That’s one small step for man, one giant leap for… Masten Space’s astronauts! Wait a minute. What? Masten Space has an astronaut corps now? Let’s back up a little… Shortly after the first launch attempt of STS-133 in November, I sent Dave Masten my Lego astronaut keychain and told him that he wanted to go... Continue Reading →
Evadot Podcast #37 – Moonbots team Shadowed Craters
We often hear adults complain: "this generation of kids is lazy, they can't think for themselves unless it involves video games". Not so for Moonbots Team "Shadowed Craters". A team of 4 who took SECOND PLACE out of hundreds of competitors in the Google Lunar X PRIZE Lego Mindstorms Challenge! The future leaders in space... Continue Reading →
Evadot Podcast #30 – NextGiantLeap
Joining Michael today is Bobby Cohanim from the Google Lunar X PRIZE team Next Giant Leap. (psst, they have a great video on their site) Bobby works for Draper, a partner to the team on their hopper. They work with MIT on the effort; both undergrad and grad students are working on the program, and... Continue Reading →