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Bad Astronomy (Free subscription) | yesterday
... vote for people they’d like to see run the space agency . As I write this, it’s an uphill battle. Pete Worden has over 300 votes, and my friend Alan Stern has 100+. I have 14. The thing is, Wil Wheaton has 23! CURSE YOU, WIL WHEATON! You took me down once , Wil, but this attempt at a second smackdown SHALL NOT STAND. Flying a starship does not give you the necessary background to...
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Scientific American (Free subscription) | 07/01/2009
... Other names mentioned for the nation's top space job: Sally Ride, the first female astronaut; Pete Worden, director of the NASA Ames Research Center; Scott Hubbard, a former Ames director; and Alan Stern, a former NASA official who lambasted the agency in in the New York Times for endemic cost overruns.
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EE Times (Free subscription) | 17/12/2008
SAN JOSE, Calif. — Four companies and a team from MIT announced their intention to compete for the Wednesday (Dec. 17). The effort is one of many NASA hopes to inspire as part of its drive to promote more commercial exploration and use of space, often using off-the-shelf technologies. "This is the most exciting time in space since Apollo--maybe ever," said S. Pete Worden, the director...
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Red Orbit (Free subscription) | 12/12/2008
... could forge a new paradigm for conducting science experiments at the edge of space," said S. Pete Worden, director of NASA's Ames Research Center at Moffett Field, Calif., who will make a keynote address at the workshop. "I'm thrilled that Ames is leading this innovative and forward-thinking human spaceflight research initiative."As commercial spaceflight opportunities become available,...
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Space Ref (Free subscription) | 12/12/2008
... could forge a new paradigm for conducting science experiments at the edge of space," said S. Pete Worden, director of NASA's Ames Research Center at Moffett Field, Calif., who will make a keynote address at the workshop. "I'm thrilled that Ames is leading this innovative and forward-thinking human spaceflight research initiative." As commercial spaceflight opportunities become available,...
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Space Ref (Free subscription) | 09/12/2008
MOFFETT FIELD, Calif., -- NASA will hold a ribbon-cutting ceremony for Pleiades, the world's third-fastest supercomputer, on Thursday, Dec. 11, 2008. The ceremony will be held in the NASA Advanced Supercomputing (NAS) facility at NASA Ames Research Center, Moffett Field, Calif. Featured during the ceremony will be brief remarks by S. Pete Worden, director of NASA Ames, Walter Hussey,...
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Space Ref (Free subscription) | 09/12/2008
Subject: Reminder: The Great Space-Based Solar Power Debate, December 9, 2008From: Centerwide AnnouncementDate: Monday, December 8, 2008 TO: Resident Staff FROM: Gary Martin, Director, New Ventures and Communications Directorate SUBJECT: Reminder: The Great Space-Based Solar Power Debate, December 9, 2008 Ames employees are invited to attend a debate between Ames Center Director S. Pete Worden...
