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Scientists funded to design concepts for NASA microgravity experiments

Two University of Leicester scientists have recently been awarded $10,000 to design concepts for scientific experiments which would fly on the upcoming new generation of manned suborbital spacecraft, such as Virgin Galactic's SpaceShipTwo.

University of Leicester scientists funded to design concepts for NASA microgravity

Two University of Leicester scientists have recently been awarded 10,000 to design concepts for scientific experiments which would fly on the upcoming new generation of manned suborbital spacecraft, such as Virgin Galactic's SpaceShipTwo. Suborbital spacecraft are launched into space, but do not have enough speed to achieve orbit. They experience several minutes of microgravity ("free fall") and exposure to the environment of space before falling back to Earth.

Design can make or break a site, but how much design is fad vs. really making a difference?

I've been thinking about design and how it impacts popularity. For example, does a website become popular because it's design is similar to other popular sites? I agree with the idea that ease of navigation will impact whether a site will be popular. But does the rest of the design matter? Yes, design matters - I'm not saying that. But one thing I've noticed recently is that many of the more popular websites seem to be very similar in design. Yes, that design is clean and clear and bright (many would call it Web 2.0), but how much of that is because that design is what works best on the Web and how much is because of fads in design. I was reading an article on You the Designer that was addressing the theory (proposed by an article on the New York Times) that Hulu will win over YouTube because it has a better design.

NASA: Google Gulfstreams not science experiments

Update from Spacemen Google's top execs have purchased a fighter jet and parked it at NASA's Moffett airfield because - contrary to their original agreement with NASA - the execs' fleet of passenger jets is unsuited to running the space agency's earth science experiments. At least, that's the word from NASA.

ELLE DECOR and Cooper-Hewitt, National Design Museum Announce First 'Women in Design' Event

NEW YORK, Nov. 17 /PRNewswire/ -- ELLE DECOR and Cooper-Hewitt, National Design Museum today announced the launch of "Women in Design," a new annual event that celebrates outstanding female achievement in the fields of architecture, communications, fashion, interior, landscape and product design. Co-sponsored by Cooper-Hewitt, HSBC Bank and world-class Swiss watchmakers RADO, the "Women in Design" inaugural event takes place on November 17, 2008 at the Harold Pratt House in New York City.

NASA Tests Deep-Space Network Modeled On the Internet

hcg50a writes "NASA has successfully tested the first deep space communications network modeled on the Internet. Working as part of a NASA-wide team, engineers from NASA's Jet Propulsion Laboratory in Pasadena, CA, used software called Disruption-Tolerant Networking, or DTN, to transmit dozens of space images to and from a NASA science spacecraft located about 20 million miles from Earth. The store-and-forward protocol was designed by NASA in consultation with Vint Cerf. Here's a discussion from last July before the test began."

Internet Retailer Web Design `09 Conference: Redesigning Web Sites: The Magic That Turns Shoppers Into Buyers

Web Design Conference `09 features 45 experts in web site design and usability, representing retailers and the design professionals who help them create outstanding sites. Attendees can register for up to three free web design consultations on Jan. 30 before the conference begins. The keynote speaker is Lindy Rawlinson, vice president of web operations and new business for Neiman Marcus Direct, who will discuss how to design a straightforward, elegant site that speaks to customers while incorporating advanced site functionality.

My ZeroG adventure

A few months ago I was selected as one of 75 scientists, engineers, and technicians to take a new course in microgravity. This course was created with a grant from the Florida Job Authority and taught by SpaceTEC to help aerospace workers understand the microgravity environment and to give us extra training to help us obtain new employment once the shuttle program ends in 2010. We spent two weeks in class learning about microgravity, or more commonly known as “zero gravity”. This course included a flight with ZeroG, so we got to float like an astronaut in microgravity. This plane does parabolas like NASA’s infamous “Vomit Comet”. No, I did not even get queasy.

NASA Dust Storm Predictions Could Help Health Community

NASA satellite data can improve forecasts of dust storms in the American Southwest in ways that can benefit public health managers. Scientists announced the finding as a five-year NASA-funded project nears its conclusion.

NASA-enhanced Dust Storm Predictions To Aid Health Community

NASA satellite data can improve forecasts of dust storms in the American Southwest in ways that can benefit public health managers. Scientists announced the finding as a five-year NASA-funded project nears its conclusion.

NASA-enhanced dust storm predictions to aid health community

NASA satellite data can improve forecasts of dust storms in the American Southwest in ways that can benefit public health managers. Scientists announced the finding as a five-year NASA-funded project nears its conclusion.

NASA successfully tests deep space 'Internet'

NASA successfully tested first deep space communications network modeled on Internet by transmitting dozens of space images to and from a NASA science spacecraft.NASA successfully tested first deep space communications network modeled on Internet by transmitting dozens of space images to and from a NASA science spacecraft.

NASA unveils lunar image recovery project

NASA has released a fully restored 42-year-old image of Earth taken from the moon. The image was released as part of a project that will allow scientists at NASA and beyond to compare historical images of the moon with new images that will be captured when NASA sends new missions to the moon in the coming years.

NASA and the Challenger Center Announce Antarctic Habitat Naming Contest

WASHINGTON -- NASA and the Challenger Center for Space Education have partnered to engage students in ongoing activities for one of NASA's concepts for astronaut housing on the moon through a contest to name a habitat in Antarctica. NASA currently is conducting a test of a lightweight, durable, inflatable habitat on the cold, harsh landscape of the National Science Foundation's McMurdo Station.

