Tag: NASA

• Space is for everyone, except if you don’t fit the gender binary

  [ This blog is dedicated to tracking my most recent publications. Subscribe to the feed to keep up with all the science stories I write! ] NASA’s Embarrassing Pronouns Fumble Employees are frustrated and mad that a pilot program meant to foster inclusivity was abruptly ended. for Slate: The gesture from the leadership at NASA’s […]

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  Matthew R. Francis

  March 10, 2022

  Slate

  LGBTQ, NASA, social justice

• What’s the deal with Google’s quantum computer?

  [ This blog is dedicated to tracking my most recent publications. Subscribe to the feed to keep up with all the science stories I write! ] Google and NASA Team Up on Quantum Computer The next generation of computers is a few years off, but it’s pretty damn cool For The Daily Beast: It’s like […]

  Matthew R. Francis

  September 30, 2015

  The Daily Beast

  Google, NASA, quantum computing, quantum entanglement

• The week in review (September 1-7)

  The last week was especially busy because I attended the launch of the Lunar Atmosphere and Dust Environment Explorer (LADEE) at NASA’s Wallops Flight Facility. I will have a lot to say about that launch, LADEE, and related topics later on, but suffice to say it was a great experience — increased because it was […]

  Matthew R. Francis

  September 8, 2013

  Ars Technica, Galileo’s Pendulum, Writing for Other Sites

  interstellar gas, LADEE, NASA, Solar System, the Moon

• I went to a rocket test launch, and all I got was this stupid name tag

  Most major American rocket launches have been from Florida, which means I’ve never had a real opportunity to see one. However, NASA’s Wallops Flight Facility is beginning to host orbital rocket launches, in collaboration with the private company Mid-Atlantic Regional Spaceport (MARS). (Historically, Wallops has launched suborbital rockets and balloons.) So, I trekked over to […]

  Matthew R. Francis

  April 26, 2013

  Ars Technica, Writing for Other Sites

  Antares rocket, NASA

• The Bowler Hat is on the move

  For the next two weeks, I am on the move, traveling to various observatories in the American south and southwest, as part of the research for my book-in-progress Back Roads, Dark Skies: A Cosmological Journey. This morning, I will be visiting the Laser Interferometer Gravitational-wave Observatory (LIGO) near Livingston, Louisiana, before heading west to other […]

  Matthew R. Francis

  October 23, 2012

  Galileo’s Pendulum, Metablog, Writing for Other Sites

  cosmology, NASA, rockets, travelblog