Category Archives: Editorial

Earths Solar System Habitable Zone Planets

Why is Gliese 667c so exciting? Life thats why

Recently KnowledgeOrb reported that Gliese 667c was found to have three planets in the magical habitable zone. This means these planets are in an orbit which in theory cold support…

China Rocket Launch June 2013

China Launches Rocket placing Three Astronauts in orbit

China launched it’s Shenzhou-10 rocket into orbit with three astronauts or “Taikonauts” on board to dock with their Chinese-owned module called Tiangong-1. Currently China and Russia are the only nations capable of this….

How to get a job at NASA – Series Part 3 – The Interview

If you manage to get this far it means that you are a serious candidate for a job, so take it serious. I never cease to be amazed at just…

How to get a job at NASA – Series Part 2 – The Resume

Having hired literally hundreds of people for both technical and non technical positions I will offer here what I look for in a resume. For the most part I hire…

NASA Meatball

How to get a job at NASA – Series Part 1 – Motivation

Can I work at NASA? One of the questions that get asked a lot via email here at KnowledgeOrb is “How can I get a job at NASA?” I decided…

NASA Meatball

NASA 1961 goal Man on Moon in decade, 2013 goal Man in Orbit in four years

NASA just signed a deal with Russian for almost one half billion dollars to launch astronauts to the space station, 424 million to be exact. This deal will assure we…

VIIRS Blue Marble Image January 2 2012

Congress Mulls Asteroid Protection for the Most Important Planet – Earth

On March 19th 2013 the U.S. Congress heard testimony from NASA about the potential of the most important planet in the universe being wiped out by an asteroid.  The odds were…

Blogging and the answer to the ultimate question

Hello friends of KnowledgeOrb. This post is a little off topic from the normal space and science topics we usually bring to you. I have been blogging here on KnowledgeOrb.com…