The stars in the big Wyoming skies inspired Aaron Vigil as a child to dream big. Today, he’s a mechanical engineer working on the Solar Array Sun Shield (SASS) for the Nancy Grace Roman Space Telescope at Goddard. Name: Aaron VigilTitle: Mechanical EngineerFormal Job Classification: Aerospace Technology, Flight StructuresOrganization: Mechanical Engineering...
Things Black women in tech did: that! From creating GPS to putting the first man on the moon, Black women are behind some of historyâs most iconic creations. We think itâs time that these leaders finally get their flowers. Check out these three tech leaders who need to be on your radar. Aisha Bowe is an out-of-this-world aerospace engineer and former NASA rocket...
Things Black women in tech did: that! From creating GPS to putting the first man on the moon, Black women are behind some of historyâs most iconic creations. We think itâs time that these leaders finally get their flowers. Check out these three tech leaders who need to be on your radar. Aisha Bowe is an out-of-this-world aerospace engineer and former NASA rocket...
New 66-foot-wide antenna dishes will be built, online, and operational in time to provide near-continuous communications services to Artemis astronauts at the Moon later this decade. Called LEGS, short for Lunar Exploration Ground Sites, the antennas represent critical infrastructure for NASA’s vision of supporting a sustained human presence at the Moon. The first...
A recent survey of voters by the Foundation for Government Accountability reveals what most of us already knew — the majority of Americans have common sense when it comes to securing our vote —and oppose the provision in H.R. 4 – the proposed John Lewis bill still being held behind closed doors by House Democrats. When its provisions to empower special interests...
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Several prominent economists, businessmen and government figures, many of whom have served under Republican presidents, say taxing carbon emissions and putting the dividends back in the pockets of Americans would be an effective way to combat climate change and support disaffected citizens, while adhering to conservative principles of free market economics and...
Major oil companies including ExxonMobil (XOM), BP (BP), Royal Dutch Shell (RDSA) and Total (TOT) backed a carbon tax proposal on Tuesday that has been gaining traction in Washington. Other big-name backers include billionaire former New York City mayor Michael Bloomberg, physicist Stephen Hawking and former U.S. Treasury Secretary Larry Summers. The plan has found...
Most voters want the government to limit carbon emissions, but at a time when half of all Americans own less than $500 in savings, climate ranks low on their priority list. Through our proposal, the Baker-Schultz Carbon Dividends Plan, the United States can address economic insecurity and climate risk at the same time. In essence, the plan divvies out cash to...
This piece contains spoilers for Barbie (2023). Editor’s note: Scalawag stands in solidarity with the writers, actors, and others of SAG-AFTRA and WGA striking for fair pay and against wage discrimination. When the movie ended and I looked around, prepared to walk into the lobby and break down all my thoughts, I felt a pause, then got a little nervous—I...