Last dark was the57th annual National Space Club Goddard Memorial Dinner , a celebration of the first successful flight by Dr. Goddard of a liquid - fuelled projectile , otherwise love as # spaceprom . A few highlights from the even * :
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The keynote loudspeaker was Emily Briere , a bookman at Duke University and achiever of the Goddard Memorial Dinner Keynote Scholarship . Her cacoethes for space and desire to see a man commission to Mars vibrate well with the Twitter - crowd . Alas , we got only one semi - complete quote from her oral communication ( hint , hint , Emily ! ) , transcribed byDennis Bonilla : “ Maybe we do n’t have to produce up … to limit our future . ” subsequently in the night , two other students were awarded encyclopedism : Michael Lottofor his research on EVA suits , and Moira Miller for her time as a NASA Goddardintern .
Up next was Kepler primary police detective William Borucki , accepting theRobert H. Goddard Memorial Trophy on behalf of the Kepler squad . During his lecture , the Kepler Twitter staff bait thatif half of all the stars you wish on are binary system , your wishes are amplified . Borucki pointed out that with the richness of planetary data uncovered by Kepler , if you’re able to think a planet , it exists . Kepler even poseda challenge - question to everyone following along at home . This also marked pretty much the end of social media fervour for the even , as the other award - success did n’t inspire typing mid - event . We ’re get out to imagine that as the Twitter provender fell dumb , a horde ofwell - dressedspace - geeksenjoyedtheir night out .
We can piece together the relief of the night from theAwards list , and rare tidbitsin other media venues :
The NOAA – David Johnson Award went to Dr. Craig Ferguson , aresearcher at the Atmospheric SciencesResearch Center at SUNY Albany , for address a “ vexing ” upshot in climatemodels : country - atmosphere coupling states . The Space Educator awarding went to Brian Grigsby at ShastaHigh School in Redding , California , for inspiring his students . ( Ifyou glance at this article question him , I ’m depend the robots have alot to do with him receiving the award . Ooooh , robots ! ) . The Press Award was split up between two CBS newsmen , WilliamHarwood , Space Reporter , and Walter Cronkite , former Anchorman .
NASA ’s EVA squad 23 collected the Eagle Manned Mission Awardfor “ their power to agnize peril , analyze a post , and recommendappropriate natural process while under the immense pressure of a human spaceflightemergency . ” ( No editorializing from me on that one ; anyone who can make spaceless pernicious is telling . ) In the last of the mathematical group awards , the X-51AWaveRider Team ’s skill with an remote-controlled independent flight demonstratorthat founder the hypersonic barrier was recognize with the Nelson P. JacksonAerospace Award .
Moving down the leaning , the remaining honour were throw toleaders of teams : Lieutenant Colonel Samuel Little for leading his team in abunch of employment with satellite , include working on GPS III pathfinders , Dr. Adam Steltzner for leading his team to make our darling Curiosity Rover safelyon Mars , and Dr. Darrell Zimbelman for project direction in reactivating anintelligence program after a multi - year abatement .
- Very few , and very highlighted , as I was n’t in attending , nor was press , and the only photos from the effect are cellphone - selfies !
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