Planetary science is in a golden age. At the moment, NASA has robotic probes flying around Mercury and Saturn, spacecraft headed to Jupiter, Pluto and the moon, recently had close encounters with both an asteroid and a comet, and is set to launch the largest and most complex rover to Mars in less than two weeks.
But all this activity could soon come to a grinding halt.
via NASA Planetary Science Program Faces Uncertain Future | Wired Science | Wired.com.
Some of the pieces available in these auctions are really cool!
Tom Crawford’s Leadership Children’s Foundation (TCLCF) is a non-profit organization dedicated to helping children. TCLCF gives money throughout the year to children’s causes that help preserve childhood and improve the quality of life for young people across the nation.
We had the opportunity to talk with Rob McCallum, the artist behind the concept drawing that turned into our skitter harness on Falling Skies. This creepy alien symboit was part of what made us cringe when we saw the kids taken hostage by the aliens and these things on their back.
