Bill Housley
Science Fiction and Fantasy Author
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Bill Housley
Author, Actor, Father, Wildman
Hates the World;
Loves the world;
Writes about the world;
End of Story.
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Into the Dark–Escape of the Nomad
Where’s The Cat?
Another Man’s Terrorist
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- The Mysteries of Earth's 'Other' Moon (Op-Ed) March 1, 2015We all know and love the moon. We’re so assured that we only have one that we don’t even give it a specific name.
- Stories from The Sky: Astronomy in Indigenous Knowledge March 1, 2015Indigenous Australians have been developing complex knowledge systems for tens of thousands of years. These knowledge systems - which seek to understand, explain, and predict nature - are passed to successive generations through oral tradition.
- Best Space Photos of the Week — March 1, 2015 February 28, 2015From a record-setting parafoil flight to a newly-tested space plane, don't miss these amazing space images of the week for March 1, 2015.
- Leonard Nimoy's Impact On NASA and ESA - Astronauts Reflect | Video February 28, 2015NASA astronaut Mike Fincke and ESA astronaut Luca Parmitano talk about the inspiration that Star Trek's Mr. Spock delivered to humanity's on-going mission to explore.
- 'Miles From Tomorrowland' Consulted By NASA, Space Architect | Video February 28, 2015The creators of the Disney series reached out to experts in space and science to develop ideas on what the technologies of the future will look like for their space-traveling family.
- Leonard Nimoy's Legacy: Obama, Astronauts Pay Tribute February 27, 2015The death of "Star Trek" actor Leonard Nimoy has prompted an outpouring of condolences and heartfelt reflection from astronauts, scientists, celebrities and even President Barack Obama.
- Astronauts, President Remember Leonard Nimoy, 'Star Trek's' Spock February 27, 2015Astronauts, space scientists and fans remember Leonard Nimoy, who played Spock on TV's 'Star Trek.'
- See Taurus the Bull Chased by 'Bees' in the Winter Sky February 27, 2015Why is Taurus the Bull so mad? He's being chased by bees! The Pleiades, that is. Look for Taurus, the Pleiades and many other celestial sights in the Northern Hemisphere during the winter months.
- Dirt-Watching NASA Satellite Deploys Giant Space Antenna (Video) February 27, 2015A recently launched NASA satellite has just deployed its giant antenna in preparation to collect unprecedented data about soil moisture around the world.
- Supermassive Diet: Black Holes Bulk-Up on Dark Matter February 27, 2015It has long been assumed that the size of a supermassive black hole in a galaxy's core is intimately related to the number of stars that galaxy contains -- but it might not be that simple.
- Leonard Nimoy, Spock on 'Star Trek,' Dies at 83 February 27, 2015Actor Leonard Nimoy, who portrayed the beloved Vulcan 'Spock' on the original "Star Trek" TV show, died today (Feb. 27) at 83 years old.
- Big Bang, Deflated? Universe May Have Had No Beginning February 27, 2015A new way to reconcile quantum mechanics and general relativity could imply that the age of the universe is infinite, and that there was no true Big Bang that started it all.
- Snow Storms Monitored By GPM Satellite - 3D Views | Video February 27, 2015Data from the Global Precipitation Measurement (GPM) Core Observatory was converted into 3D imagery of 2 storms over the United States on Feb. 17th and 21st, 2015.
- WATCH LIVE SUNDAY: 2 NASA Astronauts Take Spacewalk Outside Space Station October 6, 2012NASA astronauts Terry Virts and Barry "Butch" Wilmore will perform a spacewalk outside the International Space Station Sunday (March 1), and you can watch it live here starting at 6 a.m. EST (1100 GMT).
- Curiosity Rover Drills into Mars Mountain Again (Photo) February 27, 2015Curiosity drilled into a rock called Telegraph Peak on Tuesday (Feb. 24), collecting sample powder for analysis by its onboard instruments. The rover has now drilled into three different rocks at the base of the towering Mount Sharp.
