I was reminded of the TV series, Space: 1999.
How about you?
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http://www.space1999.net/
28 October 2006 - 2602 days since leaving Earth orbit
Welcome to Space: 1999 Net, a collection of Space: 1999 themed websites.
Each site below was created by a different Space: 1999 fan. If you wish to comment upon this site as a whole, send email to Space: 1999 Net. To comment upon a particular site, send your email to the site's maintainer.
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Others still remember, see some links below.
Would be nice to have something similar to get the general public thinking about going back to the Moon.
The movie 2001: A Space Odyssey was an inspiration to many.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/2001:_A_Space_Odyssey_(film)
I read the book a number of times and saw the movie several times as well.
One time was with my brother who told be all about the music as I told him about the science, much to the displeasure of those sitting next to us. :-)
If you have not seen "Kubrick 2001 The space odyssey explained," you might enjoy this flash movie presentation.
http://www.kubrick2001.com/
Jeroen Lapre' is still working on his short digital movie - Maelstrom II - based on Arthur C. Clarke's short story.
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http://www.maelstrom2themovie.com/
http://home.comcast.net/~jeroen-lapre/ArthurCClarke/MaelstromII/Maelstrom_II_Turn_Tables.html
http://home.comcast.net/~jeroen-lapre/ArthurCClarke/MaelstromII/MaelstromII.html
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Thanks for looking up with me.
Larry Kellogg
Web Site: http://lkellogg.vttoth.com/LarryRussellKellogg/
BlogSpot: http://kelloggserialreports.blogspot.com/
RSS link: http://kelloggserialreports.blogspot.com/atom.xml
Newsltr.: https://news.altair.com/mailman/listinfo/lunar-update
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http://www.space1999.net/~alpha3d/
Welcome to 3D Alpha, a project to model the interiors of Moonbase Alpha.
This project will be modeled in 3DS Max and the max files will be available on this site for download as they become available.
Please use the navigation links above to navigate the site.
Enjoy!
Thanks To Space:1999.NET for hosting 3D Alpha:
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http://images.google.com/images?q=Space+1999&hl=en&hs=RsK&lr=&client=firefox-a&rls=org.mozilla:en-US:official&sa=X&oi=images&ct=title
Google Images
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http://www.space1999.org/
The Future is Fantastic!
Welcome to Space1999.org:
Dedicated to the science fiction show Space: 1999.
The site is divided into five main sections: FAQ, Features, Discussions, Gallery, and Revival, plus various other sub-sections including FAB and our Thunderbirds Are GO! site. Be sure to use the side navigation on each page, or the Site Index to find your way around! And visit our Store section to support this site!
L I F T O F F W H E N R E A D Y !
Space1999.org's brand-new eBook imprint!
It's been months in the making! Announced April 18th, 2006, our new, non-commercial, not-for-profit electronic books (eBooks) are geared to
Space: 1999 fan fiction and other reference works. See for yourself!
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http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Space:_1999
Space: 1999 (ITC Entertainment, 1975-1977) was a British science-fiction television show about the journey of the occupants of a Moon base after the Moon is knocked out of orbit by a nuclear explosion. The series was the last produced by the partnership of Sylvia and Gerry Anderson, famous for the TV series Thunderbirds, Fireball XL5, and UFO. The Andersons' marriage foundered during production of Space: 1999, and the end of production of the first series marked an end to their working association.
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http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0072564/
http://a.webring.com/hub?ring=space1999
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WHAT THE MIND CAN CONCEIVE, AND BELIEVE, IT WILL ACHIEVE - LRK
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Saturday, October 28, 2006
Karl D Dodenhoff posted on ProjectApollo a note about his web site that has some material from the old 60's "Science Program".
I copied it below with the links to his web site.
Might bring back memories, at least it did for a number of folks on the ProjectAollo Yahoo group. http://tech.groups.yahoo.com/group/ProjectApollo/
Some of you have ideas for taking us to the Moon and Mars in graphic, story telling ways. It isn't all that easy.
I copied links to one group that has been working on a project since 2001.
http://manconquersspace.com/MCSEnter.html [more links below]
You might like to take a look at the 3D renderings found at DEEPCOLD, a website telling about the COLD WAR that occupied the second half of the 20th Century.
http://www.deepcold.com/index.html
Well so much for looking back.
And for the future, hmmm, funding, funding, funding, or lack thereof.
Too bad we can't apply all the money spent by politicians on negative campaign ads to getting us up, up, and away.
A couple of million to each of you that have space projects on hold would be nice.
Here is hoping you have more to write about and projects we can all look at.
Thanks for looking up with me.
Larry Kellogg
Web Site: http://lkellogg.vttoth.com/LarryRussellKellogg/
BlogSpot: http://kelloggserialreports.blogspot.com/
RSS link: http://kelloggserialreports.blogspot.com/atom.xml
Newsltr.: https://news.altair.com/mailman/listinfo/lunar-update
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This post by Karl on ProjectApollo@yahoogroups.com - LRK - http://tech.groups.yahoo.com/group/ProjectApollo/
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1a. Old and new web site updates
Posted by: "Karl D Dodenhoff"
Date: Fri Oct 27, 2006 5:23 am (PDT)
A recent post in another group inspired me to do something I've been meaning to do for a long time. I just re-posted a web page that was on my old site. It deals with the old 60's "Science Program", which was a subscription service you signed up for at a staggering cost of 10 cents. You would then receive the Revell 1/96 scale Apollo CSM/LM kit with the lunar base at no extra cost, followed by a series of small paperback books on various science topics, many of which were related to space exploration. The web page features large scans of some of the ads that were seen in Boys Life magazine for the program, as well as scans of the covers of many of the books. You can see it here:
http://www.myspacemuseum.com/60smodel.htm
I consider this to be a real treat for us Boomers!
Also, I have nearly completed a new page on Apollo Art, which has a dozen scans of some of my favorite Apollo art work, including a series from National Geographic magazine. You can check it out here:
http://www.myspacemuseum.com/apolloart.htm
This one is still under construction but about 90% complete.
Karl
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http://manconquersspace.com/MCSEnter.html
MAN CONQUOERS SPACE - THE CONQUEST OF THE MOON AND MARS
http://manconquersspace.com/MCSEnter.html
INTRODUCTION
http://manconquersspace.com/MCSPg3.html
THE STORY
Man Conquers Space is now designed as a theatrically released feature film, chronicling the major space exploration and exploitation events of the 20th and early 21st century in an alternative history timeline.
The release date of Man Conquers Space is yet to be announced.
http://manconquersspace.com/MCSUpdates.php
MCS: UPDATES
Milestone
10 Jul 2006
After much writing, rewriting, tweaking, adjusting and rethinking, the "MCS Screenplay" is done. Here's the thing: the MCS screenplay has in one form or another been around for quite some time now. The background structure, characters, circumstances and story arcs were all formulated over the space of eighteen months starting in 2001. The problem has been all that work is unrecognisable to most film executives and financial support individuals and institutions. With the MCS production budget estimated to be where it is now, the film's executive producers have insisted on having a screenplay in conventional form to use to approach the various financiers they wish to approach, hence the need to go back and write down everything in conventional form.
The butterfly has finally been hammered to the wall. It won't fly any more but it can now be closely inspected by others...
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http://manconquersspace.com/MCSPg2.html
MCS: GALLERY
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http://manconquersspace.com/MCSPg5.html#LinksofInterest
Links of Interest
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http://www.deepcold.com/index.html
DEEPCOLD - SECRETS OF THE COLD WAR IN SPACE: 1959 - 1969
http://www.deepcold.com/deepcold/INTRO_MAIN.HTML
For most of the second half of the 20th century, a cold war raged between the world's two superpowers. While battles were never fought on either country's land, plans were made to take the war into the high frontier of outer space.
>From 1950 to 1980 the space race defined the furthest limits of the Coldwar.
The short span of years from 1959 to 1969 saw the most significant advances in manned space technology and politics. Today, the International Space Station is the living legacy of the peaceful outcome of those days.
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http://www.deepcold.com/deepcold/ABOUTIMG.HTML
Each of the images shown in Deep Cold is a rendering of a 3d computer model.
I built these models over the last few years using a basic set of 3d software on a range of different Macs.
It took a while to figure out what worked and what didn't, but I have come to rely on the software and steps shown here. I try to keep up with the latest versions of the software, but the fact is there is nothing shown here which couldn't be done on earlier versions.
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http://www.deepcold.com/deepcold/SITES.HTML
References and Links
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WHAT THE MIND CAN CONCEIVE, AND BELIEVE, IT WILL ACHIEVE - LRK
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I copied it below with the links to his web site.
Might bring back memories, at least it did for a number of folks on the ProjectAollo Yahoo group. http://tech.groups.yahoo.com/group/ProjectApollo/
Some of you have ideas for taking us to the Moon and Mars in graphic, story telling ways. It isn't all that easy.
I copied links to one group that has been working on a project since 2001.
http://manconquersspace.com/MCSEnter.html [more links below]
You might like to take a look at the 3D renderings found at DEEPCOLD, a website telling about the COLD WAR that occupied the second half of the 20th Century.
http://www.deepcold.com/index.html
Well so much for looking back.
And for the future, hmmm, funding, funding, funding, or lack thereof.
Too bad we can't apply all the money spent by politicians on negative campaign ads to getting us up, up, and away.
A couple of million to each of you that have space projects on hold would be nice.
Here is hoping you have more to write about and projects we can all look at.
Thanks for looking up with me.
Larry Kellogg
Web Site: http://lkellogg.vttoth.com/LarryRussellKellogg/
BlogSpot: http://kelloggserialreports.blogspot.com/
RSS link: http://kelloggserialreports.blogspot.com/atom.xml
Newsltr.: https://news.altair.com/mailman/listinfo/lunar-update
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This post by Karl on ProjectApollo@yahoogroups.com - LRK - http://tech.groups.yahoo.com/group/ProjectApollo/
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1a. Old and new web site updates
Posted by: "Karl D Dodenhoff"
Date: Fri Oct 27, 2006 5:23 am (PDT)
A recent post in another group inspired me to do something I've been meaning to do for a long time. I just re-posted a web page that was on my old site. It deals with the old 60's "Science Program", which was a subscription service you signed up for at a staggering cost of 10 cents. You would then receive the Revell 1/96 scale Apollo CSM/LM kit with the lunar base at no extra cost, followed by a series of small paperback books on various science topics, many of which were related to space exploration. The web page features large scans of some of the ads that were seen in Boys Life magazine for the program, as well as scans of the covers of many of the books. You can see it here:
http://www.myspacemuseum.com/60smodel.htm
I consider this to be a real treat for us Boomers!
Also, I have nearly completed a new page on Apollo Art, which has a dozen scans of some of my favorite Apollo art work, including a series from National Geographic magazine. You can check it out here:
http://www.myspacemuseum.com/apolloart.htm
This one is still under construction but about 90% complete.
Karl
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http://manconquersspace.com/MCSEnter.html
MAN CONQUOERS SPACE - THE CONQUEST OF THE MOON AND MARS
http://manconquersspace.com/MCSEnter.html
INTRODUCTION
http://manconquersspace.com/MCSPg3.html
THE STORY
Man Conquers Space is now designed as a theatrically released feature film, chronicling the major space exploration and exploitation events of the 20th and early 21st century in an alternative history timeline.
The release date of Man Conquers Space is yet to be announced.
http://manconquersspace.com/MCSUpdates.php
MCS: UPDATES
Milestone
10 Jul 2006
After much writing, rewriting, tweaking, adjusting and rethinking, the "MCS Screenplay" is done. Here's the thing: the MCS screenplay has in one form or another been around for quite some time now. The background structure, characters, circumstances and story arcs were all formulated over the space of eighteen months starting in 2001. The problem has been all that work is unrecognisable to most film executives and financial support individuals and institutions. With the MCS production budget estimated to be where it is now, the film's executive producers have insisted on having a screenplay in conventional form to use to approach the various financiers they wish to approach, hence the need to go back and write down everything in conventional form.
The butterfly has finally been hammered to the wall. It won't fly any more but it can now be closely inspected by others...
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http://manconquersspace.com/MCSPg2.html
MCS: GALLERY
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http://manconquersspace.com/MCSPg5.html#LinksofInterest
Links of Interest
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http://www.deepcold.com/index.html
DEEPCOLD - SECRETS OF THE COLD WAR IN SPACE: 1959 - 1969
http://www.deepcold.com/deepcold/INTRO_MAIN.HTML
For most of the second half of the 20th century, a cold war raged between the world's two superpowers. While battles were never fought on either country's land, plans were made to take the war into the high frontier of outer space.
>From 1950 to 1980 the space race defined the furthest limits of the Coldwar.
The short span of years from 1959 to 1969 saw the most significant advances in manned space technology and politics. Today, the International Space Station is the living legacy of the peaceful outcome of those days.
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http://www.deepcold.com/deepcold/ABOUTIMG.HTML
Each of the images shown in Deep Cold is a rendering of a 3d computer model.
I built these models over the last few years using a basic set of 3d software on a range of different Macs.
It took a while to figure out what worked and what didn't, but I have come to rely on the software and steps shown here. I try to keep up with the latest versions of the software, but the fact is there is nothing shown here which couldn't be done on earlier versions.
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http://www.deepcold.com/deepcold/SITES.HTML
References and Links
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WHAT THE MIND CAN CONCEIVE, AND BELIEVE, IT WILL ACHIEVE - LRK
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Wednesday, October 25, 2006
Lunar Settlements - Structures - Financing - How You Do That
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What kind of structures do you want to build on the Moon?
Do you want to assemble your buildings in the dark or the sunlight?
What do you want to use for your building material?
Do you bring everything to the Moon or use the materials at Hand?
You might be interested in reading this 25 page document.
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http://coewww.rutgers.edu/~benaroya/
F. Ruess, J. Schänzlin, and H. Benaroya, Structural Design of a Lunar Habitat, J Aerospace Engineering, Vol.19, No.3, July 2006, 133–157 http://coewww.rutgers.edu/~benaroya/publications/Ruess%20et%20al%20ASCE%20JAE.pdf
Abstract: A lunar base is an essential part of all the new space exploration programs because the Moon is the most logical first destination in space.
Its hazardous environment will pose challenges for all engineering disciplines involved. A structural engineer’s approach is outlined in this paper, discussing possible materials and structural concepts for second-generation construction on the Moon. Several different concepts are evaluated and the most reasonable is chosen for a detailed design. During the design process, different solutions—for example, for the connections—were found. Although lunar construction is difficult, the proposed design offers a relatively simple structural frame for erection. A habitat on the Moon can be built with a reasonable factor of safety and existing technology. Even so, we recognize the very significant difficulties that await our return to the Moon.
DOI: 10.1061/(ASCE)0893-1321(2006)19:3(133)
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This whole idea of going to the Moon to stay and to build a lunar complex that will support humans for extended periods of time is going to cost a bundle.
Finding the investment capital is a concern, especially when you consider how long it is going to take to develop something larger than a six person hut.
You may want to read the following nine page document and chew on the substance.
- LRK -
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E. Sadeh, D. Livingston, T. Matula, H. Benaroya, Public-Private Models for Lunar Development and Commerce , Space Policy 21 (2005) 267 – 275 http://coewww.rutgers.edu/~benaroya/publications/Public-private%20models%20for%20lunar%20development%20and%20commerce%20200%205.pdf
Abstract: Visions about the establishment of a lunar base and development of the Moon for scientific, technical and commercial ends have been on the political agenda since the beginning of the Space Age. In the past few years a number of spacefaring nations, including the USA, European states through ESA, Japan, India, China and Russia have proposed missions directed at the robotic and human exploration and development of the Moon. This paper argues that an important factor in advancing these missions lies in a partnership between the pubic, governmental sector and the private sector. The paper analyzes the dynamics of this partnership as applied to the case of the US Vision for Space Exploration. The results of the analysis suggest that public–private partnerships directed at lunar development and commerce depend on how government reduces risks for the private sector. The risks identified and discussed herein include political and legal risks, technological risks, and financial and market risks.
