"When You Grow Up Deaf" is a powerful poem published at the website, DRMSTREAM. Here are a couple of excerpts:
When you grow up deaf there are so many things you don’t know.The sound of rain on the roof.
**********When you grow up deaf you worry that you’ll never really know the world, that every moment your back is turned some thing irre place able will pass you by. When you close your eyes, silence.
The piece includes an evocative photo illustration. Click the link above and enjoy.
Space Shuttle Discovery Takes One Last Trip to Launch Pad ...The space shuttle Discovery began its last journey to the launch pad Monday, six weeks before the spacecraft is due to lift off on its final mission to space. Sept. 21, 2010
Gallery: Boeing Joins Start-up Companies in the Private Space Race | 80beats ...the space shuttle program, selecting a backup crew in case it needs to make a rescue mission for the last scheduled flight in February. While the space shuttle close draws nearer, the race to replace it gets stronger. Now Boeing has entered the fray, unveiling the design of a spacecraft it will build for the task of taking astronauts t... Sept. 20, 2010
NASA Selects Astronaut Crew for Possible Extra Shuttle Flight...ever space shuttle mission next summer, should Congress approve the extra flight. SPACE.com Sep 16, 2010
Rare Shuttle Rollover Photo Op Evokes Sadness, Pride ...parked Space Shuttle Discovery outside its hangar for several hours to allow employees to take pictures. Sep 13, 2010
Hat tip to Space.com and Google Reader for these links.
Skywatchers with the moon on their minds can get their lunar fix tonight (Sept. 18) at three NASA space centers as part of a global moon-watching event.
NASA centers in California, Alabama and Maryland will welcome the public tonight as part of the first International Observe the Moon Night, a worldwide project to spur interest in the moon among the public. The space centers are just some of the participants in the skywatching event. Some 370 venues across 30 countries are expected to host moon-watching parties of their own, NASA officials said.
"We're participating in a truly international event to share knowledge and information about the moon," said Kim Newton, a spokeswoman for NASA's Marshall Space Center in Huntsville, Ala., where scientists will be waiting with telescopes to share moon secrets with the public. "We're looking forward to a great turnout." [10 Coolest New Moon Discoveries]
Hundreds of other local moon-watching events are planned around the world tonight. To see if an event is planned near your location, visit the International Observe the Moon Night project website: http://www.observethemoonnight.org/getInvolved/attend.cfm
Here's a look at the three NASA centers opening their doors for moon-lovers tonight:
MARYLAND: Goddard Space Flight Center Visitor Center
The Goddard Space Flight Center Visitor Center in Greenbelt, Md., will hold moon observing events from 6:30-10 p.m. EDT, weather permitting. The events includes guest speakers, hands-on activities and for early attendees a tour of the center's laser-ranging facility. Tours of the laser-ranging facility, used to help determine the position of the moon and NASA's Lunar Reconnaissance Orbiter currently in orbit around it, are open to the first 100 visitors.
Goddard officials will show photos of the moon taken by the LRO spacecraft, encourage moon observations and discuss the moon's phases, history and appearance. For more information on the Goddard events and schedule, visit: http://www.nasa.gov/centers/goddard/visitor/events/observe-the-moon.html
Location:
Goddard Space Flight Center
800 Greenbelt Rd.
Greenbelt, Md., 20771Click here for local directions.
ALABAMA: Marshall Space Flight Center/U.S. Space & Rocket Center
NASA's Marshall Space Flight Center is teaming up with the Lunar Quest Program to host a moon-watching event at the U.S. Space & Rocket Center in Huntsville, Ala., from 5-8 p.m. CDT, weather permitting.
Several large amateur telescopes will be available for the public to view the moon, along with an inflatable planetarium and an "astronomy van" that will offer 3-D views of the moon as it would appear through the windows of a spacecraft command module, Marshall center officials said.
Astronomer Rob Suggs, NASA Space Environments Team lead and manager of the Lunar Impact Monitoring Project at Marshall, will be present to discuss the latest moon discoveries with the public. For more information on the Marshall events and schedule, visit: http://www.nasa.gov/centers/marshall/news/news/releases/2010/M10-120.html
Location:
NASA's Educator Resource Center near the rocket center complex. Take Interstate 565 to exit 15 for Madison Pike toward Sparkman Drive/Bob Wallace Avenue. Keep right at the fork, follow signs to the Space & Rocket Center. Take the first left after the Marriott entrance.
Click here for detailed directions.
CALIFORNIA: Ames Research Center
At NASA's Ames Research Center in Moffett Field, Calif., event organizers plan to aim more than 40 telescopes at the moon for visiting skywatchers. The event will run from 7-11 p.m. PDT, weather permitting.
NASA scientists will be available to discuss recent lunar discoveries, including the existence of water on the moon, the upcoming Lunar Atmosphere and Dust Environment Explorer mission and other moon-watching projects.
Speakers will include David Morrison, former director of the National Lunar Science Institute, Barry Blumberg, a Nobel laureate and former director of the NASA Astrobiology Institute, and Greg Delory, LADEE mission deputy project scientist. For more information on the Ames events and schedule, visit: http://lunarscience.arc.nasa.gov/articles/international-observe-the-moon-night
Location:
NASA Ames Research Center Parade Grounds
Moffett Field, Calif.Click here for directions.
Think about going if you are anywhere near any of these locations. Take the kids.
Image via CrunchBase
Today's little roundup consists of a few of my very favorite tweets, saved meticulously over the last few weeks. Enjoy.
* From McClatchy DC -- "'Star Wars: Year by Year' illustrates effect on pop culture:http://bit.ly/9KZmdz
via twitterfeed -- This article reminds me of why I love this paper.
* From pourmecoffee - "Moments I'm officially getting sick of: 1) Teachable, 2) One Shining, 3) Defining".
*From freegaza.org -- "gaza moments http://t.co/Z1Bj6RG a beautiful look at Gaza in August 2010"
via Tweet Button -- This is an 8 minute video that will make you appreciate the resilience of struggling Palestinians, particularly the featured children.
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