- NASA Probe Bound for Pluto Carries Piece of Pioneering SpaceShipOne February 27, 2015Inside New Horizons is a small piece of SpaceShipOne, the first privately owned and operated spacecraft to reach space twice within a period of 14 days. The feat, which SpaceShipOne accomplished in 2004, won the $10 million Ansari X Prize.
- Rare 'Missing Link' Black Hole Apparently Found February 27, 2015A newfound cosmic object may be a long-sought missing link that could help flesh out the black hole family tree. NGC-2276-3c, which lies about 100 million light-years from Earth, appears to be an intermediate-mass black hole.
- Catching a Fireball in the Cold February 27, 2015Sometimes, to catch fire you have to sit in the cold.
- Spinning 'Origami' Antenna Successfully Deployed In Space | Video February 26, 2015NASA's Soil Moisture Active Passive mission team deployed its spacecraft's large antenna on Feb. 24th, 2015. The mission will track and map soil moisture on Earth.
- Worldwide Precipitation Time-Lapsed From Satellite Data | Video February 26, 2015NASA's Global Precipitation Measurement (GPM) satellite can measure global precipitation (rain and snow) every 30 minutes. The data has been transformed into high resolution imagery that tracks the movement of precipitation over the entire globe.
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LiveScience.com – Top Stories
- Can Civilization Continue? An Earth System Scientist Explains February 28, 2015This is a good question, however I think it’s possibly something of a red herring.
- Against the Science, Meat Pushes Back into U.S. Diet (Op-Ed) February 28, 2015Meat is on the menu, but should it be?
- Old Medicines Give New Hope for Duchenne Muscular Dystrophy (Essay) February 28, 2015Old medicines are giving new hope to people Duchenne Muscular Dystrophy.
- Bionic Eye Lets Blind Man See Again February 28, 2015A bionic eye has allowed a man whose retina was damaged to see again for the first time in 10 years.
- Wow! The Most Amazing Images in Science This Week February 28, 2015New spiders, rare cats and endangered baby sea turtles — just a few of the cool pictures in Science. Check out the rest.
- Virtual Reality Can Make You Forget Pain February 28, 2015It may not be too long, however, until patients will be able to ward off their agonies simply by playing virtual reality games.
- It's Time to Fix Outdated Vaccine Trials February 28, 2015Research in humans is a crucial part of our medical system. We need to be able to test that vaccines and drugs are safe and effective in people before they are released to the general public.
- Robots Doing Laundry - It's Not Science Fiction Anymore | Raw Video February 28, 2015Scientists from the United Technologies Research Center, Berkeley and the University of Massachusetts Amherst have developed new algorithms to deal with a a problem that has plagued artificial intelligence experts for decades - laundry!
- Watch Very '80s Footage of 'Shark Lady' Eugenie Clark at Work February 27, 2015This week, ocean explorers mourned the loss of a legend in their field: Eugenie Clark, a marine biologist and authority on sharks.
- Best Fitness Tracker Bands November 27, 2013Plan to buy a fitness tracker like the Fitbug Orb or TomTom Runner Cardio? Check out our in-depth reviews before making a purchase.
- Leonard Nimoy, Spock on 'Star Trek,' Dies at 83 February 27, 2015Actor Leonard Nimoy, who portrayed the beloved Vulcan 'Spock' on the original "Star Trek" TV show, died today (Feb. 27) at 83 years old.
- Lab-Made Geysers Reveal Hidden Workings | Video February 27, 2015Volcanologist Michael Manga and student Esther Adelstein study geysers in Chile and Yellowstone National Park in order to better understand the system hidden deep below the surface.
- Best BMI Calculator Apps February 27, 2015Apps that calculate your body mass index (BMI) can provide a window into your health. But which ones really work and are also easy to use? Live Science finds out.
- White & Gold or Blue & Black? Science of the Mystery Dress February 27, 2015The Internet went bonkers last night over a simple question: What color is this dress? Some people see it as white and gold, while others swear it's blue and black. What's going on?
- NASA Satellite Captures Amazing 3D Videos of Rain, Snow February 27, 2015Mesmerizing and swirling animations of rain and snow dance across a map of the Earth, shown in a video released yesterday (Feb. 26) by NASA's Global Precipitation Measurement (GPM) mission.
- Chatty Machines? Future Computers Could Communicate Like Humans February 27, 2015In the future, you might be able to talk to computers and robots the same way you talk to your friends.
- Elusive 'Dark Photons' Still Lurking in the Shadows February 27, 2015New experimental results from a giant atom-smashing experiment suggest that dark photons are not the culprit for mysterious experimental results that challenge the reigning physics model.
- Suicide Rise in Middle-Age Adults Linked to Recession February 27, 2015Rates of suicide among middle-age adults in the United States have increased in recent years, and a new study suggests that the economic downturn of 2007 played a role in this rise.
- 'Catalyst' (US 2014): Book Excerpt February 27, 2015Excerpt from the sci-fi novel "Catalyst" (Penguin/Kathy Dawson Books, 2015).
- Designer Superbabies Could Rewrite Human Reproduction (Op-Ed) February 27, 2015If designer babies ar eon the horizon, are designer superbabies next?
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NASA Blog Updates
- NASA Deputy Administrator's Blog June 26, 2013A Great Day for Equality
- NASA Administrator June 26, 2013Protecting Planet Earth
- NASA IV&V Matters June 24, 2013Summer Interns Return to IV&V
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Masten-space.com Blog updates–X-Prize winner!
- Summer 2015 Internships December 3, 2014Masten is now accepting applications for internships for the Summer of 2015. If you’ve followed us you know we’ve had a great history of outstanding interns working with us. There are few places like us that can deliver an internship with this level of responsibility and hands on work. We’re not looking for gophers, we’re looking
- Masten Space Systems selected by Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency for XS-1 Program July 23, 2014Mojave, CA (July 23, 2014) — Masten Space Systems, Inc. (Masten) announced today that the company has been awarded a contract from the Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency (DARPA) as part of Phase 1 of the Experimental Spaceplane (XS-1) program to develop a reusable launch vehicle. Over the last decade, Masten has built three highly
- Astrobotic Technology And Masten Space Systems Perform Visually Guided Precision Landing June 30, 2014Contact John Thornton contact@astrobotic.com Sean Mahoney smahoney@masten.aero FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE ASTROBOTIC TECHNOLOGY AND MASTEN SPACE SYSTEMS PERFORM VISUALLY GUIDED PRECISION LANDING Groundbreaking effort integrates two privately developed technology platforms to validate performance of autonomous precision landing capability Mojave, CA: Astrobotic Te […]
- Spring 2015 Internships June 30, 2014Masten is now accepting applications for internships for the Spring of 2015. If you’ve followed us you know we’ve had a great history of outstanding interns working with us. There are few places like us that can deliver an internship with this level of responsibility and hands on work. We’re not looking for gophers, we’re looking
- Project Prometheus May 19, 2014A lot has been going on in the past year, and while we have been busy with clients and flying customer payloads, the Masten Team has also been thinking about ways we could engage the broader community and increase accessibility to our VTVL vehicles. One of the largest barriers to entry for any technology developer
- Masten featured on PBS documentary December 2, 2013We get asked on a regular basis what life is like working at Masten. Well, the good folks at KQED (San Francisco Bay Area PBS affiliate) came out in May to capture a slice of Mojave with a healthy dose of Masten rockets. Watch for Masten to appear around time marker 13:47. We really enjoyed hosting
- Summer 2014 Internships November 11, 2013Masten is now accepting applications for internships for the Summer of 2014. If you’ve followed us you know we’ve had a great history of outstanding interns working with us. There are few places like us that can deliver an internship with this level of responsibility and hands on work. We’re not looking for gophers, we’re looking
- Joy and Sadness November 11, 2013Most of the time these blog posts update you on just a glimpse of what’s going on behind the curtain over here at Masten, and the man behind that curtain for most of those posts over the last three plus years has been Colin. Today’s post is a little different. Today, it is both with
- Xaero B Rises March 18, 2013Since last summer, even while we focused on Xombie flights for JPL and expanding Xaero’s flight envelope, we were working. Designing, tweaking, and starting to build the next iteration of Xaero that we affectionately (and creatively) call Xaero-B. We’re finally ready to pull the curtain back and share her with you! Xaero-B is intended to
- February Flight Frenzy! February 1, 2013We finished our work early and now we have extra time for you! As a result, a special one-time deal can be yours this February. Think of it as our Valentine’s Day present to the space community. For projects that can fly by the end of February, we’re offering an open loop flight on our
Discovery Space News
- A Salute to Leonard Nimoy From Orbit: Photo February 28, 2015NASA flight engineer Terry Virts paid respects to Leonard Nimoy from the International Space Station.
