Many of you may be thinking: “NASA does Earth science? I thought you blast robots to Mars, send astronauts to the space station, and build all of those great orbiting telescopes.” Sure, we do all that.
But in fact, NASA is also the leading funder of Earth research in the
Our goal is to provide glimpses of the everydays of Earth science — the field campaigns, lab experiments, technology development – that illuminate the work behind the breakthroughs. We hope to share the evolution of scientific thinking and debates, and the practical application of NASA science in society. Most of all, we want to share the fun we have watching science in progress.
–Mike Carlowicz, NASA’s Earth Science News Team