A Remarkable Resemblance: Outer Space and Virtual Space

The Space industry bears a remarkable resemblance to an industry that enriched most Space entrepreneurs: the Internet, another space that’s virtually out of this world. A generation ago, few people imagined that the “brick and mortar” world of retail would be rocked by an online bookstore named after a river, or that people would trust their money to flow through a place called PayPal, or that computer geeks would become billionaire celebrities while still in their twenties.

By | 2018-07-06T03:12:38+00:00 May 21st, 2018|Categories: Education, Technology|Tags: , , , , |Comments Off on A Remarkable Resemblance: Outer Space and Virtual Space

If April Showers Bring May Flowers, What Do May Flowers Bring?

“We humans have, since the earliest civilizations, built monuments. We want to leave something behind to show the next generation, or the generations after that, what we did with our time here.”

By | 2018-07-06T03:15:15+00:00 April 29th, 2018|Categories: Aerospace, Education|Tags: , , |Comments Off on If April Showers Bring May Flowers, What Do May Flowers Bring?

Gen Mars

66 years separated the Wright Brothers from the Apollo 11 moon landing. The next great frontier is not too far away. The students in today's classrooms will not only witness colonies on the Moon and Mars, they will also be the ones taking on these great frontiers and paving the way for humanity.

By | 2018-07-06T03:21:39+00:00 January 13th, 2018|Categories: Uncategorized|Tags: , , , , , , |Comments Off on Gen Mars

STEM- Why The Decline, Why It Matters

Why the decline in Science, Technology, Engineering, and Math (STEM) professionals? As the space program’s goals were pulled back by budgets designed to “save” money, and a post-Apollo generation came of age, the impetus of STEM declined with it.

By | 2018-07-06T03:28:30+00:00 January 2nd, 2018|Categories: Education|Tags: , , , |Comments Off on STEM- Why The Decline, Why It Matters

Final #MartianClassroom Vocab Lesson of Winter Break!

Microgravity- The condition of free fall, when an object appears to be weightless. Microgravity in space allows the formation of precise crystals, along with other forms of manufacture and experimentation that would be near- impossible on Earth.

By | 2018-07-06T03:29:04+00:00 January 2nd, 2018|Categories: Aerospace, Education|Tags: , , , , |Comments Off on Final #MartianClassroom Vocab Lesson of Winter Break!

& More Terminology for the Martian Classroom!

Look close... this is the technology that sent astronauts into space! We wear more advanced technology around our wrists each day in the form of Smart Watches than what sent man to the moon in 1969. 

By | 2018-07-06T03:31:58+00:00 January 1st, 2018|Categories: Uncategorized|Tags: , , , , |Comments Off on & More Terminology for the Martian Classroom!