Lost In Space: New Zealand’s $30M Participation Trophy
What Happened? At $30 million dollars, MethaneSAT was easily New Zealand’s largest ever investment in “space”. It is also by…
New Zealand Mentioned – Seeing Ourselves in the News
Perhaps it is true of all small countries, but New Zealand loves finding the local angle on global news. Earthquake…
Stout Saplings: How To Grow A Space Ecosystem
New Zealand has unique opportunities in space. A few weeks ago, I wrote a post (which turned into a Newsroom…
Wax On, Wax Off: Physics and the Hero’s Journey
With just a few strokes of chalk, we see that lightning and rainbows are drawn from the same well of knowledge. What’s delightful, from the teacher’s perspective, is that this last step is much simpler than the arduous journey it takes to get there, so the proverbial pot of gold turns out to be guarded by a surprisingly amiable dragon.
Letting the Per Capita Go To Your Head…
It is worth pausing to recognise the extent to which New Zealand and New Zealanders have achieved something remarkable in space. And I am looking forward to seeing what we – and my students – do next.
Finding Peters: A Trail In and Out of Science
It is sometimes said that a person is not truly dead until their name is forgotten. If this is true, that one perfect paper has won a thoughtful man a place among the immortals.