This Wednesday, October 1st, marked the 50th “birthday” of the National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA); so what better week is there to begin an astronomy and space blog?
The world celebrated NASA’s birthday throughout this week with articles, television specials, and radio news coverage. Some might question why the birthday has received so much attention, and whether they should even follow astronomy and space science. MSN has 10 great reasons why we should all recognize and commemorate NASA’s expansion in the last half-decade.
Many also don’t realize that astronomy is about more than stars and spaceships, and fail to recognize how NASA’s accomplishments have given extensively to humankind. But from the United States’ position in international politics, to the world’s advancements in environmental protection strategies, it has been proven again and again how essential cosmological developments are in many fields.
That being said, this blog is designed to bring stellar and planetary news to interested but inexpert readers. Astronomy can be fascinating and useful even to those of us who don’t have doctorates in Astrophysics. I hope to excite readers about astronomy, its advances, and those advances’ influence in the world. Thanks, and enjoy!
(If you have extra time, take a look at this funny comic by Granite Greek about the question about whether Pluto is a planet-a question I will be addressing in future posts.)
