NASAs newly announced plan to capture an asteroid and re-position it around the moon for an astronaut visit sounds cool, but its a side-show on the road to Mars, scientists and long-time space mission managers told Congress. To me, the connection between the asteroid retrieval mission, which involves proximity operations with a rock that would fit comfortably in this hearing room, I see no obvious connection between that and any of the technologies and capabilities required for Martian exploration, Cornell University planetary scientist Steve Squyres told the House Subcommittee on Space on Tuesday Continue reading
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Barbara Evert Discusses Ohiohealth and the New OU Medical School in Dublin – Video
Barbara Evert Discusses Ohiohealth and the New OU Medical School in Dublin Barbara Evert is Dublin Methodist Hospital's Vice President for Medical Affairs. By: Dublin AMRotary Continue reading
Dana McDaniel Discusses the New OU Medical School in Dublin and Introduces Barbara Evert – Video
Dana McDaniel Discusses the New OU Medical School in Dublin and Introduces Barbara Evert Barbara Evert is Dublin Methodist Hospital's Vice President of Medical Affairs. By: Dublin AMRotary Continue reading
Health care reform and $48 milk
In a world that increasingly moves at digital speed, we humans are painfully slow and selective processors of information. We’ll get through a couple of paragraphs of, say, a Paul Krugman op-ed in The New York Times about fiscal policy Continue reading
US Spaceflight Ambitions Must Face Budget Reality, NASA Chief Says
HOUSTON Charles Bolden, NASA’s chief and a self-described dreamer, says there is a line between dreams and reality when it comes to what the space agency can do, especially in light of current budget constraints. “I am the eternal optimist, but I am also a realist,” the NASA administrator told reporters during a visit to the Johnson Space Center here on Thursday (May 16) Continue reading
UCF Medical School graduates its first class
And they’re doctors. Continue reading
Liberty pivots in ACA challenge
RICHMOND, Va. Judges on the 4th Circuit Court of Appeals on Thursday appeared skeptical that Liberty University can challenge the Obama administrations rule that most employers provide contraceptives in their employee health plans. Continue reading
GOP hopes IRS scandal will snag health care law
WASHINGTON (AP) — Political scandals have strange ways of causing collateral damage, and Republicans are hoping the furor over federal tax enforcers singling out conservative groups will ensnare their biggest target: President Barack Obama’s health care law. But no one appears to have connected the factual dots yet, and it’s unclear whether they will. Continue reading
Kellstrom Commercial Aerospace Acquires AirLiance Materials; Will Merge Operations
May 17, 2013 Kellstrom Commercial Aerospace, Inc. (Kellstrom) announced today that it has acquired AirLiance Materials LLC (“AirLiance”) from Lufthansa Technik. Continue reading
Hatch wants IRS probe to expand, include Freedom Path
(Scott Sommerdorf | Tribune file photo) Sen. Orrin Hatch, R-Utah, is leading a group of Republicans seeking a new line of inquiry in the IRS scandal — one aimed at the release of confidential documents, including those from a group that spent $570,000 helping to re-elect the Utah senator Continue reading
Precision Aerospace Components Inc. Today Reported Financial And Operating Results For The Three Months Ended March 31 …
BENSALEM, Pa., May 15, 2013 /PRNewswire/ –Precision Aerospace Components Inc. (PAOS:OTCQB) is a one-stop source for standard, self-locking, semi-special and special nuts, bolts and washers manufactured to several military, aerospace and industrial specifications. The Company maintains an inventory of approximately 44,000 SKUs comprised of approximately 65 million parts of premium quality, brand name fastener products Continue reading
NASA Operating Plan for FY 2013 to Target Planetary Overall, Cuts Research and Completed Missions
PEN Website: http://planetarynews.org Editor: Mark V. Sykes Co-Editors: Melissa Lane, Susan Benecchi Email: pen_editor at psi.edu SPECIAL REPORT AND ANALYSIS: NASA OPERATING PLAN FOR FY2013 TO TARGET PLANETARY OVERALL, CUTS RESEARCH AND COMPETED MISSIONS CALL TO ACTION: CONGRESSIONAL HELP IS NEEDED, AND CALL NASA TO TASK Mark V. Sykes Planetary Science Institute In his FY13 budget request, President Obama proposed the NASA Planetary budget be cut by more than 20% from its FY12 level (From $1.5B to less than $1.2B). Continue reading
Obama Pushes Health Care To Moms – Video
Obama Pushes Health Care To Moms Days before Mother's Day, President Obama is launching a new effort to push support for the Affordable Care Act. By: dcexaminer Continue reading
Health care breach victims plummet
The number of people affected by health care data breaches drastically dropped from 2011 to 2012, according to an analysis of the latest report from the U.S. Continue reading
Nancy-Ann DeParle: Health care reforms proving critics wrong
For more than 100 years, leaders from both parties struggled to bring affordable health care to all Americans. When President Barack Obama took up the fight, many people predicted defeat. Continue reading
Alliance for Cancer Gene Therapy to Host Inaugural Foundation Symposium at the 16th Annual American Society of Gene …
STAMFORD, Conn.–(BUSINESS WIRE)– Alliance for Cancer Gene Therapy, Inc. (ACGT), www.acgtfoundation.org, https://twitter.com/acgtfoundation, and https://www.facebook.com/acgtfoundation, today announced that it will be hosting an inaugural Foundation Symposium Gene and Cell Therapy For Cancer on Thursday, May 16, from 6:00 p.m. Continue reading
Optical Astronomy by Perry Vlahos – Video
Optical Astronomy by Perry Vlahos Perry Vlahos the current President of the Mount Burnett Observatory (MBO) gave a presentation about Optical Astronomy to members of the EMDRC. Continue reading
Freedom to Write Lecture: Sonia Sotomayor – Video
Freedom to Write Lecture: Sonia Sotomayor In May 2009, President Barack Obama nominated Sonia Sotomayor to the U.S. Supreme Court and she assumed her role as Associate Justice on August 8, 2009. In p… Continue reading
Ed is back, and fired up on health care!
> > understands one thing, power. > > the perception that we’re the party of the rich unfortunately continues to grow Continue reading
HEALS, Inc., Venturi, Mike Alvarez, President Venturi, Aerospace Company – Video
HEALS, Inc., Venturi, Mike Alvarez, President Venturi, Aerospace Company HEALS, Inc. Continue reading