Planetary Science and the Great Adventure In December, NASA launched its first unmanned test flight of the Orion spacecraft, which will eventually take astronauts to an asteroid and Mars. Think about that for a second – what was only dreamt about in science fiction novels and films will become a reality within the lifetime of […]
Vast and Often Anonymous Campaign Expenditures Threaten Our Political System I remember the first time I heard the ad on the radio. I was driving down the 134 Freeway, three weeks before Election Day in 2000, and in a very competitive race for Congress against the incumbent. An angry woman’s voice came on the radio […]
High Speed Rail Should Be Done Right California has been a leader in the nation in so many ways, and over the next few years, we will have the opportunity to do so again by constructing the nation’s first high speed rail. This is long overdue – while many countries in Europe and Asia have […]