NASA-TV Streams HD Film to Celebrate 50 Years in Space

50 years ago this month NASA rocketed into existence, and to celebrate this fact NASA-TV is streaming its special retrospective show "50 Years of Exploration: The Golden Anniversary of NASA" in HD format today at 1pm and 8pm EDT (and again tomorrow at 10am and 2pm). Check it out: it's presented by none other than Neil Armstrong, and it'll remind you how frickin' astonishing the achievements of the Agency are, despite its recent rockety woes. [NASA-TV]

NASA Says Phoenix Mars Mission Has Ended

This artist's rendering provided by NASA shows the Phoenix Mars spacecraft. NASA said Monday, Nov. 10. 2008, that the Phoenix Mars mission has ended. The lander has been digging trenches and conducting science experiments since May, to study whether the environment on Mars could support primitive life. (AP Photo/NASA)

Name That Moon Habitat Contest At NASA

NASA and the Challenger Center for Space Education have partnered to engage students in ongoing activities for one of NASA's concepts for astronaut housing on the moon through a contest to name a habitat in Antarctica. NASA currently is conducting a test of a lightweight, durable, inflatable habitat on the cold, harsh landscape of the National Science Foundation's McMurdo Station.

NASA to launch probe to map solar system's edge

This artist rendering released by NASA shows the Interstellar Boundary Explorer or IBEX spacecraft in space. The small NASA spacecraft embarks on a two-year mission Sunday, Oct. 19, 2008, to give scientists their first view of the happenings at the edge of the solar system. The Ibex probe will study a chaotic region in space where the solar wind from the sun clashes with cold gases from interstellar space. (AP Photo/NASA, Goddard Space Flight Center, Walt Feimer)

NASA to Discuss Hubble Anomaly and Servicing Mission Launch Delay

WASHINGTON, Sept. 29 /PRNewswire-USNewswire/ -- NASA will host a media teleconference at 6 p.m. EDT today to discuss a significant Hubble Space Telescope anomaly that occurred this weekend affecting the storage and transmittal of science data to Earth. Fixing the problem will delay next month's space shuttle Atlantis' Hubble servicing mission. The briefing participants are: - Ed Weiler, associate administrator of the Science Mission Directorate at NASA Headquarters in Washington - John Shannon, Shuttle Program manager at NASA's Johnson Space Center in Houston - Preston Burch, Hubble manager at NASA's Goddard Space Flight Center in Greenbelt, Md. To participate in the teleconference, reporters in the U.S. should call 1-800-369-6087 and use the pass code Hubble.

NASA Patents To Be Auctioned

Presto Vivace writes to tell us that as a continuing push to commercialize NASA-funded technology a group of 25 NASA patents will be auctioned off this coming October. "The sale, which will include rights to signal processing, GPS for spacecraft and sensor technologies, is the first auction under a partnership announced earlier this month between Goddard's Innovative Partnerships Program (IPP) and Ocean Tomo Federal Services LLC. Ocean Tomo provides a marketplace for intellectual property, which NASA wants to leverage in commercializing its technology."

Design Arts Partnership Invites Volunteers and Groups to "Help Johnny Walk to School"

COLUMBIA, SC - November 20, 2008 - The S.C. Design Arts Partnership is inviting collaborators to lend a hand with the "School Design and Sustainable Communities Initiative," a year-long program to promote community-centered schools in the state. The new program is funded by the National Trust for Historic Preservation as a part of its national grant program, "Helping Johnny Walk to School." South Carolina is one of six states to receive a grant. Interested parties should complete and fax response form available at www.southcarolinaarts.com/design.

NASA Updates Time for Space Shuttle Atlantis' Roll from Launch Pad

CAPE CANAVERAL, Fla., Oct. 17 /PRNewswire-USNewswire/ -- NASA managers have adjusted the time for space shuttle Atlantis' rollback from Launch Pad 39A to the Vehicle Assembly Building at NASA's Kennedy Space Center in Florida on Monday, Oct. 20, to 7 a.m. EDT. Atlantis is expected to be in the Vehicle Assembly Building by about 2 p.m. (Logo: http://www.newscom.com/cgi-bin/prnh/20081007/38461LOGO ) NASA Television will provide live coverage of Atlantis' move off the pad beginning Monday at 6:30 a.m. Video highlights of the rollback will air on NASA TV Video File. Media are invited to a photo opportunity of the shuttle's move from the pad at 7 a.m. Monday, and must arrive at Kennedy's News Center by 6 a.m. for transportation to the viewing area.

NASA tests deep space Internet' successfully

New York, Nov 19 (PTI) The US space agency NASA has successfully tested the first deep space communications network modeled on the Internet. Working as part of a NASA-wide team, engineers from NASA's Jet Propulsion Laboratory in Pasadena, California, used software called Disruption-Tolerant Networking (DTN) to transmit dozens of space images to and from a NASA science spacecraft located about 20 million miles from Earth.

50 Consumer Technologies Developed by NASA in the Last 50 Years

Every year NASA publishes a new edition of their Spinoff magazine, a periodical that outlines NASA-based technologies that have disseminated into everyday devices, improving our lives beyond giving us some nifty new desktop wallpapers. This year marks the 50th anniversary of Spinoff, and to celebrate, NASA has created a "best of" list (that we pasted after the jump). From the aerodynamic principles applied to tractor trailers to advanced imaging techniques that allow 360-degree Real Estate photo tours, NASA demonstrates that their technological breakthroughs are about more than just sticking an American flag on the moon.

Lockheed Martin Spacecraft to be Flown for NASA's MAVEN Mars Mission

has been selected by NASA to design, build and operate the spacecraft for NASA's Atmosphere and Volatile EvolutioN (MAVEN) program. NASA's newest mission will analyze the upper atmosphere and past climate change on Mars. The $485-million project is led by principal investigator Bruce Jakosky of the

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