Stewart Chiron

The Cruise Guy®

My excitement level to see Atlantis, up close and personal, ranked up there with my anticipation to see the Pyramids in Egypt for the first time. It took my breath away as I first saw her nose and then body from the second floor of the Orbiter Processing Facility.

XPRIZE

Making the Impossible Possible

The new era of space travel will be known for democratizing space travel, moving it into the private sector, and making it available to the general public, rather than just a few highly trained and government-employed specialists.

Sarah Bowman

Founder and editor, The Family Savvy

We're liking the return to routine that fall brings, but also know that keeping a little vacation spirit alive is a good way to keep the fall interesting. Here are some ways that everyone in the family can spice up their September.

Lisa Paul Streitfeld

Philosopher

Normandi Ellis' magnificent Imagining the World into Existence: An Ancient Egyptian Manual of Consciousness is a breakthrough of holistic literature at this crucial time.

Anna Leahy

Space Writer, Poet, Teacher

Paula Golden

Executive Director of Broadcom Foundation and Director of Broadcom Corporation Community Affairs

Science fairs, those time-tested incubators of future American scientists and engineers and a national fixture for generations, are in trouble.

Jeff Goldstein

Director, National Center for Earth and Space Science Education

A different kind of countdown has begun. It is now 2010. Before the next New Year's celebration, the U.S. Space Shuttle program will be just a memory.

Dan Silverstein

Managing Member of Heuristic Management, LLC

Of all the possibilities this storied bastion of testosterone production might have selected, educating women entrepreneurs surely qualifies as one of the more astounding.