NASA Grants PSU $132,000
Posted by: kmikeym | From: December 29, 2005
Bizjournals.com reports that NASA has awarded Portland State University a $132,000 grant to support the Origins of Solar Systems research program.
I didn't know PSU did anything with NASA!
According to the article, The Origins of Solar Systems, which is part of Washington, D.C.-based NASA' Science Mission Directorate Solar System Division program, supports scientific investigations related to understanding the formation and early evolution of planetary systems, and to provide the fundamental research and analysis necessary to detect and characterize other planetary systems.
As awesome as it is, it's tempered somewhat by Portland State University having no information I could find, and the same for the maze of NASA sites. :( It's frustrating to be excited about this and not find any info.
Hopefully they will post info soon and I can add more details about the program and what role PSU will play.
I guess it is some what surprising to know that way up here, in the North West, in Oregon of all places, so remote to "Space City" Houston, that Portland State University, in the "City of Roses", plays a significant roll in our nations space program. In fact, so does U of O, WOU and OSU. NASA has an ongoing presence at PSU in various forms from year to year depending on student ambitions and participation in research and development student programs and projects. PSU professors also partipate in similar projects. As a PSU architecture graduate, and a recent NASA GSFC & JSC intern, I can definitely say that we have a presence within our space program. From microgravity research on board NASA's KC-135 jet plane to studies in habitation and human factors, engineering, astrophysics to astogeology and astrobiology and fluid flow physics to name but only a few.
Posted by: Michael at October 3, 2006 2:19 AM
Hey, if you're into space stuff, you should listen to this talk:
http://www.itconversations.com/shows/detail765.html
It's by Peter Diamandis, the guy who created the X Prize for private space flight. He's got this very exciting vision about the non-NASA future of space flight.
The best part is about the sport he's creating with the backers of Nascar: flying rocket car races!
Posted by: Greg at December 30, 2005 2:08 PM