Space Exploration And Science Fiction

I’m retired from the Army and the defense aerospace industry. I earned a PhD in engineering from Georgia Tech. Here you will find items related to space, science fiction, science, AI, robotics, and perhaps an occasional picture of my rescue dogs, Oakley and Belle and a few items of interest to me. Follow me on twitter @spacerascal.

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The Other Side of the Future | Science fiction art, Art, Sci fi art

If you live long enough you can get to the other side of the future. In the 1960s I consumed massive amounts of science fiction and quite a

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Bias in Algorithms with Swati Gupta

Employers today are eager to harness the artificial intelligence (AI) and big data captured by the algorithms to speed up the hiring process

I wrote about heuristic robustness for my dissertation 20 years ago.

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Katherine Johnson, NASA mathematician depicted in 'Hidden Figures,' dead at 101 — NBC News

Johnson "was an American hero and her pioneering legacy will never be forgotten," NASA administrator Jim Bridenstine wrote on Twitter.

A NASA icon and pioneer

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Alternatives to hard components hold potential for applications from surgery to space exploration

#robotics #GeorgiaTech

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The sun is still a burning mystery. That may be about to change. — National Geographic

The historic launch of the new European Solar Orbiter helps foster a golden age for understanding our nearest star.

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Georgia Tech graduate John Young remembered as the most experienced astronaut in history

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Beautiful.

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Video captures flying objects that officials can't explain — CNN

Mysterious drone-like objects have been flying over Colorado and Nebraska in recent weeks, but authorities can't figure out who is responsib

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We have a very long way to go.

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The clearest image ever taken from saturn

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A giant star is acting strange, and astronomers are buzzing — National Geographic

The red giant Betelgeuse is the dimmest seen in years, prompting some speculation that the star is about to explode. Here's what we know.

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Boeing's Starliner spacecraft returns to Earth, lands in New Mexico after failed mission — Fox News

Boeing's new Starliner spacecraft landed in the New Mexico desert on Sunday morning — days after the NASA mission failed because the capsule

Success or failure.

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Space Force will start small but let Trump claim a big win — ABC News

The Trump administration is celebrating the launching of Space Force, the first new military service in more than 70 years

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Here's how to watch Boeing's launch from Central Florida - Orlando Business Journal

The launch is example of the commercial-government collaboration expected to be the future of the #space industry. Do you work in #Florida's

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History’s largest mining operation is about to begin — The Atlantic

It’s underwater—and the consequences are unimaginable.