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Welcome to the Friday’s Food for Thought post from got geoint? As our faithful readers know, we like to honor Earth Day, because well, GEOINT, or humanity for that matter, would not exist without good old mother Earth. And let’s not forget that Earth Day turns 41 today. Yes, last year was a big deal — the big “40″ — but who really honors a 41st anniversary? Well, we do. And on a separate note, USGIF is hosting, in conjunction with Women In Technology (WIT), its “Meet the Agency” event where attendees got to learn more about the National Geospatial-Intelligence Agency(NGA) on Monday. Be sure to mark your calendars and happy Earth Day!

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Welcome to the post X-mas Monday Morning News Kick Off post from got geoint? For those of you who celebrated Christmas, we hope you had a wonderful day full of joy and giving. Well, it’s Monday and guess what…the world is still turning and soo is the news cycle — and we are talking about news beyond the blizzard that just socked the mid-Atlantic and Northeast. So, for those stuck working at home today (or just taking the day off for the holidays), fire up that second cup off hot chocolate and read on. Happy Monday!

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As our faithful got geoint? readers know, we often like to do a mid-week news summary post – especially when there is just soo much news to cover. For this installment, we have a completely mixed bag of stories related to the GEOINT world. From Apple acquiring a geo-location patent, to analysis on how aerial mapping will continue to grow despite the recession, as well as a story about some NASA satellites for measuring ocean plant life being on their last legs. Although we often use this expression for the Monday Morning post, here we go. Fire up that second cup of coffee and read on!

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Welcome once again to the Monday Morning News Kick Off post from got geoint? We hope everyone in the mid-Atlantic region was able to enjoy their hibernation brought on by the massive snow storm that hit this past weekend. Many of you may actually be working from home today because of road conditions. Either way, we hope you are maximizing your WiFi connections and have time to check out this week’s MMNKO post. This week, we have a mixture of stories to share: from extended coverage of last week’s Select Committee on Intelligence hearing to news of Apple rejecting any applications using GPS for location-aware ads and more. Fire up that second cup of coffee and read on!

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India is making grandiose plans to advance its efforts when it comes to being an international player in the “Space Race.” Through community-based programs, India’s space agency has been partnering with schools in remote areas to teach students about space exploration and cutting-edge technology. The agency is also training thousands of young scientists and, in 2012, will open the nation’s first astronaut-training center in the southern city of Bangalore. The goal of the effort is to expand India’s international profile in space and catapult it into a space race with China.

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Let’s face it. Most GEOINT technologies are very sophisticated and costly. And, rightly so…they protect our troops and our nation. You can’t put a price tag on that. But, what if we told you that for a mere $148.00, a couple of MIT students launched a camera to the edge of space and took some amazing photos of earth. It is the ultimate tale of D.I.Y. GEOINT. Hey, did we coin a new term here? Is this the next trend in GEOINT? Enterprising and creative people devising ways of launching items into space. You all may recall that for $8,000, you can launch your own personal spy satellite. But, this is taking it to the next level — a grassroots, everyman-on-the-streets approach to GEOINT.

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Happy Monday. We hope you all had a restful weekend and are ready to kick it into gear this week. Who knows this could be the most productive/successful week of your career. That big contract could finally come through; or that promotion could become a reality; or that contact you met at GEOINT 2008 last year could provide you with that career-changing opportunity. So, aren’t you feeling pumped up (no case of the Mondays, right) about getting the work week started. Well, the Monday Morning News Kick Off post is designed to jump start this most excellent week. As always, grab that coffee and scroll down.

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Welcome to Friday’s Food for Thought. For this week’s theme, we decided to focus on a topic that has impacted us tremendously over the past several weeks: rain. Yes, that is right…rain. The month of June was been one of the soggiest to date with flood warnings in the Washington DC area, NYC being soaked, and in Philly receiving 3.40 inches of rain so far this month. So, what’s the deal? Are we all getting tired of this (rhetorical question, right)? Well, hopefully, this blog post will help us get through the “rain blues,” because surely there is a sunshiny day around the corner. Enjoy and happy Friday!

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After nearly 37 years, NASA is going back to the moon. That is correct. Although this time, no human will be making a “giant leap.” It will be a satellite-mounted camera and a Kamikaze robot scout that will, according to NASA, pave the way for us to eventually step on the moon again. In what is being billed as a two-in-one mission, called the Lunar Reconnaissance Orbiter/Lunar Crater Observation Sensing Satellite, the agency considers the project its most exciting moon mission in nearly four decades, and launches a review of NASA’s plans to put astronauts on the moon in 2020. Read more here.

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The folks at Twitter are surely beaming with pride about the news story that just broke about an astronaut tweeting from outer space. Yes, that is correct. NASA astronaut Mike Massimino is now the first person to tweet from space — from the space shuttle Atlantis. While astronauts don’t have a direct Internet connection in space, he emailed his tweets to Johnson Space Center where they posted it directly to his Twitter account. Click here to see the actual tweet.

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