Cybersecurity & Tech

Summer's Unexpected Thrill

Carrie Cordero
Tuesday, July 28, 2015, 7:00 AM

If you haven’t yet had a chance to mentally pause from digesting all the heavy news of the summer – ISIL’s expansion, domestic mass shootings, and extraordinary breaches of sensitive information, to name a few – it’s worth do

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If you haven’t yet had a chance to mentally pause from digesting all the heavy news of the summer – ISIL’s expansion, domestic mass shootings, and extraordinary breaches of sensitive information, to name a few – it’s worth doing, if only to remind yourself of one of childhood’s great thrills: Space.

This summer’s good government surprise award goes to NASA, for bringing us a trifecta of amazing discoveries and a gentle reminder that intelligence, skill, patience and perseverance still matter. My top three:

New Horizon’s exploration of Pluto, a project that required its team to wait nine years, and counting, as the data continues to download over the next many months,

Earth's "older cousin," Kepler-452b,

...and, my personal favorite, Commander Scott Kelly’s exquisite pictures and pithy observations as he keeps watch over us all while we sleep, shared via his daily tweets. Yes, he’s tweeting. From. Space. #year in space.

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Carrie Cordero

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Carrie Cordero is a Senior Fellow at the Center for a New American Security. She is also an adjunct professor at Georgetown Law, where she previously served as Director of National Security Studies. She spent the first part of her career in public service, including as Counsel to the Assistant Attorney General for National Security; Senior Associate General Counsel at the Office of the Director of National Intelligence; Attorney Advisor at the Department of Justice, where she practiced before the Foreign Intelligence Surveillance Court; and Special Assistant United States Attorney.

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