Mark Watney, urging his space rover along through the plains of the Acidala Planitia, is pursuing a new manifest destiny.
The committee of outside experts urged the space agency to commit itself to replacing two major instruments on the telescope, as well as upgrading its batteries and gyroscopes to extend its life.
Key Democrats in the House of Representatives have urged the space agency's inspector general to leave after a government review said he had abused his authority.
Replaced by Pinterest-esque notice board spaces urging users to DISCOVER MORE and CONNECT TO MORE… (Subtext: Srsly, won't SOMEONE please just start CLICKING. Someone? Anyone?).
Last fall, at the urging of Congress and space exploration advocates, NASA chose a team led by the Southwest Research Institute and the Johns Hopkins Applied Physics Laboratory to continue research on building a spacecraft, called New Horizons, to explore Pluto and the Kuiper Belt, a ring of debris beyond Neptune.
The study also calls for the U.S. government to put a higher priority on environmental monitoring from space, urges NASA to create an advanced technology organization, and backs human space flight as a tool for enhancing "U.S. soft power leadership".
The multitiered space urged the organic flow of movement and invited public exploration and interaction.
Perhaps, as long urged in this space, the antitrust division of the Department of Justice, the F.C.C. and F.T.C. will stop supinely okaying the megamergers that feed egos and starve competition while adding mountains of dangerous debt.
For example, businesses are urged to lease space at 837 Washington Street, under construction in the meatpacking district, because of its proximity to the new Whitney Museum and an Apple store — and, 837washington.com says, "because when fashion arrived, restaurateurs and hoteliers followed".
But watch this space, urges EA Sports president Peter Moore.