C 2005 Elsevier Ltd. All rights reserved.
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Having looked at the two articles above, you might want to see what others are considering.
Coming up next year there will be a symposium at Rutgers University.
Harrison H. Schmitt, Ph.D. will be the Honorary Chair.
- LRK -
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http://www.lunarbase.rutgers.edu/index.php
Rutgers Symposium on Lunar Settlements
3-8 June 2007
New Brunswick, NJ
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http://www.lunarbase.rutgers.edu/announcements.php
We are honored and pleased to announce that Apollo Astronaut Harrison H.
Schmitt will be attending our Symposium and will be presenting a Plenary talk titled Return to the Moon -Expanding the Earth's Economic Sphere. The following link provide a brief bio of Dr. Schmitt:
http://lunarbase.rutgers.edu/Harrison_H_Schmitt_bio.php
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Take a look at the other Plenary Speakers.
http://www.lunarbase.rutgers.edu/plenary_speakers.php
Now if you want to go to something sooner, read on.
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http://www.isruinfo.com/
The Space Resources Roundtable, Inc., in collaboration with the Colorado School of Mines and the Lunar and Planetary Institute, will convene the eighth Space Resources Roundtable on October 31–November 2, 2006, at the Colorado School of Mines in Golden, Colorado.
Leading Discussion for In-Situ Resource Utilization
Joining individuals from the space exploration community, the financial sector, and mining and minerals industries, the SRR seeks to bring together interested parties to discuss issues related to the In-Situ Resource Utilization (ISRU) of lunar, asteroidal and martian resources.
The Roundtable is a continuing series of such engagements, each designed to strengthen the communication and technical ties between these sectors.
http://www.isruinfo.com/index.php?page=about
http://www.lpi.usra.edu/meetings/roundtable2006/roundtable2006.1st.shtml
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Spread the word and if you know of other conferences in your area, let me know. Will pass on.
- LRK -
Thanks for looking up with me.
Larry Kellogg
Web Site: http://lkellogg.vttoth.com/LarryRussellKellogg/
BlogSpot: http://kelloggserialreports.blogspot.com/
RSS link: http://kelloggserialreports.blogspot.com/atom.xml
Newsltr.: https://news.altair.com/mailman/listinfo/lunar-update
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STEREO Mission launched - October 25, 2006 - LRK -
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http://www.nasa.gov/missions/highlights/schedule.html
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LAUNCH SCHEDULE
NASA's Shuttle and Rocket Missions
¹ New Update -- October 16, 2006 11:43 a.m. | All times shown are Eastern Time Zone
A variety of vehicles, launch sites on both U.S. coasts, shifting dates and times... the NASA Launch Schedule might seem confusing, but our Launch Schedule 101 explains how it all works!
Date/2006 Mission Vehicle Launch Site
Oct. 25 STEREO Delta II Cape Canaveral Air Force Station,
Fla.
A two-year mission to provide a unique and revolutionary view of the Sun-Earth System.
Launch Time: 8:38 - 8:53 p.m.
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http://www.nasa.gov/mission_pages/stereo/main/index.html
Go STEREO! Go Delta!
NASA's STEREO mission got off to a spectacular start as the rocket carrying the twin satellites blazed through the starry sky after lifting off at 8:52 p.m. EDT from Cape Canaveral Air Force Station, Fla. Racing into space on the 12 flaming engines of a Boeing Delta II rocket, the spacecraft are on their way to investigating the origin of special solar storms erupting from the sun. Known as "coronal mass ejections," these storms travel at nearly 1 million mph and can knock out power on the ground. The rocket is delivering the STEREO spacecraft to opposite sides of Earth. There STEREO will map the structure of the storms in 3-D as they leave the sun and flow around the planet.
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We respectfully declined. Nice thought though. - LRK -
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Dear Larry,
I am pleased to invite you to submit an abstract to me for possible presentation at the Lunar Symposium to be held at Rutgers University during the first week in June in New Brunswick. The Symposium will be comprised of a relatively small group of serious workers in the field and we plan on a single track of sessions. You can check the web site home page for some
details:
http://www.lunarbase.rutgers.edu/index.php
and look at the following link for a list of our plenary speakers to date:
http://www.lunarbase.rutgers.edu/plenary_speakers.php
as well as some important dates:
http://www.lunarbase.rutgers.edu/important_dates.php
Thank you. I hope you are able to participate. I regret any duplicate mailing.
Regards, Haym Benaroya.
Sincerely,
Haym Benaroya
Center for Structures in Extreme Environments Mechanical and Aerospace Engineering Rutgers University
98 Brett Road
Piscataway, NJ 08854-8058
732 445 4408 office
732 445 1400 center
732 445 3765 fax
http://coewww.rutgers.edu/~benaroya/
http://csxe.rutgers.edu/
http://www.lunarbase.rutgers.edu/
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In case you can't wait to actually go to the Moon, maybe you would like to go virtually. - LRK -
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http://news.com.com/Taking+a+ride+on+the+moon/2100-11397_3-6111838.html
Taking a ride on the moon
Virtue Arts, using data from NASA, develops a 3D game that lets players race or study objects left by astronauts.
By Stefanie Olsen
Staff Writer, CNET News.com
Published: September 1, 2006, 12:15 PM PDT
MOUNTAIN VIEW, Calif.--Commercial space entrepreneurs are developing rockets to take tourists to the moon someday. But a software maker has gotten a head start on the adventure by simulating a lunar ride for the PC user.
Virtue Arts, based in Los Angeles, has developed software that renders the exact physics and topology of the moon in a 3D game, letting players drive the lunar surface, gaze at the galaxy or study objects that were left by NASA astronauts on real missions.
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http://cosmiclog.msnbc.msn.com/archive/2006/10/15/7220.aspx
Moon with a view
Posted: Sunday, October 15, 2006 10:20 PM by Alan Boyle
It'll be at least a decade before humans revisit the moon, but if you can't wait that long, you can revisit a virtual moon in 3-D and see sights that just don't come across in the 35-year-old imagery from the Apollo missions - including the stars shining in lunar skies. The fresh perspectives come courtesy of Lunar Explorer, a software package making its official debut Monday.
Lunar Explorer is a labor of love for Manny Pimenta, an electrical engineer, computer scientist and Space Frontier Foundation advocate who has been working for years to bring his idea to life: "What we're aiming for is to re-create the moon - with a simulation as accurate and realistic as we can make it," he told me.
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http://store.starrynightstore.com/lunarexplorer.html
http://www.virtuearts.com/new/index.php?c=VirtuePlay
http://www.virtuearts.com/new/index.php?c=LunarExplorer
http://lunarexplorer.virtueplay.com/
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http://www.nasa.gov/centers/ames/news/releases/2006/06_62AR.html
John Bluck / Michael Mewhinney
NASA Ames Research Center, Moffett Field, Calif.
Phone: (650) 604-5026/9000
Steve Henderson
Virtue Arts
Marina del Rey, Calif
Phone:(760)846-2000
August 22, 2006
RELEASE: 06_62AR
NASA Ames Collaborates on Lunar Race Simulation Learning System
NASA Ames Research Center, Moffett Field, Calif., has signed an agreement to collaborate with VirtueArts, Inc., and VirtuePlay, Inc., both of Los Angeles, Calif., for engineering and real-time simulation training in a variety of applications, including a dynamic learning system that allows users to virtually race lunar buggies on the moon in 3D.
The Lunar Racing Championship software simulates driving on the moon. It will be demonstrated to the public at the AIAA Space 2006 Conference & Exposition, Sept. 19-21 at the San Jose McEnery Convention Center, San Jose, Calif. News media will have an opportunity to drive the lunar buggies during a preview at NASA Ames Research Center on Thursday, Aug. 31, from 11 a.m. to 1 p.m. PDT. The preview opportunity will be held in the Exploration Center, the large white dome located at the main gate to NASA Ames.
"The technology used in this type of software can help advance future NASA exploration by providing realistic simulations of complex missions," said Dan Rasky, a senior scientist at NASA Ames. "Immersion racing on the moon is the introduction to being on the moon."
The Lunar Racing Championship simulation was developed from actual lunar mission footage derived from the 1998 Clementine mission. The software realistically simulates the moon’s gravity, one sixth of that on Earth.
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What kind of structures do you want to build on the Moon?
Do you want to assemble your buildings in the dark or the sunlight?
What do you want to use for your building material?
Do you bring everything to the Moon or use the materials at Hand?
You might be interested in reading this 25 page document.
- LRK -
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http://coewww.rutgers.edu/~benaroya/
F. Ruess, J. Schänzlin, and H. Benaroya, Structural Design of a Lunar Habitat, J Aerospace Engineering, Vol.19, No.3, July 2006, 133–157 http://coewww.rutgers.edu/~benaroya/publications/Ruess%20et%20al%20ASCE%20JAE.pdf
Abstract: A lunar base is an essential part of all the new space exploration programs because the Moon is the most logical first destination in space.
Its hazardous environment will pose challenges for all engineering disciplines involved. A structural engineer’s approach is outlined in this paper, discussing possible materials and structural concepts for second-generation construction on the Moon. Several different concepts are evaluated and the most reasonable is chosen for a detailed design. During the design process, different solutions—for example, for the connections—were found. Although lunar construction is difficult, the proposed design offers a relatively simple structural frame for erection. A habitat on the Moon can be built with a reasonable factor of safety and existing technology. Even so, we recognize the very significant difficulties that await our return to the Moon.
DOI: 10.1061/(ASCE)0893-1321(2006)19:3(133)
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This whole idea of going to the Moon to stay and to build a lunar complex that will support humans for extended periods of time is going to cost a bundle.
Finding the investment capital is a concern, especially when you consider how long it is going to take to develop something larger than a six person hut.
You may want to read the following nine page document and chew on the substance.
- LRK -
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E. Sadeh, D. Livingston, T. Matula, H. Benaroya, Public-Private Models for Lunar Development and Commerce , Space Policy 21 (2005) 267 – 275 http://coewww.rutgers.edu/~benaroya/publications/Public-private%20models%20for%20lunar%20development%20and%20commerce%20200%205.pdf
Abstract: Visions about the establishment of a lunar base and development of the Moon for scientific, technical and commercial ends have been on the political agenda since the beginning of the Space Age. In the past few years a number of spacefaring nations, including the USA, European states through ESA, Japan, India, China and Russia have proposed missions directed at the robotic and human exploration and development of the Moon. This paper argues that an important factor in advancing these missions lies in a partnership between the pubic, governmental sector and the private sector. The paper analyzes the dynamics of this partnership as applied to the case of the US Vision for Space Exploration. The results of the analysis suggest that public–private partnerships directed at lunar development and commerce depend on how government reduces risks for the private sector. The risks identified and discussed herein include political and legal risks, technological risks, and financial and market risks.
C 2005 Elsevier Ltd. All rights reserved.
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Having looked at the two articles above, you might want to see what others are considering.
Coming up next year there will be a symposium at Rutgers University.
Harrison H. Schmitt, Ph.D. will be the Honorary Chair.
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http://www.lunarbase.rutgers.edu/index.php
Rutgers Symposium on Lunar Settlements
3-8 June 2007
New Brunswick, NJ
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http://www.lunarbase.rutgers.edu/announcements.php
We are honored and pleased to announce that Apollo Astronaut Harrison H.
Schmitt will be attending our Symposium and will be presenting a Plenary talk titled Return to the Moon -Expanding the Earth's Economic Sphere. The following link provide a brief bio of Dr. Schmitt:
http://lunarbase.rutgers.edu/Harrison_H_Schmitt_bio.php
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Take a look at the other Plenary Speakers.
http://www.lunarbase.rutgers.edu/plenary_speakers.php
Now if you want to go to something sooner, read on.
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http://www.isruinfo.com/
The Space Resources Roundtable, Inc., in collaboration with the Colorado School of Mines and the Lunar and Planetary Institute, will convene the eighth Space Resources Roundtable on October 31–November 2, 2006, at the Colorado School of Mines in Golden, Colorado.
Leading Discussion for In-Situ Resource Utilization
Joining individuals from the space exploration community, the financial sector, and mining and minerals industries, the SRR seeks to bring together interested parties to discuss issues related to the In-Situ Resource Utilization (ISRU) of lunar, asteroidal and martian resources.
The Roundtable is a continuing series of such engagements, each designed to strengthen the communication and technical ties between these sectors.
http://www.isruinfo.com/index.php?page=about
http://www.lpi.usra.edu/meetings/roundtable2006/roundtable2006.1st.shtml
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Spread the word and if you know of other conferences in your area, let me know. Will pass on.
- LRK -
Thanks for looking up with me.
Larry Kellogg
Web Site: http://lkellogg.vttoth.com/LarryRussellKellogg/
BlogSpot: http://kelloggserialreports.blogspot.com/
RSS link: http://kelloggserialreports.blogspot.com/atom.xml
Newsltr.: https://news.altair.com/mailman/listinfo/lunar-update
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STEREO Mission launched - October 25, 2006 - LRK -
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http://www.nasa.gov/missions/highlights/schedule.html
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+ NASA Home > Missions > Missions Highlights
LAUNCH SCHEDULE
NASA's Shuttle and Rocket Missions
¹ New Update -- October 16, 2006 11:43 a.m. | All times shown are Eastern Time Zone
A variety of vehicles, launch sites on both U.S. coasts, shifting dates and times... the NASA Launch Schedule might seem confusing, but our Launch Schedule 101 explains how it all works!
Date/2006 Mission Vehicle Launch Site
Oct. 25 STEREO Delta II Cape Canaveral Air Force Station,
Fla.
A two-year mission to provide a unique and revolutionary view of the Sun-Earth System.
Launch Time: 8:38 - 8:53 p.m.
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http://www.nasa.gov/mission_pages/stereo/main/index.html
Go STEREO! Go Delta!
NASA's STEREO mission got off to a spectacular start as the rocket carrying the twin satellites blazed through the starry sky after lifting off at 8:52 p.m. EDT from Cape Canaveral Air Force Station, Fla. Racing into space on the 12 flaming engines of a Boeing Delta II rocket, the spacecraft are on their way to investigating the origin of special solar storms erupting from the sun. Known as "coronal mass ejections," these storms travel at nearly 1 million mph and can knock out power on the ground. The rocket is delivering the STEREO spacecraft to opposite sides of Earth. There STEREO will map the structure of the storms in 3-D as they leave the sun and flow around the planet.
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Dear Larry,
I am pleased to invite you to submit an abstract to me for possible presentation at the Lunar Symposium to be held at Rutgers University during the first week in June in New Brunswick. The Symposium will be comprised of a relatively small group of serious workers in the field and we plan on a single track of sessions. You can check the web site home page for some
details:
http://www.lunarbase.rutgers.edu/index.php
and look at the following link for a list of our plenary speakers to date:
http://www.lunarbase.rutgers.edu/plenary_speakers.php
as well as some important dates:
http://www.lunarbase.rutgers.edu/important_dates.php
Thank you. I hope you are able to participate. I regret any duplicate mailing.
Regards, Haym Benaroya.
