In March 2011, I had the wonderful honor of giving the Keynote Address to 6,000 teachers of science at the National Science Teachers Association (NSTA) National Conference in San Francisco. The talk, “Science, it’s Not a Book of Knowledge … it’s a Journey” was about the nature of human exploration, and that science education—indeed all […]
Archive | August, 2011
For SSEP on ISS – Dramatically More Experiment Capability Using the New Fluids Mixing Enclosure (FME) Mini-Lab Over the MDA Mini-Lab Used for SSEP On Shuttle Missions
Communities interested in exploring participation in SSEP Mission 1 to ISS will be excited to learn that the Fluids Mixing Enclosure (FME) mini-lab being used for SSEP on ISS has dramatically more capability than the Materials Dispersion Apparatus (MDA) used for SSEP on STS-134 and STS-135. Based on SSEP operations on STS-134 and STS-135, NCESSE […]