Good day,

Back from visit with folks in Washington State. (94 & 95)

Hope I do as well, might even see us get back to the Moon. :-)

Google Alert for the LRO found it mentioned in the notice that NASA Ames at Moffett Field, CA has been told their new director will be retired Air Force brigadier general, Simon P. "Pete" Worden.

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Google Alert for: Lunar Reconnaissance Orbiter

NASA appoints retired Air Force brigadier general to Ames http://www.mercurynews.com/mld/mercurynews/news/local/states/california/northern_california/14400670.htm

San Jose Mercury News - CA, USA
... pole to search for ice. The project will launch in 2008, along with the Lunar Reconnaissance Orbiter, which will circle the moon. ...

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Will watch and see if this fits in with the Ames tasks for managing some robotic missions to the Moon. There certainly has been enough press about stabbing the Moon in a search for water.

Hope the whole Moon is considered for potential lunar habitation.
- LRK -
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http://adsabs.harvard.edu/abs/1985lbsa.conf..405H
Lava tubes - Potential shelters for habitats

Journal:
IN: Lunar bases and space activities of the 21st century (A86-30113 13-14). Houston, TX, Lunar and Planetary Institute, 1985, p. 405-412.
Publication Date:
00/1985
Category:
Lunar and Planetary Exploration
Origin:
STI
NASA/STI Keywords:
LUNAR BASES, SITE SELECTION, SPACE HABITATS, UNDERGROUND STRUCTURES, CAVES, LAVA, RADIATION SHIELDING
Bibliographic Code:
1985lbsa.conf..405H

Abstract

Natural caverns occur on the moon in the form of 'lava tubes', which are the drained conduits of underground lava rivers. The inside dimensions of these tubes measure tens to hundreds of meters, and their roofs are expected to be thicker than 10 meters. Consequently, lava tube interiors offer an environment that is naturally protected from the hazards of radiation and meteorite impact. Further, constant, relatively benign temperatures of -20 C prevail. These are extremely favorable environmental conditions for human activities and industrial operations. Significant operational, technological, and economical benefits might result if a lunar base were constructed inside a lava tube.

[8 page pdf file - LRK -]
http://articles.adsabs.harvard.edu/cgi-bin/nph-iarticle_query?db_key=AST&bibcode=1985lbsa.conf..405H

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Thanks for looking up with me.

Larry Kellogg

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NASA appoints retired Air Force brigadier general to Ames http://www.mercurynews.com/mld/mercurynews/news/local/states/california/nort
hern_california/14400670.htm

San Jose Mercury News - CA, USA

Posted on Fri, Apr. 21, 2006
NASA appoints retired Air Force brigadier general to Ames Associated Press

MOUNTAIN VIEW, Calif. - NASA on Friday appointed retired Air Force Brig.
Gen. Simon Worden to head the Ames Research Center, which has played an increasingly visible role in President Bush's plan to return astronauts to the moon.

Worden replaces Scott Hubbard, who resigned earlier this year to take a position at the SETI Institute, a nonprofit that studies the possibility of life beyond Earth. Hubbard, who investigated the space shuttle Columbia accident, led Ames since 2002.

During his Air Force service, Worden commanded the 50th Space Wing, which is responsible for more than 60 Pentagon satellites.

The shakeup comes at a time when Ames is taking a more active role to fulfill Bush's space exploration vision for a manned mission to the moon by 2018.

Last year, the NASA center was tapped to direct at least four unmanned missions to the moon ahead of human landings. The missions will map the lunar surface, probe for evidence of water and scout for future landing spots.

Earlier this month, Ames was selected to launch a mission that would crash a space probe into the moon's south pole to search for ice. The project will launch in 2008, along with the Lunar Reconnaissance Orbiter, which will circle the moon.

Ames, based in Silicon Valley, has an annual budget of $600 million and employs about 2,500 researchers.

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NASA Ames Research Center: http://www.nasa.gov/centers/ames

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04.21.06 - NASA Names Worden New Ames Center Director NASA Administrator Michael Griffin announced Friday that Simon P. "Pete"
Worden will be the next director of NASA's Ames Research Center at Moffett Field, Calif. Worden, a retired U.S. Air Force brigadier general, is a research professor of astronomy at the University of Arizona, Tucson.

Read More+ http://www.nasa.gov/centers/ames/news/releases/2006/06_24AR.html
Michael Mewhinney
Ames Research Center, Moffett Field, Calif.
Phone: (650) 604-3937/9000


April 21, 2006
RELEASE: 06_24AR

NASA Names Worden New Ames Center Director

NASA Administrator Michael Griffin announced Friday that Simon P. "Pete"
Worden will be the next director of NASA's Ames Research Center at Moffett
Field, Calif. Worden, a retired U.S. Air Force brigadier general, is a
research professor of astronomy at the University of Arizona, Tucson.

Ames Research Center is located in California's Silicon Valley at the core
of the research cluster of high-tech companies, universities and
laboratories that define the region's character. With more than $3 billion
in capital equipment, 2,500 research personnel and an approximately $600
million annual budget, Ames has a significant economic impact in the region.

During his Air Force service, Worden held director and deputy director level
positions with the Air Force Space Command, where he was responsible for
developing new programs, including next generation launch concepts. He also
was commander of the 50th Space Wing, U.S. Air Force Space Command. He also
served as 2nd deputy for technology with the Strategic Defense Initiative
Organization, where he received the NASA Outstanding Leadership Medal for
directing the 1994 Clementine lunar probe mission.

Worden holds a bachelor's degree in astronomy from the University of
Michigan, Ann Arbor, and a doctorate in astronomy from the University of
Arizona.

For an official United States Airforce biography, please visit:

United States Airforce Brig. Gen. Simon P. Worden Biography
http://www.af.mil/bios/bio.asp?bioID=7661

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WHAT THE MIND CAN CONCEIVE, AND BELIEVE, IT WILL ACHIEVE - LRK

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