Sincerely,
Haym Benaroya
Center for Structures in Extreme Environments Mechanical and Aerospace Engineering Rutgers University
98 Brett Road
Piscataway, NJ 08854-8058
732 445 4408 office
732 445 1400 center
732 445 3765 fax
http://coewww.rutgers.edu/~benaroya/
http://csxe.rutgers.edu/
http://www.lunarbase.rutgers.edu/
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http://news.com.com/Taking+a+ride+on+the+moon/2100-11397_3-6111838.html
Taking a ride on the moon
Virtue Arts, using data from NASA, develops a 3D game that lets players race or study objects left by astronauts.
By Stefanie Olsen
Staff Writer, CNET News.com
Published: September 1, 2006, 12:15 PM PDT
MOUNTAIN VIEW, Calif.--Commercial space entrepreneurs are developing rockets to take tourists to the moon someday. But a software maker has gotten a head start on the adventure by simulating a lunar ride for the PC user.
Virtue Arts, based in Los Angeles, has developed software that renders the exact physics and topology of the moon in a 3D game, letting players drive the lunar surface, gaze at the galaxy or study objects that were left by NASA astronauts on real missions.
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http://cosmiclog.msnbc.msn.com/archive/2006/10/15/7220.aspx
Moon with a view
Posted: Sunday, October 15, 2006 10:20 PM by Alan Boyle
It'll be at least a decade before humans revisit the moon, but if you can't wait that long, you can revisit a virtual moon in 3-D and see sights that just don't come across in the 35-year-old imagery from the Apollo missions - including the stars shining in lunar skies. The fresh perspectives come courtesy of Lunar Explorer, a software package making its official debut Monday.
Lunar Explorer is a labor of love for Manny Pimenta, an electrical engineer, computer scientist and Space Frontier Foundation advocate who has been working for years to bring his idea to life: "What we're aiming for is to re-create the moon - with a simulation as accurate and realistic as we can make it," he told me.
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http://store.starrynightstore.com/lunarexplorer.html
http://www.virtuearts.com/new/index.php?c=VirtuePlay
http://www.virtuearts.com/new/index.php?c=LunarExplorer
http://lunarexplorer.virtueplay.com/
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http://www.nasa.gov/centers/ames/news/releases/2006/06_62AR.html
John Bluck / Michael Mewhinney
NASA Ames Research Center, Moffett Field, Calif.
Phone: (650) 604-5026/9000
Steve Henderson
Virtue Arts
Marina del Rey, Calif
Phone:(760)846-2000
August 22, 2006
RELEASE: 06_62AR
NASA Ames Collaborates on Lunar Race Simulation Learning System
NASA Ames Research Center, Moffett Field, Calif., has signed an agreement to collaborate with VirtueArts, Inc., and VirtuePlay, Inc., both of Los Angeles, Calif., for engineering and real-time simulation training in a variety of applications, including a dynamic learning system that allows users to virtually race lunar buggies on the moon in 3D.
The Lunar Racing Championship software simulates driving on the moon. It will be demonstrated to the public at the AIAA Space 2006 Conference & Exposition, Sept. 19-21 at the San Jose McEnery Convention Center, San Jose, Calif. News media will have an opportunity to drive the lunar buggies during a preview at NASA Ames Research Center on Thursday, Aug. 31, from 11 a.m. to 1 p.m. PDT. The preview opportunity will be held in the Exploration Center, the large white dome located at the main gate to NASA Ames.
"The technology used in this type of software can help advance future NASA exploration by providing realistic simulations of complex missions," said Dan Rasky, a senior scientist at NASA Ames. "Immersion racing on the moon is the introduction to being on the moon."
The Lunar Racing Championship simulation was developed from actual lunar mission footage derived from the 1998 Clementine mission. The software realistically simulates the moon’s gravity, one sixth of that on Earth.
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WHAT THE MIND CAN CONCEIVE, AND BELIEVE, IT WILL ACHIEVE - LRK
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Monday, October 23, 2006
We are going to the Moon - I think - maybe - don't quote me.
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We are going to the Moon, yes we are. No, wait not right now.
A bit later, we are going to the Moon, Aah, not yet.
Now we are going to the Moon, yes we did, been there, done that.
Want to go again, no, not now.
We are going to the Moon to stay, no I was wrong, no money.
Some time later, time passes, do I dare say, we are going to the Moon.
Really, trust me, I wouldn't pull your funding.
Never mind, a war is a war, is a war, is a war.
Couldn't think of anything better to do with my billions.
You understand, don't you?
- LRK -
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http://www.astronautix.com/craftfam/lunbases.htm
LUNAR BASES
The Lunar Base never seemed to be a high priority to space visionaries, who were mainly interested in getting on to Mars. It was usually seen as a proving ground for Mars vehicle technology, or as a place to mine propellant for use in a larger space infrastructure.
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And when you go, make sure you have something to wear.
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http://www.astronautix.com/craftfam/spasuits.htm
SPACE SUITS
To explore and work in space, human beings must take their environment with them because there is no atmospheric pressure and no oxygen to sustain life. Inside the spacecraft, the atmosphere can be controlled so that special clothing is not needed. But in order to work outside the spacecraft, humans need the protection of a spacesuit. Earth's atmosphere is 20 percent oxygen and 80 percent nitrogen from sea level to about 120 km. At 5,500 m, the atmosphere is half as dense as it is on the ground, and at altitudes above 12.000 m, air is so thin and the amount of oxygen so small that pressure oxygen masks no longer do the job. Above the 19,000 m threshold, humans must wear spacesuits that supply oxygen for breathing and that maintain a pressure around the body to keep body fluids in the liquid state. At this altitude the total air pressure is no longer sufficient to keep body fluids from boiling.
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I need to go to the toy store and see if we have something new about Lunar Habitats.
- LRK -
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http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Major_Matt_Mason
Major Matt Mason was an early action figure from the 1960s created by Mattel, an astronaut who lived and worked on the moon. When introduced in 1966, the figures were initially based on design information found in Air Force Magazine, Jane's, and other aviation- and space-interest periodicals. Later, the toy line would transition into the realm of science fiction.
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Mason's Crew (The "Men in Space")
The toy system included four astronaut action figures, sharing a common body molded of a rubber-like material over a wire armature, with a separately-attached head and a removable space helmet based on early NASA helmets. Each figure was also painted differently and had a separate head for each character. Mason had a dark brown crew cut and a white suit; Sgt. Storm had blond hair and a red suit; civilian astronaut Doug Davis had a yellow suit and brown hair; Lt. Jeff Long was African-American, with a blue suit (a decade before Guion Bluford became the first American black man to orbit the Earth).
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Thanks for looking up with me.
Larry Kellogg
Web Site: http://lkellogg.vttoth.com/LarryRussellKellogg/
BlogSpot: http://kelloggserialreports.blogspot.com/
RSS link: http://kelloggserialreports.blogspot.com/atom.xml
Newsltr.: https://news.altair.com/mailman/listinfo/lunar-update
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http://wildtoys.com/MMMPage/MattelPlaysets/6353.asp
The largest playset, both boxed and in the quantity of items, the Lunar Base Command Set certainly demands a certain amount of respect. It contained the Space Station, Space Crawler, Uni-Tred, Space Bubble, Callist (with accessories) and a Major Matt Mason figure, accompanied by his helmet, a Space Sled and Jet Propulsion Pak. All components came in a gigantic box, rivaling the earlier 60's "grocery store" sets produced by Remco and Topper. The set appears to have been offered only during the fall of 1969 and examples are rather ellusive on today's collector market.
Much has been said about the individual components of the Lunar Base Command Set, please reference sets 6300, 6304, 6308, 6331, 6345 and 6346 for details. Note that the images show the red/orange girdering from later station examples.
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http://www.majormattmason.net/stock.htm
Collectors of Major Matt Mason have long sought an official list of all the Mattel stock numbers that made up the line. This list was obtained from a source at the Mattel archives and is believed to be the most complete list of it's kind.
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For yea who have eyes to see, let them see. - LRK -
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http://www.projectrho.com/warpwar.html
Warp War Artwork.
ρ=Σ+Ψ
PROJECT RHO Reference
Ultraviolet Clearance
Eyes Only
Category Illustration
Last modified: 02jul05
page 9 of 22
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http://www.projectrho.com/index.html
Surreal Sage sez:
Friends come and go.
Enemies accumulate.
Being the homepage of Winchell D. Chung jr. Master of 3-D starmaps, illustrator of Ogres, and aficionado of slide rules, astrolabes, nomograms, sundials, and other obsolete instruments.
On discussion groups I go by the name "Nyrath the nearly wise", where "Nyrath" is from the Elder Edda, and "nearly wise" is from the Dragonlance trilogy. Note that the name is Nyrath, not "Nyarth" nor "Nyarlathotep."
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WHAT THE MIND CAN CONCEIVE, AND BELIEVE, IT WILL ACHIEVE - LRK
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We are going to the Moon, yes we are. No, wait not right now.
A bit later, we are going to the Moon, Aah, not yet.
Now we are going to the Moon, yes we did, been there, done that.
Want to go again, no, not now.
We are going to the Moon to stay, no I was wrong, no money.
Some time later, time passes, do I dare say, we are going to the Moon.
Really, trust me, I wouldn't pull your funding.
Never mind, a war is a war, is a war, is a war.
Couldn't think of anything better to do with my billions.
You understand, don't you?
- LRK -
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http://www.astronautix.com/craftfam/lunbases.htm
LUNAR BASES
The Lunar Base never seemed to be a high priority to space visionaries, who were mainly interested in getting on to Mars. It was usually seen as a proving ground for Mars vehicle technology, or as a place to mine propellant for use in a larger space infrastructure.
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And when you go, make sure you have something to wear.
- LRK -
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http://www.astronautix.com/craftfam/spasuits.htm
SPACE SUITS
To explore and work in space, human beings must take their environment with them because there is no atmospheric pressure and no oxygen to sustain life. Inside the spacecraft, the atmosphere can be controlled so that special clothing is not needed. But in order to work outside the spacecraft, humans need the protection of a spacesuit. Earth's atmosphere is 20 percent oxygen and 80 percent nitrogen from sea level to about 120 km. At 5,500 m, the atmosphere is half as dense as it is on the ground, and at altitudes above 12.000 m, air is so thin and the amount of oxygen so small that pressure oxygen masks no longer do the job. Above the 19,000 m threshold, humans must wear spacesuits that supply oxygen for breathing and that maintain a pressure around the body to keep body fluids in the liquid state. At this altitude the total air pressure is no longer sufficient to keep body fluids from boiling.
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I need to go to the toy store and see if we have something new about Lunar Habitats.
- LRK -
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http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Major_Matt_Mason
Major Matt Mason was an early action figure from the 1960s created by Mattel, an astronaut who lived and worked on the moon. When introduced in 1966, the figures were initially based on design information found in Air Force Magazine, Jane's, and other aviation- and space-interest periodicals. Later, the toy line would transition into the realm of science fiction.
Snip
Mason's Crew (The "Men in Space")
The toy system included four astronaut action figures, sharing a common body molded of a rubber-like material over a wire armature, with a separately-attached head and a removable space helmet based on early NASA helmets. Each figure was also painted differently and had a separate head for each character. Mason had a dark brown crew cut and a white suit; Sgt. Storm had blond hair and a red suit; civilian astronaut Doug Davis had a yellow suit and brown hair; Lt. Jeff Long was African-American, with a blue suit (a decade before Guion Bluford became the first American black man to orbit the Earth).
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Thanks for looking up with me.
Larry Kellogg
Web Site: http://lkellogg.vttoth.com/LarryRussellKellogg/
BlogSpot: http://kelloggserialreports.blogspot.com/
RSS link: http://kelloggserialreports.blogspot.com/atom.xml
Newsltr.: https://news.altair.com/mailman/listinfo/lunar-update
==============================================================
http://wildtoys.com/MMMPage/MattelPlaysets/6353.asp
The largest playset, both boxed and in the quantity of items, the Lunar Base Command Set certainly demands a certain amount of respect. It contained the Space Station, Space Crawler, Uni-Tred, Space Bubble, Callist (with accessories) and a Major Matt Mason figure, accompanied by his helmet, a Space Sled and Jet Propulsion Pak. All components came in a gigantic box, rivaling the earlier 60's "grocery store" sets produced by Remco and Topper. The set appears to have been offered only during the fall of 1969 and examples are rather ellusive on today's collector market.
Much has been said about the individual components of the Lunar Base Command Set, please reference sets 6300, 6304, 6308, 6331, 6345 and 6346 for details. Note that the images show the red/orange girdering from later station examples.
Snip
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http://www.majormattmason.net/stock.htm
Collectors of Major Matt Mason have long sought an official list of all the Mattel stock numbers that made up the line. This list was obtained from a source at the Mattel archives and is believed to be the most complete list of it's kind.
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For yea who have eyes to see, let them see. - LRK -
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http://www.projectrho.com/warpwar.html
Warp War Artwork.
ρ=Σ+Ψ
PROJECT RHO Reference
Ultraviolet Clearance
Eyes Only
Category Illustration
Last modified: 02jul05
page 9 of 22
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http://www.projectrho.com/index.html
Surreal Sage sez:
Friends come and go.
Enemies accumulate.
Being the homepage of Winchell D. Chung jr. Master of 3-D starmaps, illustrator of Ogres, and aficionado of slide rules, astrolabes, nomograms, sundials, and other obsolete instruments.
On discussion groups I go by the name "Nyrath the nearly wise", where "Nyrath" is from the Elder Edda, and "nearly wise" is from the Dragonlance trilogy. Note that the name is Nyrath, not "Nyarth" nor "Nyarlathotep."
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WHAT THE MIND CAN CONCEIVE, AND BELIEVE, IT WILL ACHIEVE - LRK
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Friday, October 20, 2006
Lunar Lander Challenge Round One - The X PRIZE Cup
Well it is already October 20 passed and I missed the X-Prize Cup today.
One more day, tomorrow, October 21, 2006.
Did you go?
- LRK -
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http://www.xprizecup.com/event.php?sub=event_schedule
The X PRIZE Cup takes place on Friday and Saturday, October 20 and 21, from 7am to 4pm. Rocket launches begin early in the morning to take advantage of optimal weather conditions. A brief overview:
Friday, October 20: 7am - 4pm, Gates Open at 6am
Lunar Lander Challenge Round One Competitions Vertical Rocket Challenge Round One Competitions Student Field Trip Student Rocket Fly-Off Jet Pack Flight
T-38 Fly-Overs
Rocket Bike
Rocket Truck
Sounding Rockets
Elevator Games
Saturday, October 21: 7am - 4pm, Gates Open at 6am
Lunar Lander Challenge Round Two Competitions Vertical Rocket Challenge Round Two Competitions
T-38 Fly-Overs
Rocket Bike
Rocket Truck
Sounding Rockets
Elevator Games
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http://www.spacefellowship.com/News/?cat=33
The Wirefly X Prize Cup, 2006!
October 19th, 2006
[offer]
It is now only a few hours before the beginning of the Wirefly X Prize Cup, 2006! In this news post I’ll share first some basic info and then some links to live blogs at the event, webcast and the latest developments.
Note; Ticket holders, please arrive early, gates open at 6AM. Launches begin at 7AM.
If you can’t visit the event, you can visit the X PRIZE Cup website, the provide a live webcast!
http://www.xprizecup.com/live.php?sub=live_overview
http://www.space.com/xprizecup/video/
This year’s Cup features three spectacular competitions with over $2.5 million in prize purses, multiple high-powered sounding rocket launches, the unveiling of the Rocket Racing League’s development X-Racer, multiple static engine test firings live on the field, fly-overs by the T-38 astronaut trainer, and a variety of other rocket surprises in the air and on the ground.
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Thanks for looking up with me.
