Good day, March 29, 2006

If you didn't see the Solar Eclipse today there are some images at NASA.

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http://www.nasa.gov/audience/formedia/features/index.html
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03.29.06 - International Space Station Captures Images of Solar Eclipse Crew members onboard the International Space Station captured images of this morning's solar eclipse, as they witnessed the spectacle from their unique vantage point 230 miles above the Earth.
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http://www.nasa.gov/home/hqnews/2006/mar/HQ_M06053_eclipse_images_available.html

http://www.nasa.gov/vision/universe/solarsystem/sun_earthday2006.html

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Others have pictures as well.
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http://www.spaceweather.com/

TOTAL ECLIPSE: The moon's dark shadow touched Earth today, tracing a path from Brazil to central Asia, cutting across Africa and Turkey, and finally returning to space west of Mongolia. Wherever the shadow fell, people witnessed a spectacular eclipse of the sun: photo gallery.

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http://www.exploratorium.edu/eclipse/2006/index.html

On March 29, 2006, a total solar eclipse will occur when the new moon moves directly between the sun and the earth. The moon's shadow will fall on the eastern tip of Brazil, speed eastward across the Atlantic, through northern Africa, across the Mediterranean, and into Turkey, where an Exploratorium team will be waiting.

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Watch the ARCHIVED Webcast
Archived video will be available via these links approximately one hour after the LIVE event ends

http://sunearthday.nasa.gov/2006/events/webcasts.php
http://sunearth.gsfc.nasa.gov/eclipse/SEmono/TSE2006/TSE2006.html
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If you had been in Washington D.C. today you might have attended the Astrobiology Conference where the Moon was in the spotlight. Take a look at who the presenters are in the snip I copied below.
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And someone that is in the Washington D.C. area is Karen Shea who has several blog sites that have much to say about the Moon. She has a number of links to articles about the Moon and was gracious enough to mention this list. :-)
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http://lunardevelopment.typepad.com/
Lunar Development
The Moonbase Portal: Commentary and Information on the Development of the Moon

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March 03, 2006
Implementation of the Vision for Space Exploration: A decision that effects the 7000th Generation

The Iroquois, American Indians in the Great Law of Haudenosanee, which required chiefs consider the impact of their decisions on the Seventh Generation. The plan for a Return to the Moon will have effects on not just the Seventh Generation, the 70th generation or even the 700th generation, The decisions we make now will effect the 7000th generation.

We need to make decisions about the Return to the Moon with that in mind. We need to plan for settlement not for camping. Just because the plan includes lunar resource utilization doesn't mean it is not camping. Gathering firewood and fishing for dinner are using local resources but they are not settlement, they are camping.
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Thanks for looking up.

Larry Kellogg

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http://abscicon2006.arc.nasa.gov/
http://abscicon2006.arc.nasa.gov/abscicon2006.html
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The Astrobiology Science Conference (AbSciCon) 2006 will be held March 26-30, 2006 in Washington, D.C., at the Ronald Reagan Building and International Trade Center (www.itcdc.com). All are invited to join the astrobiology community at this exceptional facility that lies in the heart of Washington, just off the Mall, blocks from the White House, and with easy access to all areas of the city via the Metro. The meeting will be held when the cherry blossoms (www.nationalcherryblossomfestival.org/) are nearing their peak at the Tidal Basin! A private evening tour and reception are scheduled at the Smithsonian's National Museum of Natural History, site of the United States meteorite collection.
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http://www.nasa.gov/centers/ames/news/index.html
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03.28.06 - The Moon Gets Spotlight at Astrobiology Conference Scientists at the NASA Astrobiology Science Conference will discuss the moon's role in shaping life on Earth and what secrets it can tell us about the formation of the solar system.
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http://www.nasa.gov/centers/ames/news/releases/2006/06_18AR.html
Jonas Dino
NASA Ames Research Center, Moffett Field, Calif.
Phone: (650) 604-5612 or (650) 207-3280
E-mail: jonas.dino@nasa.gov

March 28, 2006
RELEASE: 06_18AR

The Moon Gets Spotlight at Astrobiology Conference

WHO: The moon, our constant companion, has once again become a focus of the scientific community as NASA prepares to fulfill the Vision for Space Exploration. Scientists at the NASA Astrobiology Science Conference will discuss the moon's role in shaping life on Earth and what secrets it can tell us about the formation of the solar system. The session will also discuss the future of lunar exploration missions. The NASA Astrobiology Science Conference is being held in Washington, March 26 through 30.

Panelists:

* Norm Sleep - Moon as Biological Tape Recorder
* Paul G. Lucey - The Science of the Lunar Polar Volatile Deposits
* James B. Garvin - The Moon as a Natural Laboratory for Cosmic Collisions in Astrobiology
* Lynn Rothschild - The Role of the Moon in Shaping Life on Earth
* G. Scott Hubbard- Exploration Science at the Moon: Links to Understanding Life in the Universe
* Bernard H. Foing - International Lunar Missions: Results and Implications for Astrobiology


WHEN: The session will be held on Wednesday, March 29, at 3 p.m. to 5:40 p.m. EST.

WHERE: Ronald Reagan Building and International Trade Center.
1300 Pennsylvania Ave. NW, Washington, D.C.
Session location: Reagan Amphitheater

For more information about AbSciCon 2006, visit:

http://abscicon.arc.nasa.gov/
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WHAT THE MIND CAN CONCEIVE, AND BELIEVE, IT WILL ACHIEVE - LRK

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