EPA’s FY 2013 Budget Proposal Focuses on Core Environmental and Human Health Protections / EPA budget supports President Obama’s vision of an America that is built to last
Posted by brandoniswrite on February 17, 2012
WASHINGTON – Today the Obama Administration proposed a FY 2013 budget of .344 billion for the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA). This budget reflects a government-wide effort to reduce spending and find cost-savings, and is 5 million below the EPA’s enacted level for FY 2012 U.S. EPA Radiation News
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America vs. Astronaut: The Case of the Lifted Lunar Camera
Posted by brandoniswrite on October 14, 2011
Apollo 14 astronaut Edgar Mitchell on the Moon, February 5, 1971. Credit: NASA. Imagine you’re an astronaut. You have what it takes to be selected to fly a mission to the Moon. You train, make the trip, and become one of literally a handful of humans ever to have walked on the lunar surface. And [...]
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Something Different – For SSEP Teachers Across America: We’ve Got To Be That Light
Posted by brandoniswrite on August 28, 2011
In March 2011, I had the wonderful honor of giving the Keynote Address to 6,000 teachers of science at the National Science Teachers Association (NSTA) National Conference in San Francisco. The talk, “Science, it’s Not a Book of Knowledge … it’s a Journey” was about the nature of human exploration, and that science education—indeed all [...]
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In Review: ‘Captain America: The First Avenger’
Posted by brandoniswrite on August 5, 2011
Synopsis: After being deemed unfit for military service, Steve Rogers volunteers for a top secret research project that turns him into Captain America, a superhero dedicated to defending America’s ideals. SciFi Pulse
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Comix Portal: The First Negative ‘Captain America: First Avenger’ ‘Review’ (Update)
Posted by brandoniswrite on June 21, 2011
Seeing how important negative reviews can be to a movie like Green Lantern, let me be the first to tell you how bad the next Marvel move, Captain America: The First Avenger, will be. Honestly, the deck was seriously stacked against this flag-waving character before a second of the movie was filmed. SciFi Pulse
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One NASA engineer who changed how America landed on the moon
Posted by brandoniswrite on January 1, 2011
If there was one person who pushed NASA to ensure America could reach the moon before 1970, and save both billions of dollars and two years of time involved, it was one engineer.One man at NASA pushed his plan to have two space craft head to lunar orbit, land one and have the two redock [...]
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