- Inspirational Leonard Nimoy, Spock of 'Star Trek,' Dies at 83 February 27, 2015Leonard Nimoy has died at the age of 83 at his Los Angeles home, but his work will continue to inspire.
- Rare 'Medium-Sized' Black Hole Creates Galactic Dead Zone February 27, 2015Astronomers have detected a black hole embedded in the spiral arm of a galaxy 100 million light-years from Earth — but this isn’t any old black hole, it belongs to an extremely elusive class that may be the ‘missing link’ in black hole evolution.
- Russia Will Spin-Off ISS Parts for New Space Station February 26, 2015Russia says it will support U.S. plans to keep the International Space Station operating through 2024, but then wants to split off three still-to-be launched modules to form a new orbital outpost.
- Spacesuit Water Leak Discovered After NASA Spacewalk February 26, 2015An American astronaut found water inside his spacesuit helmet at the end of an otherwise flawless spacewalk outside the International Space Station on Wednesday.
- Ceres' Mystery Bright Dots May Have Volcanic Origin February 25, 2015As NASA's Dawn mission slowly spirals in on its dwarf planet target, Ceres' alien landscape is becoming sharper by the day.
- Baby Universe Spawned Weirdly Monstrous Black Hole February 25, 2015Astronomers have discovered an out-of-place supermassive black hole -- 12 billion times more massive than the sun -- that inexplicably formed when the universe was less than 900 million years old.
- DNews: Large Hadron Collider Reboot Ready to Rumble February 25, 2015Version 2.0 of CERN's large hadron collider is set to get back in the discovery business next month, boasting twice the power, tougher wiring, better cooling systems, and upgraded cameras.
- Curiosity's New Selfie Awash With Epic Mars Science February 25, 2015In a spectacular new Mars selfie, rover Curiosity stands proud on the bedrock at the base of Mount Sharp at it's Mojave work site in an area nicknamed Pahrump Hills.
- Reentering Chinese Rocket Sparks North America Fireballs February 24, 2015Last night, the third stage of a spent Chinese rocket returned into the atmosphere in grand fashion, sparking a family of spectacular fireballs as it incinerated over the western part of North America.
New Scientist
- First photo of Earth from space was from deadly rocket February 26, 2015The first ever photograph of our planet from space marks the moment when rockets became space exploration vehicles and not just bomb carriers
- Ancient black hole had an inexplicable growth spurt February 25, 2015Reaching 12 billion times the mass of the sun just a billion years after the big bang, a black hole has astronomers mystified about its rapid growth
- Watch desert dust cross the ocean as seen from space February 25, 2015For the first time, a satellite has calculated the whopping amount of Saharan dust that is blown over the ocean to reach the Amazon rainforest every year
- The plan to find alien life in Europa's icy seas February 24, 2015We're getting ready to send a probe to Jupiter's icy moon – but how will we know if anything lives there?
- Actual race on moon could decide Lunar XPrize winner February 24, 2015Three rovers may travel to the moon together, meaning the prize would be determined by a sprint finish on lunar soil
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