A First-Class Seat to Stargazing

Austin's Beef & Pie Productions shines a light on Richard Garriott's space travel in Man on a Mission

"...a clear movement, in all sectors – from within NASA, from the voting populace, and from government – that..."

Aug. 7, 2009 Screens Feature by Marc Savlov

Groundwork: Active Austinites

What's doing at the grassroots level

"...of atmospheric carbon is the maximum limit recommended by NASA climate scientist James Hansen to avoid catastrophic global change)...."

June 19, 2009 News Feature by Katherine Gregor

Monsters From the Id

"...veers away from Hollywood's imaginative fear-mongering to focus on NASA engineer Homer Hickam as a case study for this..."

March 20, 2009 Screens Feature by Robert Faires

Dissecting Mercer's Anti-Evolution Editorial

Because shooting fish in a barrel is fun!

"...twenty years, Texas is a leader in science with NASA, Texas Instruments. Dell, IBM, Motorola, a new Toyota manufacturing..."

Feb. 16, 2009 News Post by Lee Nichols

Spaceman:Dada:Robot

A song cycle with its head in the stars and a sense of wonder makes space cool again

"...they perform – they're as stationary as those old NASA techs monitoring a Mercury mission – but in less..."

Jan. 23, 2009 Arts Review by Robert Faires

Daily Affirmation: Hooking Up With Tila Tequila

Tila Tequila has a new book, and it is great/awful.

"...So Cindy Widner is a genius, or at least..."

Dec. 18, 2008 Qmmunity Post by Andy Campbell

Control

Gretchen Phillips admits she wasn’t Just Comforting that girl

"...family, a cautionary, heartwarming, and stage-worthy tale of a NASA scientist studying potential "moon germs," his and his wife's..."

Oct. 31, 2008 Music Feature by Cindy Widner

The Catalyst: Chris Bowers

A Q&A with the editor of Open Left – who'll be one of Netroots Nation's busiest attendees

"...Local Parties, Saturday, July 19, 1:30pm, Ballroom F; Progressive NASA and Space Policy Under a New Administration, Friday, July..."

July 18, 2008 News Feature by Wells Dunbar

350 or Bust: New Climate Change Campaigns Get Rolling

The Share350 initiative launches at this weekend's Green Fourth of July, bolstering an international climate-change campaign with its own Austin twist

"...387 parts per million to 350 – the level NASA climatologist James Hansen says we must attain in order..."

July 4, 2008 News Feature by Daniel Mottola

Food-o-File

Central Texas food and wine get national attention

"...this for Texas culinary diversity? A cowboy cook, a NASA astronaut, and a Bhutanese immigrant cook will discuss Food..."

June 27, 2008 Food Column by Virginia B. Wood

Rick Noriega's Speech to the Texas Democratic Convention

Blasts Cornyn, calls for end to Iraq War.

"...investment in renewable energy sources. This country needs a NASA-like project to make America energy independent. President Kennedy called..."

June 6, 2008 News Post by Lee Nichols

Mr. Smarty Pants Knows

Panama hats originated in Ecuador, Winnie the Pooh's real name, and more

"...NASA has detected large amounts of sodium chloride in lower..."

April 18, 2008 Column by Mr. Smarty Pants

SXSW Film

Daily reviews and interviews

"...can't help but make you laugh. Launched by former NASA astronaut Sally Ride (who executive produced), the competition encourages..."

March 14, 2008 Screens Feature by Belinda Acosta

Off the Record

SXSW music news and carryings on

"...Tequila Mockingbird studios swelled with the intensity of a NASA launch on Friday afternoon, and appropriately so. UK songstress..."

March 14, 2008 Music Column by Austin Powell

Winners

"...embarked upon a zagging career that took him from NASA to Hollywood to computer games to usability design before..."

Feb. 15, 2008 Books Feature

Geek Out!

When Star Trek ended its three-season run in 1969, it almost immediately began a wildly successful syndicated existence

"...up, Scotty" and "red shirt" entered the popular lexicon. NASA named the first space shuttle Enterprise. To celebrate Star..."

Dec. 14, 2007 Screens Feature by Rick Klaw

Getting Warmer

A leading environmentalist on the growing threat to the planet and the future

"...and our peril much greater. Our foremost climate scientist, NASA's James Hansen, testified under oath in a courtroom last..."

Dec. 7, 2007 News Feature by Bill Mckibben

Global Warming

A political timeline

"...2006: NASA's top climatologist, James Hansen, says the Bush administration is..."

Dec. 7, 2007 News Feature

My First Etsy

"...most of the artsy stuff because I invited my NASA friend along (he does some kind of work involving..."

Oct. 24, 2007 Design Post by Nora Ankrum

deEP End

deEP End

"...music for smart kids, weird kids, rocket scientists, and NASA engineers," and songs like "Drag Away" long for the..."

Oct. 19, 2007 Music Review by Audra Schroeder

Homer Hiccolm & the Rocketboys

Friday, Sept. 14, Zilker park

"...story of the West Virginia coal miner's son turned NASA engineer popularized by the film October Sky. That's fitting..."

Sept. 21, 2007 Music Review by Doug Freeman

Luv Doc Recommends: The Miracle Bash

Sky Lounge, Saturday, June 9, 2007

"...that math and still end up as an earthbound NASA desk jockey with a ranch house in Clear Lake?..."

June 8, 2007 Column by The Luv Doc

A Long, Watt Summer

The citywide Kill-a-Watt Challenge kicks off

"...transportation accounts for just 33%. James Hansen – the NASA scientist famed for introducing global warming to public discourse..."

May 25, 2007 Features Feature by Nora Ankrum

SXSW Film

Daily reviews and interviews

"...the fascinating story of this message itself, starting with NASA's James Hansen, whose 1988 Senate testimony first introduced "global..."

March 16, 2007 Screens Feature by Nora Ankrum

Real Alternatives: The Pennsylvania Connection

Texas' "abortion alternative" has roots in the Keystone State

"...– among them an oil- and gas-man and a NASA scientist, but no one with any nonprofit or health-care..."

Jan. 26, 2007 News Feature by Jordan Smith

Denying Reality With Psychotic Whorish Lies

"...agenda, and the moon is made of green cheese (NASA research notwithstanding). Nobody is buying these psychotic, whorish lies,..."

Jan. 2, 2007 Postmarks

Mr. Smarty Pants Knows

French votes, Brit blokes, and tiny notes

"...NASA is thinking about a human mission to a near-Earth..."

Dec. 15, 2006 Column by Mr. Smarty Pants

Aggies Hook Horns, Astros Land Lee

"...8 hitters for run production turned out last year. NASA scientists are still trying to figure out how a..."

Nov. 25, 2006 Sports Post by Christopher Gray

Medicine Man

Up a Tree With Greg Ashley

"...a suburb of Houston, and his dad worked for NASA. In the liner notes to the vinyl version of..."

Oct. 6, 2006 Music Feature by Audra Schroeder

TV Eye

Crazy like a mediocre lineup

"...hair ink is dandy, too, as is Katherine La Nasa as Suzanne Fulcrum (LOL), the self-righteous host of a..."

Sept. 8, 2006 Screens Column by Belinda Acosta

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