Published by Kate at August 17, 2009 9:00 pm under Story
By Kate Hennessy
Today I stumbled upon the humbling realisation that I had a lot to learn, professionally, from school-children.
Astronaut, Megan McArthur. Image: NASA
Megan fields some excellent questions at Google HQ today.
I was one in their midst at Google HQ in Pyrmont this morning, listening, agog, as NASA astronaut Megan McArthur talked about working in space. Megan had fronted up in her blue NASA overalls, there to talk primarily about the fifth and final servicing mission of the Hubble Space Telescope she worked on in May this year.
Published by Kate at August 5, 2009 9:50 pm under Story
By Kate Hennessy
If you think it’s the hot, blonde Cylon in the tight, red dress that makes sci fi series Battlestar Gallactica so popular, think again. (And no, it’s not the hot, blonde Starbuck either…)
Why, it’s their search for Earth of course! We identify, all of us, in the Battlestar’s desperate quest to find home. Losing one’s possessions is never pleasant. Losing Earth entirely? Yep – that’s material for a big budget, four-part series alright. *
And, if real-life tales from the astronauts who’ve seen Earth from afar are anything to go by, our ‘connection’ with Earth is amplified, not diminished, by our distance from it. Continue Reading »
