With the popularity of retro TV shows such as "Mad Men" comes a second look at how we used to advertise things in the 1960s - products, ideas, etc. The early space age was an exciting time when we were doing things no one had done before - and we were pretty proud of doing it. Some of the artwork is rather classy and, with a few tweaks, might even work today. If you go to this page at io9 you will some examples of ads from the dawn of space exploration.

NASA: The first official NASA App invites you to discover a wealth of NASA information right on your iPhone or iPod Touch. The NASA App collects, customizes and delivers an extensive selection of dynamically updated information, images and videos from various online NASA sources in a convenient mobile package. Come explore with us.

Keith's note: The USAF claims "its not science fiction". So, of course I believe them. Wow, who knew! The USAF has mega comsat battlestars in orbit, their ops personnel wear sleek imperial empire costumes, and they even use the metric system too! Yet when NASA tries to do some harmless education and public outreach, Congress cuts their PAO budget and prohibits them from "lobbying". But wait - there's more (below)

Sapporo Breweries Ltd. is launching sales of the world's first beer produced using malt made 100% from "space barley," the progenies of spaceflight barley seeds, This limited offer is exclusive to the Internet and proceeds will go to charity. Applications to purchase the beer, which is dubbed "SAPPORO Space Barley," can be made from December 3 (Thu), 2009 on the dedicated web page set up on our company's website. Two hundred and fifty successful customers will be selected from among the applicants by lottery.

A NASA App for the iPhone and iPod touch is available free of charge at the App Store from Apple. The NASA application will deliver a wealth of information, videos, images and news updates about NASA missions to people's fingertips.

To celebrate the Solar System Premiere of Columbia Pictures' new animated comedy Planet 51, which will be released in theaters on Earth November 20, 2009, the film is currently orbiting the planet on the International Space Station!

Image: Topographical map shows GLORIAD's fiberoptic ring of rings structure: current and future connectivity. GLORIAD is a modern communications cyberinfrastructure constructed from a fiberoptic ring around the northern hemisphere. It connects universities, research institutes and national laboratories across the globe for science and research applications. The map describes GLORIAD network topology and the ring of rings structure. Current links are shown in blue and the proposed Taj expansion links are shown in orange. Credit: GLORIAD.