Ad Astra Special Report – Space-Based Solar Power

Ad Astra ("to the stars"), the award winning magazine of the National Space Society (NSS), has recently published a special report covering space-based solar power (SBSP). This richly illustrated special report explains the technologies behind SBSP in an easy to understand way. Included is a fascinating conversation with Dr. Pete Glaser, now 84 and considered [...]

Dr. Randy Pausch – Husband, Father, Professor … and One Brave Guy

Randy Pausch, 47, is a Professor of Computer Science at Carnegie Mellon University in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania. In September 2006, he was diagnosed with metastatic pancreatic cancer. He has pursued very aggressive treatment but in August of 2007 he was told that the cancer had metastasized to his liver and spleen. The doctors gave him three [...]