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Satellite Imaging, Not Tourism, Is the Modern Space Race

7/14/2022 by : Ray Jayawardhana , Wall Street Journal

While Jeff Bezos, Richard Branson and Elon Musk send people into orbit, real-time mapping of the Earth has much broader applications, writes Dean Ray Jayawardhana.

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Father's Day: I'm a writer because of my dad, but he is still my most challenging subject

6/21/2020 by : Ray Jayawardhana , USA Today

This article in USA Today is the first attempt by Ray Jayawardhana, Harold Tanner Dean of the College of Arts and Sciences and professor of astronomy, to write about his father—his inspiration and most difficult subject.

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30 years after 'pale blue dot' photo of Earth, the coronavirus reminds us of our fragility

5/8/2020 by : Ray Jayawardhana , USA Today

In this great big universe we call home, we are dependent on each other to get through this crisis, writes Ray Jayawardhana, Harold Tanner Dean of the College of Arts and Sciences and professor of astronomy, in an op-ed article in USA Today.