Larry Kellogg
Web Site: http://lkellogg.vttoth.com/LarryRussellKellogg/
BlogSpot: http://kelloggserialreports.blogspot.com/
RSS link: http://kelloggserialreports.blogspot.com/atom.xml
Newsltr.: https://news.altair.com/mailman/listinfo/lunar-update
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http://www.space.com/news/051009_xprize_challenge.html
Centennial Challenges To Spur Suborbital Rocketry By Leonard David Senior Space Writer
posted: 09 October 2005
02:33 pm ET
LAS CRUCES, New Mexico – NASA unveiled today two new Centennial Challenges–-both geared to stimulating new reusable suborbital rocketry, as well as help hone technology for exploration of the Moon.
The prizes represent collaboration between NASA and the X Prize Foundation, announced here during Countdown to the X Prize festivities.
NASA’s Centennial Challenges were established to conduct prize competitions in support of the Vision for Space Exploration and ongoing NASA programs. The idea is to crate novel and lower-cost solutions to engineering obstacles in civil space and aeronautics from new sources of innovation in industry, academia, and the public.
Signing ceremony
"Today we are signing a letter formalizing the intent of NASA Centennial Challenges and the X Prize Foundation to work towards a future agreement for two X Prize Competitions," said NASA’s Brant Sponberg, Program Manager of Centennial Challenges at NASA Headquarters in Washington, D.C.
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http://www.space.com/adastra/adastra_lunarchallenge_060505.html
NASA, X Prize Foundation Shoot For the Moon By Leonard David
National Space Society
posted: 05 May 2006
02:00 pm ET
UPDATE: Story first posted 12:37 p.m. EDT
LOS ANGELES, California -- A Lunar Lander Analog Challenge is being spearheaded by NASA and the X Prize Foundation—a $2.5 million dollar NASA Centennial Challenge dedicated to enhancing the space agency’s return to the Moon effort.
Details of the challenge were outlined here today by NASA’s Deputy Administrator Shana Dale at the International Space Development Conference. X Prize Chairman, Peter Diamandis presented the rules and officially opened the competition for team registration.
“NASA’s contribution to the Lunar Lander analog challenge is $2 million. This is the most significant investment yet, in terms of prizes that we’re doing under the Centennial Challenges,” Dale told SPACE.com.
Dale said that NASA is looking at ways the space agency can tap into innovation in the private sector. That means working with traditional aerospace, entrepreneurial companies involved in aerospace, as well as high-tech firms that have no business at all with NASA, she added.
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http://www.nasa.gov/home/hqnews/2006/may/HQ_06211_lunar_competition_prt.htm
Michael Braukus/ Dolores Beasley
Headquarters, Washington
(202) 358-1979/1753
Ian Murphy
X PRIZE Foundation, Santa Monica, Calif.
(310) 689-6397
May 5, 2006
RELEASE: 06-211
NASA Announces Lunar Lander Analog Competition Agreement
NASA's Deputy Administrator Shana Dale announced Friday the agency's Centennial Challenges program has signed an agreement with the X PRIZE Foundation to conduct the $2 million Lunar Lander Analog Challenge.
"NASA's Centennial Challenge program is using the tool of prize competitions, so successfully demonstrated by the X-PRIZE, to plant the seeds for future space commercial activities," Dale said. "We're confident the Lunar Lander Analog Competition will stimulate the development of the kinds of rockets and landing systems that NASA needs to return to the moon, while also accelerating the development of the private sub-orbital space flight industry."
Dale made the announcement at the International Space Development conference in Los Angeles. The challenge will take place at the X PRIZE Cup Expo in Las Cruces, N. M., Oct. 20-22.
NASA is sponsoring the challenge, offering the competition's largest cash prize yet for developing a versatile space vehicle that one day may support exploration of the moon. The X PRIZE Foundation is administering and executing the competitions at no cost to NASA, providing the venue for the competition and encouraging involvement by a diverse field of competitors.
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http://www.xprizecup.com/
Welcome to the
Wirefly X PRIZE Cup 2006
Welcome to the official website for the Wirefly X PRIZE Cup, Earth's great space exposition. This year's Cup features three spectacular competitions with over $2.5 million in prize purses, multiple high-powered sounding rocket launches, the unveiling of the Rocket Racing League's development X-Racer, multiple static engine test firings live on the field, fly-overs by the T-38 astronaut trainer, and a variety of other rocket surprises in the air and on the ground.
http://www.xprizecup.com/story.php?page_id=71
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$2.5 Million in Prize Competitions
Building on the legendary prize methodology that the Ansari X PRIZE used to catalyze SpaceShipOne into history, this year's Cup see's the launch of three important competitions. The Northrop Grumman Lunar Lander Challenge (a NASA-supported prize effort to demonstrate the ability of private companies to develop next-generation lunar landers), the Vertical Rocket Challenge (another lunar-landing-technology-focused competition), and the The Spaceward Foundation's Space Elevator Games (a test of over 20 teams to use light to power a vehicle along a tether, this year up about 50 meters, but eventually hundreds and thousands of miles). Imagine pressing an elevator button that says, "Moon!"
http://www.xprizecup.com/story.php?page_id=74
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NMSU students assist in launch pad design.
Students from New Mexico State University are recreating the surface of the Moon as part of the X Prize Cup's Lunar Lander Challenge.
In the Lunar Lander Challenge, Vertical rockets will take off and land on special landing pads designed to look just like the craggy surface of the Moon. Those landing pads are being made from concrete formulated by Surveying/Civil Engineering Technology majors at NMSU.
http://www.xprizecup.com/story.php?page_id=93
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http://www.hobbyspace.com/nucleus/index.php?catid=25&blogid=1
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http://www.spaceref.com/news/viewsr.html?pid=22396
X Prize Comments by Mike Griffin
STATUS REPORT
Date Released: Friday, October 20, 2006
Source: NASA HQ
image
Thank you for inviting me to speak to you at this X-Prize Cup Summit. I want to congratulate Peter Diamandis and the other organizers of this event for bringing together this eclectic group. An insightful, and often all too apt, observation goes: "There are three types of people in the world. People who make things happen, people who watch things happen, and people who wonder what happened." The group assembled here clearly fits into the first category, and so for my part, I'd like to spend some time with you this morning wondering what happened More seriously, I believe this observation needs a fourth category, ahead of the three given above; first there must be the people who think about what ought to happen. These are the visionaries, and none of us would be here at this event today without them. So, I want to spend some time with you thinking about what needs to happen next.
All of you here will be familiar with our new Commercial Orbital Transportation Services (COTS) demonstrations, being conducted under the framework of NASA Space Act Agreements. These landmark agreements are, truly, NASA's most significant investment to date in attempting to spur the development of the commercial space industry. But let me say this at the outset: NASA can do even better in partnering with the commercial and entrepreneurial space sector in carrying out our nation's Vision for Space Exploration. However, let me be equally blunt about the other side of the coin: "partnership" with NASA is not a synonym for "helping NASA spend its money". Just as with our international partnerships, I expect commercial and venture capital partners to have "skin in the game", contributing resources toward a common goal that is greater than that which could be easily afforded by NASA alone, while figuring out how to make a profit from it!
Thus, it is important for the future that NASA's investments productively leverage the engine of the American economy, a GDP valued at over $13 trillion per year, to help us carry out our mission of space exploration. As the President's Science Advisor Jack Marburger stated earlier this year, "questions about the Vision boil down to whether we want to incorporate the Solar System in our economic sphere, or not." I think that I can guess how most of you who are here today would answer that question. And, indeed, I have said in other venues that for me also, this is one of the core principles justifying human exploration and expansion into space.
Snip
So, what about space? We now have more than 50 years of investment, through both NASA and the DoD, in space technology and systems development. But what we have not had is a stable, predictable government market for space services sufficient to stimulate the development of a commercial space industry analogous to that which was seen in the growth of aviation. My hope is that with the seed money we are putting into the COTS program, we can demonstrate the possibility of commercial cargo and crew transportation to the International Space Station, and that subsequently NASA will be able to meet its ISS logistics needs by purchasing these demonstrated services. If we can do this, we will be able to change the paradigm for transportation services to be more in line with the air mail service of the 1920s, meeting the logistics needs of the ISS, some 7,000 to 10,000 kilograms per year, after the Space Shuttle is retired in 2010. In the process, we may be able to spur innovation for low-cost access to space. This is a carefully- considered investment with known risks that we can all see and appreciate, but with a potentially huge upside that makes it well worth the risks.
I'll risk repeating myself to ensure that everyone fully understands how serious NASA takes the COTS demonstrations: if these commercial service capabilities are successfully demonstrated and cost-effective, NASA will welcome and use them. That is our default strategy for ISS re-supply. Most of you will probably agree that meeting or beating the government's cost to provide space transportation services shouldn't be too difficult for private industry to do. I hope you are right. I want these demonstrations to succeed; however, my wanting it won't make it so. If these capabilities are not successfully demonstrated, then NASA's fall-back position is to rely on the Orion Crew Exploration Vehicle or international partner cargo and crew service capabilities for ISS logistics support.
Snip
Now, I must be clear that the development of space tourism is not a part of NASA's charter. NASA was founded during the Cold War, soon after the launch of Sputnik, when the United States was in a race with the Soviets. NASA and the early civil space program were instruments of American preeminence in the world, at a time when an important component of such was seen to be preeminence in space. NASA achieved the goals that were set for it by the nation's policymakers in that era, and did so with remarkable brilliance, so much so that even today we remain in awe of what the Apollo generation did. Now, some have since posited that NASA somehow failed the American public by not opening up the experience of space travel to the broader population. This is patent nonsense; the agency could not fail at something it was never asked to do. Such a mandate was simply never in NASA's charter; if it were, I would question the wisdom of such a role for a government entity. However, as we go forward with the Vision for Space Exploration, it emphatically is our duty to encourage and leverage nascent commercial space capabilities. Not only is it the right thing to do in a country whose economic system is rooted in free market concepts, but it will also be a necessity if we are to achieve the goals set out for the U.S. civil space program.
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In another vein, the NASA Authorization Act of 2005 also designates the U.S. segment of the International Space Station a national laboratory. NASA is actively seeking commercial partners who would like to use the ISS for their own experiments. After the loss of Space Shuttle Columbia, NASA was forced to curtail a great deal of ISS research, and with our focus on the use of the Space Shuttle system for ISS assembly over the next few years, I believe that commercial cargo and crew services will prove invaluable for increasing access to space and to the ISS for these commercial experiments.
Also in connection with the ISS, we need to be open to novel concepts which can enhance the utility of this multi-billion dollar facility. As one example, former astronaut and present-day entrepreneur Franklin Chang-Diaz, creator and proponent of the Vasimir electric propulsion concept, has opened discussions with NASA in connection with the possible use of the Vasimir engine for ISS orbit maintenance. We don't know, yet, whether this particular approach makes sense or not, but if it does, there might be a classic "win-win" strategy here; we gain experience with a potentially useful space propulsion concept, and we reduce the amount of propellant delivery needed for ISS reboost, leaving room in the logistics manifest for more productive cargo. This is the kind of private-public synergy that can serve us well.
While we are on the theme of innovative approaches to commercial space endeavors, I want to congratulate Pete Worden and his team at Ames for working with Bigelow Aerospace to secure a piggyback ride for their Genebox experiment on Bigelow's Genesis inflatable space habitat demonstration. I believe that this is one of many innovative, short turnaround ideas that we'll be seeing from Pete over the next several years. He is turning Ames Research Center in Silicon Valley into a "Mecca" for space entrepreneurs, where among other things we are hosting the Red Planet venture capital fund, similar in some ways to the CIA's In-Q-Tel operation, to leverage innovators and investors who have not typically done business with NASA.
It should be no surprise to anyone here that in my first few weeks as NASA Administrator, I met with Burt Rutan, Elon Musk, Bob Bigelow, and other space entrepreneurs to hear their ideas, or that I want a healthy, pragmatic dialogue between NASA and the commercial and entrepreneurial space community. Several people on my senior management team, including Shana Dale, Rex Geveden, Scott Pace, Pete Worden, Bill Claybaugh, Chris Shank, and numerous others are intimately familiar with the concerns of the commercial space community, and we are also realists. We are mindful of the pitfalls (and frankly, pratfalls) of all too many endeavors between space companies and NASA.
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http://www2.jpl.nasa.gov/calendar/#0610
Oct 20 - Asteroid 2006 TL Near-Earth Flyby (0.048 AU) http://neo.jpl.nasa.gov/cgi-bin/db_shm?des=2006+TL
http://cfa-www.harvard.edu/iau/Ephemerides/Unusual/K06T00L.html
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WHAT THE MIND CAN CONCEIVE, AND BELIEVE, IT WILL ACHIEVE - LRK
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Well it is already October 20 passed and I missed the X-Prize Cup today.
One more day, tomorrow, October 21, 2006.
Did you go?
- LRK -
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http://www.xprizecup.com/event.php?sub=event_schedule
The X PRIZE Cup takes place on Friday and Saturday, October 20 and 21, from 7am to 4pm. Rocket launches begin early in the morning to take advantage of optimal weather conditions. A brief overview:
Friday, October 20: 7am - 4pm, Gates Open at 6am
Lunar Lander Challenge Round One Competitions Vertical Rocket Challenge Round One Competitions Student Field Trip Student Rocket Fly-Off Jet Pack Flight
T-38 Fly-Overs
Rocket Bike
Rocket Truck
Sounding Rockets
Elevator Games
Saturday, October 21: 7am - 4pm, Gates Open at 6am
Lunar Lander Challenge Round Two Competitions Vertical Rocket Challenge Round Two Competitions
T-38 Fly-Overs
Rocket Bike
Rocket Truck
Sounding Rockets
Elevator Games
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http://www.spacefellowship.com/News/?cat=33
The Wirefly X Prize Cup, 2006!
October 19th, 2006
[offer]
It is now only a few hours before the beginning of the Wirefly X Prize Cup, 2006! In this news post I’ll share first some basic info and then some links to live blogs at the event, webcast and the latest developments.
Note; Ticket holders, please arrive early, gates open at 6AM. Launches begin at 7AM.
If you can’t visit the event, you can visit the X PRIZE Cup website, the provide a live webcast!
http://www.xprizecup.com/live.php?sub=live_overview
http://www.space.com/xprizecup/video/
This year’s Cup features three spectacular competitions with over $2.5 million in prize purses, multiple high-powered sounding rocket launches, the unveiling of the Rocket Racing League’s development X-Racer, multiple static engine test firings live on the field, fly-overs by the T-38 astronaut trainer, and a variety of other rocket surprises in the air and on the ground.
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Thanks for looking up with me.
Larry Kellogg
Web Site: http://lkellogg.vttoth.com/LarryRussellKellogg/
BlogSpot: http://kelloggserialreports.blogspot.com/
RSS link: http://kelloggserialreports.blogspot.com/atom.xml
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http://www.space.com/news/051009_xprize_challenge.html
Centennial Challenges To Spur Suborbital Rocketry By Leonard David Senior Space Writer
posted: 09 October 2005
02:33 pm ET
LAS CRUCES, New Mexico – NASA unveiled today two new Centennial Challenges–-both geared to stimulating new reusable suborbital rocketry, as well as help hone technology for exploration of the Moon.
The prizes represent collaboration between NASA and the X Prize Foundation, announced here during Countdown to the X Prize festivities.
NASA’s Centennial Challenges were established to conduct prize competitions in support of the Vision for Space Exploration and ongoing NASA programs. The idea is to crate novel and lower-cost solutions to engineering obstacles in civil space and aeronautics from new sources of innovation in industry, academia, and the public.
Signing ceremony
"Today we are signing a letter formalizing the intent of NASA Centennial Challenges and the X Prize Foundation to work towards a future agreement for two X Prize Competitions," said NASA’s Brant Sponberg, Program Manager of Centennial Challenges at NASA Headquarters in Washington, D.C.
