Science and Societytag:typepad.com,2003:weblog-1832932009-11-12T19:51:50ZTypePadMars Rover: Stuck in the Mudtag:typepad.com,2003:post-6a00d8341c4df253ef0128758d169f970c2009-11-12T14:51:50-05:002009-11-12T20:03:11ZSpirit, the Mars rover that landed in Gusev Crater on Mars in January 2004 and is still working, just isn't going forward or backward. Back in April its wheels broke through some crusty ground into thick, soft dust, and engineers back at the Jet Propulsion Lab in California haven't been able to get it out.
"This lonely spot on the edge of a crater may be where Spirit ends its adventure on Mars," said Doug McCuistion, director of NASA's Mars Exploration Program...Ned PotterTranquility Basetag:typepad.com,2003:post-6a00d8341c4df253ef0120a67a2850970b2009-11-12T08:00:00-05:002009-11-12T13:00:00ZForty years after Neil Armstrong keyed his microphone and said, "Houston, Tranquility Base here, the Eagle has landed," a NASA probe in lunar orbit has returned this image of Apollo 11's landing site. Take a look.Ned PotterNASA's Ares 1-X Test: The View From Abovetag:typepad.com,2003:post-6a00d8341c4df253ef0120a6577410970b2009-11-05T14:10:38-05:002009-11-05T19:17:14ZCool video of NASA's Ares 1-X rocket test -- seen from above.Ned PotterThe Yes Mentag:typepad.com,2003:post-6a00d8341c4df253ef0120a68d71af970c2009-10-29T17:00:22-04:002009-10-29T21:00:22ZThey say it helps to have a sense of humor in Washington. It helps elsewhere too, but Washington is a special case. Take the example of the U.S. Chamber of Commerce vs. The Yes Men -- one of America's most...Ned Potter The Missing Link -- Nottag:typepad.com,2003:post-6a00d8341c4df253ef0120a61011dd970b2009-10-21T17:54:45-04:002009-10-21T21:56:25ZRemember Ida? She was the 47-million-year-old fossil, found in Germany, promoted in May as "The Link" -- a very early ancestor of humans. Paleontologists now say that unless you're really into evolutionary biology, you can pretty much forget her.Ned Potter Moon Crash Kicked Up Plume After Alltag:typepad.com,2003:post-6a00d8341c4df253ef0120a64ca6e3970c2009-10-19T11:26:20-04:002009-10-19T15:26:20ZTurns out the LCROSS lunar impact mission did kick up a plume of debris after all.Ned PotterMoon Crash: Where's the Water?tag:typepad.com,2003:post-6a00d8341c4df253ef0120a5e1053f970b2009-10-13T12:27:09-04:002009-10-13T22:36:32ZThe lesson, perhaps, of Friday's lunar impact by NASA's LCROSS mission was to be careful what you wish for.Ned PotterGreen Apple: Firm is Latest to Leave U.S. Chamber of Commercetag:typepad.com,2003:post-6a00d8341c4df253ef0120a61be01b970c2009-10-06T15:51:48-04:002009-10-07T14:35:20ZApple is the latest company to resign from the U.S. Chamber of Commerce, protesting its "extreme" position against fighting climate change.Ned PotterRecovery.gov: Your Tax Dollars at Worktag:typepad.com,2003:post-6a00d8341c4df253ef0120a5fc7d81970c2009-09-28T17:01:02-04:002009-09-28T21:47:15ZHow to you keep track of $797 billion? When the stimulus package was passed last winter, the government promised that citizens would be able to use a new Web site, Recovery.gov, to find out where money was being sent. It...Ned PotterClimate: Power Companies Quit U.S Chamber of Commercetag:typepad.com,2003:post-6a00d8341c4df253ef0120a59abdca970b2009-09-25T18:25:18-04:002009-09-28T14:45:46ZElectric companies, many of them with large investments in power plants that burn coal, oil or natural gas, might seem resistant at first glance to government mandates to control greenhouse gas emissions. But several have now been very public about...Ned Potter