Life Mars Rover Shows Planet Could Have Had Life NASA scientists say tests on a Mars rock show the planet could have supported primitive life. The analysis was done by the rover Curiosity, which drilled into the rock, crushed it and tested a tiny sample. (March 12) Mar 12, 2013 4:00 PM
 
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