| Published: December 13, 2010 – 8:33 pm
Sunday morning around 9:00 am, I was riding my bike up and down some of the steeper hills in the fabled Hollywood Hills, which are to be sure not far from home. I like to feel the burn and appreciate the focus that steep climbs require, arrrgghhh… I came upon three 8th graders with chalk Read More >
| Published: December 2, 2010 – 9:03 am
When one is lying almost facedown on the stage at the University of Southern California’s Bovard Auditorium, the audience appears to be flying sideways. I had this view recently during a lecture I was giving when I passed out there, apparently from fatigue and mild food poisoning. If you’re at home and you feel sick, Read More >
| Published: November 18, 2010 – 12:08 pm
| Published: October 20, 2010 – 1:46 am
The President of the United States invited winners of several different science, engineering, and math competitions– and Me(!?)… These young people have done amazing work. The worldwide winners in rocketry, Jordan Franssen and Nathan Bernhardt, just kept winning and winning with their outstanding attention to detail and cool use of materials. Speaking of our Planetary Read More >
| Published: September 2, 2010 – 7:42 pm
Is Venus the forgotten planet, or just one that’s hard to figure out? Absorbing the presentations at the Venus EXploration Advisory Group (VEXAG) meeting in Madison, Wisconsin in the U.S. this week, I can tell you Venus is both. Many people around our world of space explorers seldom think about Venus. This is evidenced by Read More >
