Insight
Richard Feynman, NASA, and the genius of humor
The Obama administration recently announced that funding will be cut for NASA manned-space exploration projects, including a return trip to the moon in 2020. Instead, more funding will be directed towards NASA Earth-observation and monitoring missions, in hopes of better understanding our planet and its changing climate. Thinking back over the history of manned space [...]
Earth, actually: seeing the true nature of our great planet
What’s the idea behind the website “ActualEarth.org” ? It’s simple, really. It’s meant to convey one basic idea — that there is an amazingly beautiful, profoundly intricate world all around us that escapes our everyday perception. When we’re caught up in our busy lives with attainment, achievement and satisfaction, how much time is missed in witnessing [...]
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