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http://www.space.com/adastra/adastra_lunarchallenge_060505.html
NASA, X Prize Foundation Shoot For the Moon By Leonard David
National Space Society
posted: 05 May 2006
02:00 pm ET
UPDATE: Story first posted 12:37 p.m. EDT
LOS ANGELES, California -- A Lunar Lander Analog Challenge is being spearheaded by NASA and the X Prize Foundation—a $2.5 million dollar NASA Centennial Challenge dedicated to enhancing the space agency’s return to the Moon effort.
Details of the challenge were outlined here today by NASA’s Deputy Administrator Shana Dale at the International Space Development Conference. X Prize Chairman, Peter Diamandis presented the rules and officially opened the competition for team registration.
“NASA’s contribution to the Lunar Lander analog challenge is $2 million. This is the most significant investment yet, in terms of prizes that we’re doing under the Centennial Challenges,” Dale told SPACE.com.
Dale said that NASA is looking at ways the space agency can tap into innovation in the private sector. That means working with traditional aerospace, entrepreneurial companies involved in aerospace, as well as high-tech firms that have no business at all with NASA, she added.
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http://www.nasa.gov/home/hqnews/2006/may/HQ_06211_lunar_competition_prt.htm
Michael Braukus/ Dolores Beasley
Headquarters, Washington
(202) 358-1979/1753
Ian Murphy
X PRIZE Foundation, Santa Monica, Calif.
(310) 689-6397
May 5, 2006
RELEASE: 06-211
NASA Announces Lunar Lander Analog Competition Agreement
NASA's Deputy Administrator Shana Dale announced Friday the agency's Centennial Challenges program has signed an agreement with the X PRIZE Foundation to conduct the $2 million Lunar Lander Analog Challenge.
"NASA's Centennial Challenge program is using the tool of prize competitions, so successfully demonstrated by the X-PRIZE, to plant the seeds for future space commercial activities," Dale said. "We're confident the Lunar Lander Analog Competition will stimulate the development of the kinds of rockets and landing systems that NASA needs to return to the moon, while also accelerating the development of the private sub-orbital space flight industry."
Dale made the announcement at the International Space Development conference in Los Angeles. The challenge will take place at the X PRIZE Cup Expo in Las Cruces, N. M., Oct. 20-22.
NASA is sponsoring the challenge, offering the competition's largest cash prize yet for developing a versatile space vehicle that one day may support exploration of the moon. The X PRIZE Foundation is administering and executing the competitions at no cost to NASA, providing the venue for the competition and encouraging involvement by a diverse field of competitors.
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http://www.xprizecup.com/
Welcome to the
Wirefly X PRIZE Cup 2006
Welcome to the official website for the Wirefly X PRIZE Cup, Earth's great space exposition. This year's Cup features three spectacular competitions with over $2.5 million in prize purses, multiple high-powered sounding rocket launches, the unveiling of the Rocket Racing League's development X-Racer, multiple static engine test firings live on the field, fly-overs by the T-38 astronaut trainer, and a variety of other rocket surprises in the air and on the ground.
http://www.xprizecup.com/story.php?page_id=71
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$2.5 Million in Prize Competitions
Building on the legendary prize methodology that the Ansari X PRIZE used to catalyze SpaceShipOne into history, this year's Cup see's the launch of three important competitions. The Northrop Grumman Lunar Lander Challenge (a NASA-supported prize effort to demonstrate the ability of private companies to develop next-generation lunar landers), the Vertical Rocket Challenge (another lunar-landing-technology-focused competition), and the The Spaceward Foundation's Space Elevator Games (a test of over 20 teams to use light to power a vehicle along a tether, this year up about 50 meters, but eventually hundreds and thousands of miles). Imagine pressing an elevator button that says, "Moon!"
http://www.xprizecup.com/story.php?page_id=74
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NMSU students assist in launch pad design.
Students from New Mexico State University are recreating the surface of the Moon as part of the X Prize Cup's Lunar Lander Challenge.
In the Lunar Lander Challenge, Vertical rockets will take off and land on special landing pads designed to look just like the craggy surface of the Moon. Those landing pads are being made from concrete formulated by Surveying/Civil Engineering Technology majors at NMSU.
http://www.xprizecup.com/story.php?page_id=93
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http://www.hobbyspace.com/nucleus/index.php?catid=25&blogid=1
http://www.hobbyspace.com/nucleus/index.php?itemid=2610
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My snips, go read the whole talk. Lots of food for thought. - LRK -
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http://www.spaceref.com/news/viewsr.html?pid=22396
X Prize Comments by Mike Griffin
STATUS REPORT
Date Released: Friday, October 20, 2006
Source: NASA HQ
image
Thank you for inviting me to speak to you at this X-Prize Cup Summit. I want to congratulate Peter Diamandis and the other organizers of this event for bringing together this eclectic group. An insightful, and often all too apt, observation goes: "There are three types of people in the world. People who make things happen, people who watch things happen, and people who wonder what happened." The group assembled here clearly fits into the first category, and so for my part, I'd like to spend some time with you this morning wondering what happened More seriously, I believe this observation needs a fourth category, ahead of the three given above; first there must be the people who think about what ought to happen. These are the visionaries, and none of us would be here at this event today without them. So, I want to spend some time with you thinking about what needs to happen next.
All of you here will be familiar with our new Commercial Orbital Transportation Services (COTS) demonstrations, being conducted under the framework of NASA Space Act Agreements. These landmark agreements are, truly, NASA's most significant investment to date in attempting to spur the development of the commercial space industry. But let me say this at the outset: NASA can do even better in partnering with the commercial and entrepreneurial space sector in carrying out our nation's Vision for Space Exploration. However, let me be equally blunt about the other side of the coin: "partnership" with NASA is not a synonym for "helping NASA spend its money". Just as with our international partnerships, I expect commercial and venture capital partners to have "skin in the game", contributing resources toward a common goal that is greater than that which could be easily afforded by NASA alone, while figuring out how to make a profit from it!
Thus, it is important for the future that NASA's investments productively leverage the engine of the American economy, a GDP valued at over $13 trillion per year, to help us carry out our mission of space exploration. As the President's Science Advisor Jack Marburger stated earlier this year, "questions about the Vision boil down to whether we want to incorporate the Solar System in our economic sphere, or not." I think that I can guess how most of you who are here today would answer that question. And, indeed, I have said in other venues that for me also, this is one of the core principles justifying human exploration and expansion into space.
Snip
So, what about space? We now have more than 50 years of investment, through both NASA and the DoD, in space technology and systems development. But what we have not had is a stable, predictable government market for space services sufficient to stimulate the development of a commercial space industry analogous to that which was seen in the growth of aviation. My hope is that with the seed money we are putting into the COTS program, we can demonstrate the possibility of commercial cargo and crew transportation to the International Space Station, and that subsequently NASA will be able to meet its ISS logistics needs by purchasing these demonstrated services. If we can do this, we will be able to change the paradigm for transportation services to be more in line with the air mail service of the 1920s, meeting the logistics needs of the ISS, some 7,000 to 10,000 kilograms per year, after the Space Shuttle is retired in 2010. In the process, we may be able to spur innovation for low-cost access to space. This is a carefully- considered investment with known risks that we can all see and appreciate, but with a potentially huge upside that makes it well worth the risks.
I'll risk repeating myself to ensure that everyone fully understands how serious NASA takes the COTS demonstrations: if these commercial service capabilities are successfully demonstrated and cost-effective, NASA will welcome and use them. That is our default strategy for ISS re-supply. Most of you will probably agree that meeting or beating the government's cost to provide space transportation services shouldn't be too difficult for private industry to do. I hope you are right. I want these demonstrations to succeed; however, my wanting it won't make it so. If these capabilities are not successfully demonstrated, then NASA's fall-back position is to rely on the Orion Crew Exploration Vehicle or international partner cargo and crew service capabilities for ISS logistics support.
Snip
Now, I must be clear that the development of space tourism is not a part of NASA's charter. NASA was founded during the Cold War, soon after the launch of Sputnik, when the United States was in a race with the Soviets. NASA and the early civil space program were instruments of American preeminence in the world, at a time when an important component of such was seen to be preeminence in space. NASA achieved the goals that were set for it by the nation's policymakers in that era, and did so with remarkable brilliance, so much so that even today we remain in awe of what the Apollo generation did. Now, some have since posited that NASA somehow failed the American public by not opening up the experience of space travel to the broader population. This is patent nonsense; the agency could not fail at something it was never asked to do. Such a mandate was simply never in NASA's charter; if it were, I would question the wisdom of such a role for a government entity. However, as we go forward with the Vision for Space Exploration, it emphatically is our duty to encourage and leverage nascent commercial space capabilities. Not only is it the right thing to do in a country whose economic system is rooted in free market concepts, but it will also be a necessity if we are to achieve the goals set out for the U.S. civil space program.
Snip
In another vein, the NASA Authorization Act of 2005 also designates the U.S. segment of the International Space Station a national laboratory. NASA is actively seeking commercial partners who would like to use the ISS for their own experiments. After the loss of Space Shuttle Columbia, NASA was forced to curtail a great deal of ISS research, and with our focus on the use of the Space Shuttle system for ISS assembly over the next few years, I believe that commercial cargo and crew services will prove invaluable for increasing access to space and to the ISS for these commercial experiments.
Also in connection with the ISS, we need to be open to novel concepts which can enhance the utility of this multi-billion dollar facility. As one example, former astronaut and present-day entrepreneur Franklin Chang-Diaz, creator and proponent of the Vasimir electric propulsion concept, has opened discussions with NASA in connection with the possible use of the Vasimir engine for ISS orbit maintenance. We don't know, yet, whether this particular approach makes sense or not, but if it does, there might be a classic "win-win" strategy here; we gain experience with a potentially useful space propulsion concept, and we reduce the amount of propellant delivery needed for ISS reboost, leaving room in the logistics manifest for more productive cargo. This is the kind of private-public synergy that can serve us well.
While we are on the theme of innovative approaches to commercial space endeavors, I want to congratulate Pete Worden and his team at Ames for working with Bigelow Aerospace to secure a piggyback ride for their Genebox experiment on Bigelow's Genesis inflatable space habitat demonstration. I believe that this is one of many innovative, short turnaround ideas that we'll be seeing from Pete over the next several years. He is turning Ames Research Center in Silicon Valley into a "Mecca" for space entrepreneurs, where among other things we are hosting the Red Planet venture capital fund, similar in some ways to the CIA's In-Q-Tel operation, to leverage innovators and investors who have not typically done business with NASA.
It should be no surprise to anyone here that in my first few weeks as NASA Administrator, I met with Burt Rutan, Elon Musk, Bob Bigelow, and other space entrepreneurs to hear their ideas, or that I want a healthy, pragmatic dialogue between NASA and the commercial and entrepreneurial space community. Several people on my senior management team, including Shana Dale, Rex Geveden, Scott Pace, Pete Worden, Bill Claybaugh, Chris Shank, and numerous others are intimately familiar with the concerns of the commercial space community, and we are also realists. We are mindful of the pitfalls (and frankly, pratfalls) of all too many endeavors between space companies and NASA.
Snip
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http://www2.jpl.nasa.gov/calendar/#0610
Oct 20 - Asteroid 2006 TL Near-Earth Flyby (0.048 AU) http://neo.jpl.nasa.gov/cgi-bin/db_shm?des=2006+TL
http://cfa-www.harvard.edu/iau/Ephemerides/Unusual/K06T00L.html
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WHAT THE MIND CAN CONCEIVE, AND BELIEVE, IT WILL ACHIEVE - LRK
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Tuesday, October 17, 2006
Rare meteorite found in Kansas field - Don't Look Now - The sky is falling
Larry Klaes passed this news byte.
- LRK -
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Rare meteorite found in Kansas field
New ground-penetrating radar technology might someday be used on Mars
http://msnbc.msn.com/id/15294523/?GT1=8618
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By Roxana Hegeman
Updated: 4:55 p.m. MT Oct 16, 2006
GREENSBURG, Kan. - Scientists located a rare meteorite in a Kansas wheat field thanks to new ground penetrating radar technology that some day might be used on Mars.
The dig Monday was likely the most documented excavation yet of a meteorite find, with researchers painstakingly using brushes and hand tools in order to preserve evidence of the impact trail and to date the event of the meteorite strike. Soil samples were also bagged and tagged, and organic material preserved for dating purposes.
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Now this article is about how new technology is making it easier for someone to find iron type meteorites, here on Earth and maybe on Mars. This one was 154 pounds. Hit Earth less than 10,000 years ago. Just a blink of the eye, geologically speaking. The "Native Americans could have seen it."
If you read the article you will find a link to an earlier article about another iron meteorite found only a quarter of a mile away that weighed 1,400 pounds.
http://msnbc.msn.com/id/10007802/
There is a nice picture at the above link, that is nice, if you are a collector of meteorites. Not nice if one was to land on your car.
I wonder how many lumps of iron you could find on the Moon?
There is money to be had by finding meteorites and selling them.
http://www.arizonaskiesmeteorites.com/
http://www.meteoritesplus.com/
http://www.alaska.net/~meteor/Iron.htm
http://www.meteoriteman.com/
http://www.mars.li/labels.html
Enough, there were 613,000 hits on GOOGLE for the search words, "meteorites sale", 48,000 if you put the " " around the key words.
http://www.meteoriteguy.com/catalog.htm
http://www.meteorites.cl/b-venta/sale-izquierda.htm
http://www.meteorite.com/Erichs/
May I suggest, let the buyer beware.
And if things falling from the sky are of interest, you might join a list that discusses such things.
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Now do you want to sit here and wait for the sky to fall on you or might learning where the rocks are and going to them be worthwhile?
How about "MINING THE SKY" by John S. Lewis for some thoughts.
http://www.amazon.com/Mining-Sky-Riches-Asteroids-Planets/dp/0201328194
There is a review for MINING THE SKY - Untold riches from the asteroids, comets, and planets at THE ARTEMIS PROJECT.
http://www.asi.org/adb/b/01/miningthesky.html
More reasons to go the Moon.
Thanks for looking up with me.
Larry Kellogg
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http://www.rockhounds.com/tucsonshow/reports/tucson2006/p3.shtml
n October 2005 meteorite hunter Steve Arnold employed a sensitive metal detector to search the rural Kansas strewn field of the previously discovered Brenham pallasite. Brenham is the most plentiful pallasite known with over 3 tons of Brenham estimated by some sources to have been recovered and collected since the fall was first recognized as a meteorite by homesteader Mary Kimberly in the 1880s.
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http://www.meteorite-times.com/Back_Links/2006/March/Accretion_Desk.htm
Happy Tucsoning in 2006
Sharing is an important part of meteorite collecting. Whether stories, pictures, experiences, or physical specimens, the exchanges between enthusiasts is a large part of the enjoyment of this sport. In this installment of The Accretion Desk, I'd like to share a few treasures and experiences from Tucson 2006. Although I did not expect (nor could afford) another windfall of specimens like Tucson '05, I did hope to return home with meteorite riches, both tangible and intangible. And Tucson '06 did not disappoint.
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http://www.meteorite.com/news/index.htm
Meteorite News - Meteorites in the News Meteorite-Times Magazine RSS Feed
Expanded Meteorite News Headlines from Around The World
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WHAT THE MIND CAN CONCEIVE, AND BELIEVE, IT WILL ACHIEVE - LRK
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Larry Klaes passed this news byte.
