Tip Sheets

Cornell faculty members and experts weigh in on current events.

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The price of space clutter: Debris threatens cosmos exploration, Washington’s wallet

June 19, 2018

Mason Peck, former NASA Chief Technologist and Cornell University aerospace engineering professor, comments on space debris and President Trump's directive to address the problem.

Physical Sciences & Engineering
Engineering

Opportunity fights for life, but its success is cemented in history

June 15, 2018

Mason Peck, former NASA Chief Technologist and Cornell University aerospace engineering professor, comments on the legacy of NASA's Opportunity rover — now facing a massive wind storm on Mars.

Physical Sciences & Engineering
Engineering

Martian dust storms ravage rovers, impact future mission models

June 14, 2018

Don Banfield, a senior research associate specializing in planetary sciences at Cornell University, comments on Martian dust storms like the one threatening NASA's Opportunity rover.

Physical Sciences & Engineering
Arts and Sciences

White House AI summit signals U.S. leadership in competitive industry

May 10, 2018

Bart Selman, professor of computer science at Cornell University and director of the Intelligent Information Systems Institute comments on a White House summit dedicated to the future of artificial intelligence.

Computing & Information Sciences
Physical Sciences & Engineering
Computing & Information Sciences
Engineering
Bart Selman

Weathering the elements, NASA’s InSight to measure seismic activity on Mars

May 3, 2018

Don Banfield, a senior research associate specializing in planetary sciences at Cornell University and member of the science team for NASA’s InSight Mars lander, comments on InSight's mission on the red planet.

Physical Sciences & Engineering
Engineering

TESS satellite to hunt for new worlds ‘in our cosmic backyard’

April 10, 2018

Lisa Kaltenegger, director of Cornell University’s Carl Sagan Institute and one of the world's leading experts on exoplanets, comments on the upcoming launch of NASA's new satellite telescope known as TESS. 

Physical Sciences & Engineering
Arts and Sciences

Pedestrian death from self-driving car highlights need for additional tech

March 19, 2018

Bart Selman, professor of computer science at Cornell University and an expert on artificial intelligence safety issues, comments on a pedestrian death following an accident involving a self-driving car.

Computing & Information Sciences
Physical Sciences & Engineering
Engineering
Bart Selman

Remembering Stephen Hawking: a personal story

March 14, 2018

Yangyang Cheng, a particle physicist and postdoctoral research associate at Cornell University, reflects on the legacy of Stephen Hawking and what his work meant to her personally.

Arts and Sciences
Physical Sciences & Engineering
Yangyang Cheng

SpaceX’s Falcon Heavy Rocket poised to change space exploration forever

February 6, 2018

Mason Peck, professor of mechanical and aerospace engineering at Cornell University and former Chief Technologist at NASA comments on SpaceX's much anticipated test launch of its Falcon Heavy Rocket.

Physical Sciences & Engineering
Engineering
Arts and Sciences
Jonathan Lunine

Today’s outer-rise earthquake in Alaska complicates hazard assessment

January 23, 2018

Cornell geophysicist Geoffrey Abers analyzes Tuesday's 7.9 magnitude earthquake, which comes ahead of largest seismometer experiment coming to the Alaskan Peninsula. 

Physical Sciences & Engineering
Engineering
Geoff Abers