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Is Technology Increasing or Suppressing Curiosity? The following question seems to be surfacing more and more often: Is technology increasing curiosity or is it, as some people fear, suppressing it? There’s an understandable concern that instant gratification is making us less likely to be curious about increasingly difficult problems. |
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What the Mars Rover Teaches Us about Risk Management The recent contamination of the Mars Rover with bacteria from Earth highlights the importance of using proper risk management with large-scale projects. Payson Hall analyzes the story and explores NASA's decision-making processes. |
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NASA Seeking Startups NASA is seeking proposals from startups and small businesses for early-stage technology financing. NASA wants to help provide opportunities to compete for federal research and development awards and to hopefully stimulate eventual commercial launch of the technology. |
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NASA Curiosity Mars Rover Software Upgrade a Success NASA's Mars rover Curiosity spent its first weekend on Mars upgrading its software. Upgrading the Curiosity’s software after successfully reaching Mars allowed scientists to align the software’s capabilities with the current tasks the rover faces. |
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Curiosity—and Its Software—on Tour of Mars The Mars rover Curiosity reached its destination earlier this month after years of planning, months of travel through space, and some very careful landing maneuvers. At the heart of Curiosity is some very complex software. If you think testing in production is hard, try testing all the way to Mars. |