- LRK -
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Rare meteorite found in Kansas field
New ground-penetrating radar technology might someday be used on Mars
http://msnbc.msn.com/id/15294523/?GT1=8618
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By Roxana Hegeman
Updated: 4:55 p.m. MT Oct 16, 2006
GREENSBURG, Kan. - Scientists located a rare meteorite in a Kansas wheat field thanks to new ground penetrating radar technology that some day might be used on Mars.
The dig Monday was likely the most documented excavation yet of a meteorite find, with researchers painstakingly using brushes and hand tools in order to preserve evidence of the impact trail and to date the event of the meteorite strike. Soil samples were also bagged and tagged, and organic material preserved for dating purposes.
Snip
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Now this article is about how new technology is making it easier for someone to find iron type meteorites, here on Earth and maybe on Mars. This one was 154 pounds. Hit Earth less than 10,000 years ago. Just a blink of the eye, geologically speaking. The "Native Americans could have seen it."
If you read the article you will find a link to an earlier article about another iron meteorite found only a quarter of a mile away that weighed 1,400 pounds.
http://msnbc.msn.com/id/10007802/
There is a nice picture at the above link, that is nice, if you are a collector of meteorites. Not nice if one was to land on your car.
I wonder how many lumps of iron you could find on the Moon?
There is money to be had by finding meteorites and selling them.
http://www.arizonaskiesmeteorites.com/
http://www.meteoritesplus.com/
http://www.alaska.net/~meteor/Iron.htm
http://www.meteoriteman.com/
http://www.mars.li/labels.html
Enough, there were 613,000 hits on GOOGLE for the search words, "meteorites sale", 48,000 if you put the " " around the key words.
http://www.meteoriteguy.com/catalog.htm
http://www.meteorites.cl/b-venta/sale-izquierda.htm
http://www.meteorite.com/Erichs/
May I suggest, let the buyer beware.
And if things falling from the sky are of interest, you might join a list that discusses such things.
-------------------------------------------------------------
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Now do you want to sit here and wait for the sky to fall on you or might learning where the rocks are and going to them be worthwhile?
How about "MINING THE SKY" by John S. Lewis for some thoughts.
http://www.amazon.com/Mining-Sky-Riches-Asteroids-Planets/dp/0201328194
There is a review for MINING THE SKY - Untold riches from the asteroids, comets, and planets at THE ARTEMIS PROJECT.
http://www.asi.org/adb/b/01/miningthesky.html
More reasons to go the Moon.
Thanks for looking up with me.
Larry Kellogg
Web Site: http://lkellogg.vttoth.com/LarryRussellKellogg/
BlogSpot: http://kelloggserialreports.blogspot.com/
RSS link: http://kelloggserialreports.blogspot.com/atom.xml
Newsltr.: https://news.altair.com/mailman/listinfo/lunar-update
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http://www.rockhounds.com/tucsonshow/reports/tucson2006/p3.shtml
n October 2005 meteorite hunter Steve Arnold employed a sensitive metal detector to search the rural Kansas strewn field of the previously discovered Brenham pallasite. Brenham is the most plentiful pallasite known with over 3 tons of Brenham estimated by some sources to have been recovered and collected since the fall was first recognized as a meteorite by homesteader Mary Kimberly in the 1880s.
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http://www.meteorite-times.com/Back_Links/2006/March/Accretion_Desk.htm
Happy Tucsoning in 2006
Sharing is an important part of meteorite collecting. Whether stories, pictures, experiences, or physical specimens, the exchanges between enthusiasts is a large part of the enjoyment of this sport. In this installment of The Accretion Desk, I'd like to share a few treasures and experiences from Tucson 2006. Although I did not expect (nor could afford) another windfall of specimens like Tucson '05, I did hope to return home with meteorite riches, both tangible and intangible. And Tucson '06 did not disappoint.
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http://www.meteorite.com/news/index.htm
Meteorite News - Meteorites in the News Meteorite-Times Magazine RSS Feed
Expanded Meteorite News Headlines from Around The World
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WHAT THE MIND CAN CONCEIVE, AND BELIEVE, IT WILL ACHIEVE - LRK
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Thursday, October 12, 2006
ARES - Exploration Library at the NASA Johnson Space Center
While looking for information on setting up Lunar Bases and later Lunar Settlements, ran across this list of on line material that might interest you.
It is at The Astromaterials Research and Exploration Science Directorate
(ARES) web site.
This is the link, and outline of material snipped below as well.
- LRK -
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http://ares.jsc.nasa.gov/HumanExplore/Exploration/EXLibrary/EXlibrary.cfm
Welcome to the Exploration Library at the NASA Johnson Space Center. This electronic library is intended to provide data to the technical community on current and previous studies undertaken by the Exploration Office and its predecessors.
It includes reports and papers prepared by NASA and contractor employees at the Johnson Space Center as of 1994, as well as a variety of exploration images and useful Internet links. For more recent studies please contact the Exploration Office, Mail Code EX13 at the NASA Johnson Space Center (JSC).
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Select the "Documents" link at the bottom of the page.
The link should be:
http://ares.jsc.nasa.gov/HumanExplore/Exploration/EXLibrary/EXdocindx.cfm
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You should also take a look at the Human Exploration Science Office material as well. Snipped the intro page as well.
- LRK -
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http://ares.jsc.nasa.gov/offices.cfm?Office=KX
KX - Human Exploration Science Office
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There is more at the NASA Johnson Space Center, Astromaterials Research and Exploration Science Directorate. Go take a look at the list here.
- LRK -
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http://ares.jsc.nasa.gov/index.cfm?Office=ARES
http://ares.jsc.nasa.gov/offices.cfm?Office=KA
KA - Astromaterials Research and Exploration Science Directorate
The Astromaterials Research and Exploration Science Directorate performs the physical science research at Johnson Space Center (JSC) and serves as the JSC focus for support to the HQ Science Mission Directorate. ARES staff member backgrounds cover essentially all the physical sciences (physics, chemistry, astronomy, geology), plus biology, mathematics, computer science and engineering. The Directorate Office directs and manages all functions in support of the activities of the ARES scientists, which involve the conduct of basic research in earth, planetary, and space sciences and the curatorial responsibility for all NASA-held extraterrestrial samples. ARES scientists and engineers also provide support to the human and robotic spaceflight programs with expertise in orbital debris modeling, analysis of micrometeoroid/orbital debris risks to spacecraft, image analysis and earth observations. As a result, responsibilities of the Directorate Office also include interface with the HQ Office of Safety and Mission Assurance, and the Human Space Flight Programs.
Snip
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So we walked back up to the home page and you can try that again below.
Know of any students coming up the line that might find these subjects of interest? Read on. :-)
- LRK -
Thanks for looking up with me.
Larry Kellogg
Web Site: http://lkellogg.vttoth.com/LarryRussellKellogg/
BlogSpot: http://kelloggserialreports.blogspot.com/
RSS link: http://kelloggserialreports.blogspot.com/atom.xml
Newsltr.: https://news.altair.com/mailman/listinfo/lunar-update
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http://ares.jsc.nasa.gov/HumanExplore/Exploration/EXLibrary/EXdocindx.cfm
Exploration Library Document Index
* General
http://ares.jsc.nasa.gov/HumanExplore/Exploration/EXLibrary/EXdocuments.cfm#100
o Policy and Strategy
o Human Support
o Life Support
o Radiation
o Architectures
o Beyond LEO Newsletter
* Lunar
http://ares.jsc.nasa.gov/HumanExplore/Exploration/EXLibrary/EXdocuments.cfm#200
o Apollo Era
o Lunar Base
o In-Situ Resource Utilization
o Lunar Astronomy
o Policy and Strategy
* Mars
http://ares.jsc.nasa.gov/HumanExplore/Exploration/EXLibrary/EXdocuments.cfm#300
o Exploration History
o Life Support
o Architectures
o Mission Planning
Documents | Images | Internet Links | Exploration
http://ares.jsc.nasa.gov/HumanExplore/Exploration/EXLibrary/EXdocindx.cfm
http://ares.jsc.nasa.gov/HumanExplore/Exploration/EXLibrary/EXimageindx.cfm
http://ares.jsc.nasa.gov/HumanExplore/Exploration/EXLibrary/links.cfm
http://ares.jsc.nasa.gov/HumanExplore/Exploration/NewFrontier/frontierHome.cfm
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http://ares.jsc.nasa.gov/offices.cfm?Office=KX
Human Exploration Science Office provides communication and coordination between the scientific community and HQ Exploration Systems and Space Operations Mission Directorates` planners and technologists. It is responsible for ensuring that human mission planning will benefit from the best space scientific research and data available including providing astronauts, mission specialists, flight controllers, and others with intensive focused training in astromaterials, astrobiology, and Earth and planetary science. Included within this office are the disciplines of space debris, Earth science, image science and analysis, and exploration planning.
NASA/JSC is the lead NASA center for orbital debris research and is recognized worldwide for its leadership in addressing orbital debris issues. The orbital debris research team has taken the international lead in conducting measurements of the environment and in developing the technical consensus for adopting mitigation measures to protect users of the orbital environment. Work at the Center continues with developing an improved understanding of the orbital debris environment and measures that can be taken to control its growth. In addition, the Hypervelocity Impact Test Facility (HITF) was founded in 1980 with a mandate to study hypervelocity impact characteristics of composite materials. HITF provides expertise to design effective shielding for spacecraft and to evaluate the risk posed by debris and meteoroids.
The Image Science and Analysis Group (IS&AG) performs engineering image analysis in support of the Space Shuttle, ISS, Hubble Space Telescope, and other NASA programs. This group evolved into its current incarnation after the investigation of the STS-51L Challenger accident, and its continued existence fulfills one of the lessons learned of the accident investigation. The value of the IS&AG was reaffirmed after the Columbia accident.
Investigations conducted by the IS&AG were critical in determining the cause of the accident. The IS&AG again showed it's importance to human space flight through support to the STS-114 Return to Flight mission, identifying both debris sources and locations of potential damage. The primary areas of expertise within this group include: static 2D and 3D measurements, high-resolution motion tracking, detailed surveys and monitoring of external vehicle conditions, and thorough imagery screening (film, video and electronic).
The Earth science group is responsible for aspects of crew training, mission support, and image cataloguing. Astronaut crews are given training in scientific observation of geological, oceanographic, environmental and meteorological phenomena as well as photographic techniques and equipment. Real-time mission support is provided for ISS activities involving Earth observations. This photography of the Earth provides scientists with a valuable tool in studying our planet. These Earth observation photos document the changes in the Earth's atmosphere, complement meteorological satellite data, monitor environmental changes, and provide updated geologic data for maps. The repository of Earth observation photos is maintained on a publicly available web site, which attracts 10 to 20 million visits per month.
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WHAT THE MIND CAN CONCEIVE, AND BELIEVE, IT WILL ACHIEVE - LRK
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While looking for information on setting up Lunar Bases and later Lunar Settlements, ran across this list of on line material that might interest you.
It is at The Astromaterials Research and Exploration Science Directorate
(ARES) web site.
This is the link, and outline of material snipped below as well.
- LRK -
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http://ares.jsc.nasa.gov/HumanExplore/Exploration/EXLibrary/EXlibrary.cfm
Welcome to the Exploration Library at the NASA Johnson Space Center. This electronic library is intended to provide data to the technical community on current and previous studies undertaken by the Exploration Office and its predecessors.
It includes reports and papers prepared by NASA and contractor employees at the Johnson Space Center as of 1994, as well as a variety of exploration images and useful Internet links. For more recent studies please contact the Exploration Office, Mail Code EX13 at the NASA Johnson Space Center (JSC).
Snip
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Select the "Documents" link at the bottom of the page.
The link should be:
http://ares.jsc.nasa.gov/HumanExplore/Exploration/EXLibrary/EXdocindx.cfm
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You should also take a look at the Human Exploration Science Office material as well. Snipped the intro page as well.
- LRK -
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http://ares.jsc.nasa.gov/offices.cfm?Office=KX
KX - Human Exploration Science Office
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There is more at the NASA Johnson Space Center, Astromaterials Research and Exploration Science Directorate. Go take a look at the list here.
- LRK -
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http://ares.jsc.nasa.gov/index.cfm?Office=ARES
http://ares.jsc.nasa.gov/offices.cfm?Office=KA
KA - Astromaterials Research and Exploration Science Directorate
The Astromaterials Research and Exploration Science Directorate performs the physical science research at Johnson Space Center (JSC) and serves as the JSC focus for support to the HQ Science Mission Directorate. ARES staff member backgrounds cover essentially all the physical sciences (physics, chemistry, astronomy, geology), plus biology, mathematics, computer science and engineering. The Directorate Office directs and manages all functions in support of the activities of the ARES scientists, which involve the conduct of basic research in earth, planetary, and space sciences and the curatorial responsibility for all NASA-held extraterrestrial samples. ARES scientists and engineers also provide support to the human and robotic spaceflight programs with expertise in orbital debris modeling, analysis of micrometeoroid/orbital debris risks to spacecraft, image analysis and earth observations. As a result, responsibilities of the Directorate Office also include interface with the HQ Office of Safety and Mission Assurance, and the Human Space Flight Programs.
Snip
--------------------------------------------------------------
So we walked back up to the home page and you can try that again below.
Know of any students coming up the line that might find these subjects of interest? Read on. :-)
- LRK -
Thanks for looking up with me.
Larry Kellogg
Web Site: http://lkellogg.vttoth.com/LarryRussellKellogg/
BlogSpot: http://kelloggserialreports.blogspot.com/
RSS link: http://kelloggserialreports.blogspot.com/atom.xml
Newsltr.: https://news.altair.com/mailman/listinfo/lunar-update
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http://ares.jsc.nasa.gov/HumanExplore/Exploration/EXLibrary/EXdocindx.cfm
Exploration Library Document Index
* General
http://ares.jsc.nasa.gov/HumanExplore/Exploration/EXLibrary/EXdocuments.cfm#100
o Policy and Strategy
o Human Support
o Life Support
o Radiation
o Architectures
o Beyond LEO Newsletter
* Lunar
http://ares.jsc.nasa.gov/HumanExplore/Exploration/EXLibrary/EXdocuments.cfm#200
o Apollo Era
o Lunar Base
o In-Situ Resource Utilization
o Lunar Astronomy
o Policy and Strategy
* Mars
http://ares.jsc.nasa.gov/HumanExplore/Exploration/EXLibrary/EXdocuments.cfm#300
o Exploration History
o Life Support
o Architectures
o Mission Planning
Documents | Images | Internet Links | Exploration
http://ares.jsc.nasa.gov/HumanExplore/Exploration/EXLibrary/EXdocindx.cfm
http://ares.jsc.nasa.gov/HumanExplore/Exploration/EXLibrary/EXimageindx.cfm
http://ares.jsc.nasa.gov/HumanExplore/Exploration/EXLibrary/links.cfm
http://ares.jsc.nasa.gov/HumanExplore/Exploration/NewFrontier/frontierHome.cfm
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http://ares.jsc.nasa.gov/offices.cfm?Office=KX
Human Exploration Science Office provides communication and coordination between the scientific community and HQ Exploration Systems and Space Operations Mission Directorates` planners and technologists. It is responsible for ensuring that human mission planning will benefit from the best space scientific research and data available including providing astronauts, mission specialists, flight controllers, and others with intensive focused training in astromaterials, astrobiology, and Earth and planetary science. Included within this office are the disciplines of space debris, Earth science, image science and analysis, and exploration planning.
NASA/JSC is the lead NASA center for orbital debris research and is recognized worldwide for its leadership in addressing orbital debris issues. The orbital debris research team has taken the international lead in conducting measurements of the environment and in developing the technical consensus for adopting mitigation measures to protect users of the orbital environment. Work at the Center continues with developing an improved understanding of the orbital debris environment and measures that can be taken to control its growth. In addition, the Hypervelocity Impact Test Facility (HITF) was founded in 1980 with a mandate to study hypervelocity impact characteristics of composite materials. HITF provides expertise to design effective shielding for spacecraft and to evaluate the risk posed by debris and meteoroids.
