News & Events
November 7, 2007: Luna Philosophie- Viewpoints: Exploratory Data Analysis [NEW location!]
WHAT:The fifth Luna Philosophie will have Creon Levit, of the NASA Ames Research Center Advanced Supercomputing Division, at Yahoo Brickhouse in San Francisco. Creon will be discussing Viewpoints, a High-Performance Interactive Cross-Platform Graphical Data-Mining Tool.
August 27th, 2007: Luna Philosophie- Space Traffic Management
WHAT:The fourth Luna Philosophie will aim to explore the issues and concerns that have arisen recently regarding Space traffic. we will also explore how they are reflective of the concerns that we face here on Earth and the correlation between the two.
July 23, 2008: Luna Philosophie--"Will an Asteroid Hit the Earth?"
July 23, 2008: Luna Philosophie
WHAT: The ninth Luna Philosophie will feature Rusty Schweickart, Apollo 9 Astronaut, of the Association of Space Explorers (ASE). Rusty will give a presentation about the threat of “Near Earth Objects (NEO).”
Participate! "This is your Future-- Why the Moon"
What would YOU like to ask of young people that work at NASA?
On July 20, 2008, members from the younger generation from four NASA Centers will discuss the future of space exploration as part of the Lunar Science Conference at NASA Ames Research Center. The panel is entitled "This is your Future-- Why the Moon?" and is open to a variety of space topics. We invite you to participate by submitting questions to the panel online, modeled after the CNN YouTube Debates. If your video is selected, it will be aired at the event and discussed by the panel.
May 21, 2008: Luna Philosophie
WHAT:The eighth Luna Philosophie will feature Patrick Hogan, Project Manager and Randy Kim, UI, Data and Graphics Lead for NASA World Wind, an open source 3D interactive world viewer. Together, they will be discussing "Open Source at NASA: 3D Visualization with NASA World Wind".
February 20, 2008: Luna Philosophie
WHAT:The seventh Luna Philosophie will have Vytas Sunspiral, of NASA Ames Research Center, at Yahoo Brickhouse in San Francisco. He will be discussing "Control Schemes for Complex Coordinated Human Motion."
January 9, 2008: Luna Philosophie
WHAT:The sixth Luna Philosophie will have Tom Cochrane, of NASA Ames Research Center, at Yahoo Brickhouse in San Francisco. He will be discussing Virtual Reality System Engineering Environments for the Space Program.
Proceedings of the Participatory Exploration Summit
Please check out the Proceedings of the Participatory Exploration Summit This event, held at NASA Ames Research Center on June 26, 2007, explored creative opportunities for individuals, organizations, and communities to engage with NASA through the use of new and emerging technologies, and to participate in space exploration.
July 30th, 2007: Luna Philosophie- Origins, Evolution and Future of Virtual Worlds
WHAT:The third Luna Philosophie will aim to establish a link between virtual worlds and their application to space. Also, there will be a tour of NASA's existing facilities in the virtual world of Second Life.
Ames Director Pete Worden Addresses ISDC Conference from Second Life
Video of our own Gen. Pete Worden, NASA Ames Center Director, speaking to the crowd at ISDC 2007 from NASA CoLab Island in Second Life:
