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NASA knows that it's an inviting target for hackers and therefore takes significant measures to head off attacks. But still it was compromised last year, and that shook that agency up.
NASA Administrator Nelson alleges a 'lab leak of COVID-19' Former Sen. Nelson referenced unofficial reports alleging that the COVID-19 coronavirus could have come from a lab in the Wuhan Institute of Virology, according to Roulette's tweets, which describe Nelson suggesting that the United States should "watch the Chinese." "They're starting to get very aggressive" in space, said Nelson, bafflingly, according to Roulette's tweets. "We have to be concerned... it's nothing to snooze at and ignore". Okay, stop. While it's not impossible for the coronavirus to have grown and leaked from an expe...
At its Annual Meeting, USRA's Council of Institutions elected the following four Board members: Daniel E. Hastings, Massachusetts Institute of Technology, was elected Region I Trustee Wayne A. Scales, Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University (Virginia Tech), was elected Region III Trustee Elizabeth A. Lada, University of Florida, was elected Region IV Trustee General Lester L. Lyles, United States Air Force, (Ret.) was elected At-Large Trustee. Dr. John A. Montgomery, Chair of the Board of Trustees said, "I am pleased to welcome our four newest members to USRA's Board. They each ha...
Irish Physicist to Head American Institute of Physics Michael H. Moloney has been named as the new CEO of the American Institute of Physics. (Photo: AIP) By Dave Lewis, Editorial Assistant The American Institute of Physics has appointed Irish physicist Michael H. Moloney (right) as their new CEO. The unanimous appointment of Moloney, who holds a doctorate in experimental physics from Trinity College Dublin, is expected to bring a focused effort on aeronautics and space technologies. “Science is rapidly changing and becoming more interdisciplinary, and the fields o...
Obituary: JoAnn Clayton Townsend FREEPORT - JoAnn Clayton Townsend, former director of the Aeronautics and Space Engineering Board (ASEB) at the National Academy of Sciences, ... Share JoAnn Clayton Townsend FREEPORT – JoAnn Clayton Townsend, former director of the Aeronautics and Space Engineering Board (ASEB) at the National Academy of Sciences, an American Institute of and Astronautics (AIAA) fellow, an abstract artist, a mother, grandmother, and great-grandmother, passed away on Dec. 21, 2020. She had just celebrated her 85th birthday. JoAnn was preceded in death by her father, James ...