The Image Science and Analysis Group (IS&AG) performs engineering image analysis in support of the Space Shuttle, ISS, Hubble Space Telescope, and other NASA programs. This group evolved into its current incarnation after the investigation of the STS-51L Challenger accident, and its continued existence fulfills one of the lessons learned of the accident investigation. The value of the IS&AG was reaffirmed after the Columbia accident.
Investigations conducted by the IS&AG were critical in determining the cause of the accident. The IS&AG again showed it's importance to human space flight through support to the STS-114 Return to Flight mission, identifying both debris sources and locations of potential damage. The primary areas of expertise within this group include: static 2D and 3D measurements, high-resolution motion tracking, detailed surveys and monitoring of external vehicle conditions, and thorough imagery screening (film, video and electronic).
The Earth science group is responsible for aspects of crew training, mission support, and image cataloguing. Astronaut crews are given training in scientific observation of geological, oceanographic, environmental and meteorological phenomena as well as photographic techniques and equipment. Real-time mission support is provided for ISS activities involving Earth observations. This photography of the Earth provides scientists with a valuable tool in studying our planet. These Earth observation photos document the changes in the Earth's atmosphere, complement meteorological satellite data, monitor environmental changes, and provide updated geologic data for maps. The repository of Earth observation photos is maintained on a publicly available web site, which attracts 10 to 20 million visits per month.
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WHAT THE MIND CAN CONCEIVE, AND BELIEVE, IT WILL ACHIEVE - LRK
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Wednesday, October 11, 2006
To a Rocky Moon - and - The Geologic History of theMoon. - Wilhelms, D. E.
In going back to the Moon there will be discussions as to where you should set up Lunar Outposts. One will have to decide what it is that should be accomplished at each site.
Hopefully the Lunar Reconnaissance Orbiter will do the job of filling in the details about the geology of the Moon so that we will know what to expect on the ground. http://lroc.sese.asu.edu/index.html
In going to the Moon the first time we needed to know as much as possible too. We didn't know if the Moon was shaped by impact or by volcanoes, or maybe both.
If you want to know what they thought before and after, take a look at the work of Don E. Wilhelms.
- LRK -
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http://www.amazon.com/Rocky-Moon-Geologists-History-Exploration/dp/0816514437
To a Rocky Moon: A Geologist's History of Lunar Exploration (Paperback) by Don E. Wilhelms (Author)
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Do take a look at the web site and book mark it for your use.
- LRK -
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http://www.lpi.usra.edu/lunar_resources/documents.shtml
1987 http://ser.sese.asu.edu/GHM/index.html
The Geologic History of the Moon. Wilhelms, D. E. U. S. Geological Survey Professional Paper 1348, 302 pages. Book out of print.
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Thanks for looking up with me.
Larry Kellogg
Web Site: http://lkellogg.vttoth.com/LarryRussellKellogg/
BlogSpot: http://kelloggserialreports.blogspot.com/
RSS link: http://kelloggserialreports.blogspot.com/atom.xml
Newsltr.: https://news.altair.com/mailman/listinfo/lunar-update
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http://astrogeology.usgs.gov/About/People/DonWilhelms/
Don E. Wilhelms
Author and Retired USGS Astrogeologist
With his geologic mapping of the Moon, Don Wilhelms set the methods and standards for planetary mapping. He is author of Geologic History of the Moon (1987, USGS Professional Paper 1348) and To a Rocky Moon, A Geologist's History of Lunar Exploration (1993, University of Arizona Press), as well as many other science publications and planetary geologic maps. Don helped train Apollo astronauts and served as a professional expert on news broadcasts in Germany during the Apollo 11 Moon landing. He is an elected fellow of American Association for the Advancement of Science, American Geophysical Union, and Geological Society of America, and was awarded the prestigious Geological Society of America G.K. Gilbert Award in 1988.
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http://www.lpi.usra.edu/lunar_resources/documents.shtml
1987 http://ser.sese.asu.edu/GHM/index.html
The Geologic History of the Moon. Wilhelms, D. E. U. S. Geological Survey Professional Paper 1348, 302 pages. Book out of print.
Geologic History of the Moon, Don Wilhelms US Geological Survey Professional Paper 1348
Since 1987 The Geologic History of the Moon ( D. Wilhelms) has remained the cornerstone reference for all lunar geologists, and was originally published as United States Geological Survey Professional Paper 1348. Unfortunately this volume has long been out of print.
Northwestern University Center for Planetary Sciences has disassembled a copy and scanned each page at a resolution of 200 dpi on a Lanier LD 060 production scanner. The color plates and chapter cover pages were scanned at a higher resolution (300dpi) on a high resolution Agfa flatbed scanner. Production and editing was done using Adobe Photoshop and Adobe Acrobat on a Macintosh G4 laptop computer.
Text searchable versions of the chapters are available below (requires recent versions of pdf readers), file sizes range from 5 to 12 Mbytes. Since the pdfs were created from raster scans of book pages, rather than original text files, the optical character recognition of the text is imperfect, but pretty darn good. The raw scans of the chapters are typically 15-30 Mbytes in size with the largest being 50 Mbytes (Chapter 10).
The pdf containing all the color plates is about 40 Mbytes, a reduced file size version (3 Mbytes) is available here; slight artifacts are visible, but the quality is still good. Full resolution versions of each plate are also available in portable network graphics (PNG) format, and are typically 10 to 20 Mbytes each.
The whole book in a single file is also available. The file is just under a 100 Mbytes in size, and requires Adobe Acrobat version 5.0 or higher, note that it contains the more heavily compressed plates.
The dimensions of the original book are 11 inches by 14.5 inches.
** Note that Chapter 3 was corrected and replaced on July 13 2004, the all in one file was also modified.
Text Searchable Adobe Acrobat Files
[Go there and see the Moon - LRK -]
Snip
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http://www.amazon.com/Rocky-Moon-Geologists-History-Exploration/dp/0816514437
To a Rocky Moon: A Geologist's History of Lunar Exploration (Paperback) by Don E. Wilhelms (Author)
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http://www.asi.org/adb/b/01/rockymoon.html
To a Rocky Moon
by Don E. Wilhelms
University of Arizona Press
Paperback, 490 pages
ISBN No. 0-8165-1443-7 (paperback)
ISBN No. 0-8165-1065-2 (hardcover)
List price: $21.50
Amazon link.
TO A ROCKY MOON
A geologist's History of Lunar Exploration
1993
Don Wilhelms is one of the geologists with the US Geological Survey
(USGS) who was there almost from the start of the Apollo program in the early 1960's, joining Gene Shoemaker and the others who got the USGS first interested in lunar and planetary geology in the late 1950's. Wilhelms has authored many works on the geology of the Moon, including the comprehensive Geologic History of the Moon (1987). Much of the geological story of his more formal works is encapsulated in this newer book; even more interesting is the cast of characters Wilhelms features here, telling the scientific and personal story of the period surrounding the Apollo missions, and the many critical discoveries and decisions made by these individuals as they helped define what those first limited steps on our sister planet would tell us.
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[ See Artemis Project web site for the rest of the review. - LRK -] ==============================================================
WHAT THE MIND CAN CONCEIVE, AND BELIEVE, IT WILL ACHIEVE - LRK
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In going back to the Moon there will be discussions as to where you should set up Lunar Outposts. One will have to decide what it is that should be accomplished at each site.
Hopefully the Lunar Reconnaissance Orbiter will do the job of filling in the details about the geology of the Moon so that we will know what to expect on the ground. http://lroc.sese.asu.edu/index.html
In going to the Moon the first time we needed to know as much as possible too. We didn't know if the Moon was shaped by impact or by volcanoes, or maybe both.
If you want to know what they thought before and after, take a look at the work of Don E. Wilhelms.
- LRK -
--------------------------------------------------------------
http://www.amazon.com/Rocky-Moon-Geologists-History-Exploration/dp/0816514437
To a Rocky Moon: A Geologist's History of Lunar Exploration (Paperback) by Don E. Wilhelms (Author)
--------------------------------------------------------------
Do take a look at the web site and book mark it for your use.
- LRK -
--------------------------------------------------------------
http://www.lpi.usra.edu/lunar_resources/documents.shtml
1987 http://ser.sese.asu.edu/GHM/index.html
The Geologic History of the Moon. Wilhelms, D. E. U. S. Geological Survey Professional Paper 1348, 302 pages. Book out of print.
--------------------------------------------------------------
Thanks for looking up with me.
Larry Kellogg
Web Site: http://lkellogg.vttoth.com/LarryRussellKellogg/
BlogSpot: http://kelloggserialreports.blogspot.com/
RSS link: http://kelloggserialreports.blogspot.com/atom.xml
Newsltr.: https://news.altair.com/mailman/listinfo/lunar-update
==============================================================
http://astrogeology.usgs.gov/About/People/DonWilhelms/
Don E. Wilhelms
Author and Retired USGS Astrogeologist
With his geologic mapping of the Moon, Don Wilhelms set the methods and standards for planetary mapping. He is author of Geologic History of the Moon (1987, USGS Professional Paper 1348) and To a Rocky Moon, A Geologist's History of Lunar Exploration (1993, University of Arizona Press), as well as many other science publications and planetary geologic maps. Don helped train Apollo astronauts and served as a professional expert on news broadcasts in Germany during the Apollo 11 Moon landing. He is an elected fellow of American Association for the Advancement of Science, American Geophysical Union, and Geological Society of America, and was awarded the prestigious Geological Society of America G.K. Gilbert Award in 1988.
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http://www.lpi.usra.edu/lunar_resources/documents.shtml
1987 http://ser.sese.asu.edu/GHM/index.html
The Geologic History of the Moon. Wilhelms, D. E. U. S. Geological Survey Professional Paper 1348, 302 pages. Book out of print.
Geologic History of the Moon, Don Wilhelms US Geological Survey Professional Paper 1348
Since 1987 The Geologic History of the Moon ( D. Wilhelms) has remained the cornerstone reference for all lunar geologists, and was originally published as United States Geological Survey Professional Paper 1348. Unfortunately this volume has long been out of print.
Northwestern University Center for Planetary Sciences has disassembled a copy and scanned each page at a resolution of 200 dpi on a Lanier LD 060 production scanner. The color plates and chapter cover pages were scanned at a higher resolution (300dpi) on a high resolution Agfa flatbed scanner. Production and editing was done using Adobe Photoshop and Adobe Acrobat on a Macintosh G4 laptop computer.
Text searchable versions of the chapters are available below (requires recent versions of pdf readers), file sizes range from 5 to 12 Mbytes. Since the pdfs were created from raster scans of book pages, rather than original text files, the optical character recognition of the text is imperfect, but pretty darn good. The raw scans of the chapters are typically 15-30 Mbytes in size with the largest being 50 Mbytes (Chapter 10).
The pdf containing all the color plates is about 40 Mbytes, a reduced file size version (3 Mbytes) is available here; slight artifacts are visible, but the quality is still good. Full resolution versions of each plate are also available in portable network graphics (PNG) format, and are typically 10 to 20 Mbytes each.
The whole book in a single file is also available. The file is just under a 100 Mbytes in size, and requires Adobe Acrobat version 5.0 or higher, note that it contains the more heavily compressed plates.
The dimensions of the original book are 11 inches by 14.5 inches.
** Note that Chapter 3 was corrected and replaced on July 13 2004, the all in one file was also modified.
Text Searchable Adobe Acrobat Files
[Go there and see the Moon - LRK -]
Snip
==============================================================
http://www.amazon.com/Rocky-Moon-Geologists-History-Exploration/dp/0816514437
To a Rocky Moon: A Geologist's History of Lunar Exploration (Paperback) by Don E. Wilhelms (Author)
--------------------------------------------------------------
http://www.asi.org/adb/b/01/rockymoon.html
To a Rocky Moon
by Don E. Wilhelms
University of Arizona Press
Paperback, 490 pages
ISBN No. 0-8165-1443-7 (paperback)
ISBN No. 0-8165-1065-2 (hardcover)
List price: $21.50
Amazon link.
TO A ROCKY MOON
A geologist's History of Lunar Exploration
1993
Don Wilhelms is one of the geologists with the US Geological Survey
(USGS) who was there almost from the start of the Apollo program in the early 1960's, joining Gene Shoemaker and the others who got the USGS first interested in lunar and planetary geology in the late 1950's. Wilhelms has authored many works on the geology of the Moon, including the comprehensive Geologic History of the Moon (1987). Much of the geological story of his more formal works is encapsulated in this newer book; even more interesting is the cast of characters Wilhelms features here, telling the scientific and personal story of the period surrounding the Apollo missions, and the many critical discoveries and decisions made by these individuals as they helped define what those first limited steps on our sister planet would tell us.
Snip
[ See Artemis Project web site for the rest of the review. - LRK -] ==============================================================
WHAT THE MIND CAN CONCEIVE, AND BELIEVE, IT WILL ACHIEVE - LRK
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Tuesday, October 10, 2006
Gateway To The Moon - at LPI web site - Find it if you can
Yesterday I went to the Lunar and Planetary Institute web site and was looking at documents about going to the Moon.
Today I couldn't find what I was looking at by going to their home page.
http://www.lpi.usra.edu/
or by looking at the Site map.
http://www.lpi.usra.edu/sitemap/
Even GOOGLE was not a lot of help at first because it found where the document was referenced in a lot of other documents.
I was looking for a document published back in 1965.
"NASA 1965 Summer Conference on Lunar Exploration and Science (NASA SP-88)".
[16 meg PDF file]
After looking at a lot of links that GOOGLE found for me, I finally spied a link at LPI. The document I was reading was listed at the very bottom of the page. The file seemed to take forever to download from the NTRS external web site. - LRK -
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http://www.lpi.usra.edu/lunar_resources/documents.shtml
http://ntrs.nasa.gov/archive/nasa/casi.ntrs.nasa.gov/19660005537_1966005537
pdf [16 meg PDF file]
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Here is 420 pages that, among other things, talks about plans for AES, the Apollo Extension System - A more versatile phase of the early Apollo missions which permits longer stay times, greater exploration capabilities, that would operate in the 1970-1974 time period.
Well it didn't all happen we know, but interesting to see what they were considering. All this before the Clementine mission and the Lunar Prospector mission. Will have to see how much gets done when we go back to the Moon.
- LRK -
That still didn't answer how to find these documents if you come in the front door to the LPI web site.
Sometimes you can shorten a URL and if security is not too tight you find more information about the parent directory.
http://www.lpi.usra.edu/lunar_resources/
How nice, "GATEWAY TO THE MOON" with an interesting list of items in the navigation column on the left. There is the "DOCUMMENTS AND PUBLICATIONS"
link I had been at along with other interesting items about LUNA.
Back to the "Site Map" http://www.lpi.usra.edu/sitemap/ and a look for "Gateway to the Moon".
Found it right there in plain view under the main heading of "Science"
http://www.lpi.usra.edu/lpi/science.shtml and the sub topic of "Research Foci".
--------------------------------------------------------------
Research Foci
o Gateway to the Moon
http://www.lpi.usra.edu/lunar_resources/
Resources and meeting information for development of the new exploration strategy for the Moon in response to the President's new vision for NASA
o Oxygen in the Solar System
http://www.lpi.usra.edu/oxygen/
Initiative aimed at better understanding how oxygen isotopic and chemical variations were established in the solar system
o Forum on the Impact Cratering Process http://www.lpi.usra.edu/resources/impacts/index.shtml
Resources and information about the impact cratering process
--------------------------------------------------------------
So there you go, a list of documents and publications dating back to 1965.
Forty years of talking about going to the Moon. Well we went in 1969. That was a start. Too bad we didn't finish all the tasks that were discussed.
Now while we are talking again about such things I hope we go back with the idea of making our presence in space a permanent thing.
http://www.permanent.com/ :-)
Thanks for looking up with me.
Larry Kellogg
Web Site: http://lkellogg.vttoth.com/LarryRussellKellogg/
BlogSpot: http://kelloggserialreports.blogspot.com/
RSS link: http://kelloggserialreports.blogspot.com/atom.xml
Newsltr.: https://news.altair.com/mailman/listinfo/lunar-update
==============================================================
With persistence and a few time outs - a look at what we would like to see accomplished by those following, should there be those to follow.
Down near the bottom of
http://www.lpi.usra.edu/lunar_resources/documents.shtml
for 1972. - LRK -
--------------------------------------------------------------
Post-Apollo Lunar Science; Report of a Study by the Lunar Science Institute.
http://www.lpi.usra.edu/lunar_resources/documents/PostApollo.pdf
[114 page, PDF file 4.3 MB]
[Recommendations for post-Apollo lunar science activities by many of the participants that planned and executed the Apollo lunar surface science investigations.]
POST-APOLLO LUNAR SCIENCE
Preface
As the end of the Apollo lunar missions approaches, there is much concern for the continued development of the lunar sciences. It is most important that the limited sums available be spent wisely, if the huge investment in Apollo is to reap the scientific return that is still largely latent in the photographs, the telemetry tapes, and the returned samples.
Accordingly, the Lunar Science Institute assembled at the University of California, San Diego a group representing the various lunar sciences for the week of July 10, 1972 to examine the post-Apollo situation. This Report is the result of that brief Summer Study.
Snip
==============================================================
WHAT THE MIND CAN CONCEIVE, AND BELIEVE, IT WILL ACHIEVE - LRK
==============================================================
Yesterday I went to the Lunar and Planetary Institute web site and was looking at documents about going to the Moon.
Today I couldn't find what I was looking at by going to their home page.
http://www.lpi.usra.edu/
or by looking at the Site map.
http://www.lpi.usra.edu/sitemap/
Even GOOGLE was not a lot of help at first because it found where the document was referenced in a lot of other documents.
I was looking for a document published back in 1965.
"NASA 1965 Summer Conference on Lunar Exploration and Science (NASA SP-88)".
[16 meg PDF file]
After looking at a lot of links that GOOGLE found for me, I finally spied a link at LPI. The document I was reading was listed at the very bottom of the page. The file seemed to take forever to download from the NTRS external web site. - LRK -
--------------------------------------------------------------
http://www.lpi.usra.edu/lunar_resources/documents.shtml
http://ntrs.nasa.gov/archive/nasa/casi.ntrs.nasa.gov/19660005537_1966005537
pdf [16 meg PDF file]
--------------------------------------------------------------
Here is 420 pages that, among other things, talks about plans for AES, the Apollo Extension System - A more versatile phase of the early Apollo missions which permits longer stay times, greater exploration capabilities, that would operate in the 1970-1974 time period.
Well it didn't all happen we know, but interesting to see what they were considering. All this before the Clementine mission and the Lunar Prospector mission. Will have to see how much gets done when we go back to the Moon.
- LRK -
That still didn't answer how to find these documents if you come in the front door to the LPI web site.
Sometimes you can shorten a URL and if security is not too tight you find more information about the parent directory.
http://www.lpi.usra.edu/lunar_resources/
How nice, "GATEWAY TO THE MOON" with an interesting list of items in the navigation column on the left. There is the "DOCUMMENTS AND PUBLICATIONS"
link I had been at along with other interesting items about LUNA.
Back to the "Site Map" http://www.lpi.usra.edu/sitemap/ and a look for "Gateway to the Moon".
Found it right there in plain view under the main heading of "Science"
http://www.lpi.usra.edu/lpi/science.shtml and the sub topic of "Research Foci".
--------------------------------------------------------------
Research Foci
o Gateway to the Moon
http://www.lpi.usra.edu/lunar_resources/
Resources and meeting information for development of the new exploration strategy for the Moon in response to the President's new vision for NASA
o Oxygen in the Solar System
http://www.lpi.usra.edu/oxygen/
Initiative aimed at better understanding how oxygen isotopic and chemical variations were established in the solar system
o Forum on the Impact Cratering Process http://www.lpi.usra.edu/resources/impacts/index.shtml
Resources and information about the impact cratering process
--------------------------------------------------------------
So there you go, a list of documents and publications dating back to 1965.
Forty years of talking about going to the Moon. Well we went in 1969. That was a start. Too bad we didn't finish all the tasks that were discussed.
Now while we are talking again about such things I hope we go back with the idea of making our presence in space a permanent thing.
http://www.permanent.com/ :-)
Thanks for looking up with me.
Larry Kellogg
Web Site: http://lkellogg.vttoth.com/LarryRussellKellogg/
BlogSpot: http://kelloggserialreports.blogspot.com/
RSS link: http://kelloggserialreports.blogspot.com/atom.xml
Newsltr.: https://news.altair.com/mailman/listinfo/lunar-update
==============================================================
With persistence and a few time outs - a look at what we would like to see accomplished by those following, should there be those to follow.
Down near the bottom of
http://www.lpi.usra.edu/lunar_resources/documents.shtml
for 1972. - LRK -
--------------------------------------------------------------
Post-Apollo Lunar Science; Report of a Study by the Lunar Science Institute.
http://www.lpi.usra.edu/lunar_resources/documents/PostApollo.pdf
[114 page, PDF file 4.3 MB]
[Recommendations for post-Apollo lunar science activities by many of the participants that planned and executed the Apollo lunar surface science investigations.]
POST-APOLLO LUNAR SCIENCE
Preface
As the end of the Apollo lunar missions approaches, there is much concern for the continued development of the lunar sciences. It is most important that the limited sums available be spent wisely, if the huge investment in Apollo is to reap the scientific return that is still largely latent in the photographs, the telemetry tapes, and the returned samples.
Accordingly, the Lunar Science Institute assembled at the University of California, San Diego a group representing the various lunar sciences for the week of July 10, 1972 to examine the post-Apollo situation. This Report is the result of that brief Summer Study.
Snip
==============================================================
WHAT THE MIND CAN CONCEIVE, AND BELIEVE, IT WILL ACHIEVE - LRK
==============================================================
Monday, October 09, 2006
Future Missions To The Moon - LPI - Make it so!
While looking for material about going to the Moon and setting up Lunar Bases, I keep finding material at the Lunar And Planetary Institute web site.
http://www.lpi.usra.edu/
Just select the "Site Map" link at the bottom of the page.
http://www.lpi.usra.edu/sitemap/
Over the years of being with you I have mentioned the section on the Moon.
http://www.lpi.usra.edu/expmoon/
For today take a look at what they have for links about possible "Future Missions".
http://www.lpi.usra.edu/expmoon/future/future.html
I'll copy the page below in text only, you will need to go there to activate the links. The page was last modified November of 2005 so almost a year gone by already. Noticed a few links at the bottom are stale.
- LRK -
With that in mind you may have more recent information that you would like to see shared.
You see, time marches on, and some of the material I referenced below is 20 years old. I wonder when I will be able to give past references to what we have already built on the Moon. Sigh, :-(
Thanks for looking up with me.
Larry Kellogg
Web Site: http://lkellogg.vttoth.com/LarryRussellKellogg/
BlogSpot: http://kelloggserialreports.blogspot.com/
RSS link: http://kelloggserialreports.blogspot.com/atom.xml
Newsltr.: https://news.altair.com/mailman/listinfo/lunar-update
==============================================================
http://www.lpi.usra.edu/expmoon/future/future.html
FUTURE LUNAR MISSIONS
The exploration of the Moon is by no means complete, and interest in the Moon remains high. Past and recent missions continue to pose as many questions as they answer. This page provides some information on plans for various proposed future missions to, and operations on, the Moon.
Other Missions to the Moon
Other countries besides the U.S. are interested in lunar exploration, and several are discussing the possibility of planning missions of their own. The International Lunar Exploration Working Group (ILEWG) has been established, with the goal of being the information exchange center for such missions. This group includes representatives from many major space agencies around the world and is charged with developing an international strategy for the exploration of the Moon. It collects information on potential lunar missions (both robotic and manned), as well as new scientific and resource information about the Moon.
Chandrayaan-1 Lunar Orbiter
Chandrayaan-1 (Hindi for "Voyage to the Moon") is being developed by the Indian Space Research Organization (ISRO) to collect scientific information on the lunar surface.
Chandrayaan-1 Information at NSSDC [NASA]
Chang'e Program
The first mission in the program, named for a Chinese legend about a young fairy who flies to the Moon, will be the Chang'e-1 designed to map and study the Moon and the near-lunar region.
Chang'e-1 Information at NSSDC [NASA]
Lunar Reconnaissance Orbiter (LRO)
This first mission in NASA's Robotic Lunar Exploration Program, is designed to map the lunar surface and characterize landing sites for future missions to the Moon.
LRO Information at NSSDC [NASA]
LRO Information at GSFC [NASA]
The LUNAR-A Mission
This is a Japanese mission to image the Moon, monitor moonquakes, measure the near-surface thermal properties and heat flux, and study the lunar core and interior structure.
LUNAR-A Mission Information at ILEWG [ESTEC/ESA]
LUNAR-A Mission Information at NSSDC [NASA]
LUNAR-A Mission Information at ISAS [Japan]
SELenological and ENgineering Explorer (SELENE)
This idea for a lunar orbiter/lander mission was developed by the Japanese to study the origin, evolution, and tectonics of the Moon.
SELENE Mission Information at NSSDC [NASA]
SELENE Project Information at NASDA [Japan]
SELENE Project Information at ISAS [Japan]
Previously Considered Missions
The current missions proposals listed above are the latest in a string of proposals for new missions to the Moon. Some other mission ideas that have been considered in the past are listed below. These are included on this page because they show the wide variety of interest in lunar exploration.
The LunarSat Mission
LunarSat is a European proposal for a lunar micro-orbiter to investigate the suitability of the Moon's south pole for the first permanent human outpost.
LunarSat Mission Information
The Lunar Orbiting Observatory Mission (LOOM)
Conceived by the Japanese as a follow-up to their Hiten and LUNAR-A missions, the spacecraft would have mapped the lunar surface and performed landing experiments.
LOOM Program Information at ILEWG [ESTEC/ESA]
Lunar European Demonstration Approach (LEDA)
This was a proposed program of the European Space Agency (ESA). It was designed in phases, beginning with missions to further survey the Moon and going on to establish a lunar outpost.
LEDA Program Information at ILEWG [ESTEC/ESA]
The EuroMoon 2000 Mission
This mission would combine an orbiter and a lander to search for possible frozen volatiles such as water. The lander would have also released robotic experiments to explore the Aitken Basin.
EuroMoon 2000 Mission Information [ESRIN/ESA]
Private and Commercial Endeavors
Governments and space agencies are not the only groups interested in returning to the Moon. Universities, student groups, and private companies are developing their own ideas for lunar exploration and/or ventures of some kind. The following sites contain information on these endeavors.
The Lunar Ice Discovery Mission
This mission would conduct a robotic investigation of the south pole region of the Moon, searching for water ice and performing geological studies.
Lunar Ice Discovery Information at CMU
The Lunar TrailBlazer Mission
This mission is intended to return video images and high-resolution imagery of the lunar surface over a period of 30-90 days.
Lunar TrailBlazer Information at TransOrbital
Humans on the Moon
The ultimate goal of many interested in the ongoing exploration of the Moon is to establish a permanent human presence on the Moon. Listed below are some groups and organizations that are planning for that day.
The Space Studies Institute
The Artemis Project
Lunar Institute of Technology
Lunar Base Literature
Over the years much has been written about colonizing the Moon.
Below are some Web sites that offer listings/bibliographies of references on the topic.
The Lunar Base Quarterly
Lunar Base Bibliography (1978-1993)
Moon & Mars Exploration and Settlement Plans
Snip
http://www.lpi.usra.edu/expmoon/future/future.html
==============================================================
1984: Lunar Bases and Space Activities of the 21st Century.
Edited by W. W. Mendell. Lunar and Planetary Institute. 866 pages.
[Complete online copy]
http://ads.harvard.edu/books/lbsa/
[Buy from Amazon]
http://www.amazon.com/Lunar-Bases-Space-Activities-Century/dp/0942862023/
Snip
==============================================================
Here is a NASA book from 1985 that may be of interest for those wanting to live aloft. - LRK -
--------------------------------------------------------------
LIVING ALOFT: Human Requirements for Extended Spaceflight
[xi] ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS
We wish to express our deep appreciation to R. Mark Patton, Special Assistant to the Director of Life Sciences, NASA Ames Research Center, who provided both initial support and continuing encouragement throughout this study, and who offered helpful comments on each and every chapter of the manuscript. We also gratefully acknowledge the improvements made to individual chapters by the comments and suggestions of Earl A. Alluisi, Frederick R. Guedry, Robert C. Haygood, J. Michael Lentz, Joseph E. McGrath, Ronald E. Rice, Don A. Rockwell, Everett M. Rogers, Daniel S. Stokols, and John L. Vohs.
On line at:
http://www.hq.nasa.gov/office/pao/History/SP-483/cover.htm
Cover
http://www.hq.nasa.gov/office/pao/History/SP-483/contents.htm
Contents
http://lkellogg.vttoth.com/LarryRussellKellogg/LarryKelloggReports1.htm
[Buy from Amazon]
http://www.amazon.com/Living-Aloft-Requirements-Extended-Spaceflight/dp/1410219836/
Snip
==============================================================
WHAT THE MIND CAN CONCEIVE, AND BELIEVE, IT WILL ACHIEVE - LRK
==============================================================
While looking for material about going to the Moon and setting up Lunar Bases, I keep finding material at the Lunar And Planetary Institute web site.
http://www.lpi.usra.edu/
Just select the "Site Map" link at the bottom of the page.
http://www.lpi.usra.edu/sitemap/
Over the years of being with you I have mentioned the section on the Moon.
http://www.lpi.usra.edu/expmoon/
For today take a look at what they have for links about possible "Future Missions".
http://www.lpi.usra.edu/expmoon/future/future.html
I'll copy the page below in text only, you will need to go there to activate the links. The page was last modified November of 2005 so almost a year gone by already. Noticed a few links at the bottom are stale.
- LRK -
With that in mind you may have more recent information that you would like to see shared.
You see, time marches on, and some of the material I referenced below is 20 years old. I wonder when I will be able to give past references to what we have already built on the Moon. Sigh, :-(
Thanks for looking up with me.
Larry Kellogg
Web Site: http://lkellogg.vttoth.com/LarryRussellKellogg/
BlogSpot: http://kelloggserialreports.blogspot.com/
RSS link: http://kelloggserialreports.blogspot.com/atom.xml
Newsltr.: https://news.altair.com/mailman/listinfo/lunar-update
==============================================================
http://www.lpi.usra.edu/expmoon/future/future.html
FUTURE LUNAR MISSIONS
The exploration of the Moon is by no means complete, and interest in the Moon remains high. Past and recent missions continue to pose as many questions as they answer. This page provides some information on plans for various proposed future missions to, and operations on, the Moon.
Other Missions to the Moon
Other countries besides the U.S. are interested in lunar exploration, and several are discussing the possibility of planning missions of their own. The International Lunar Exploration Working Group (ILEWG) has been established, with the goal of being the information exchange center for such missions. This group includes representatives from many major space agencies around the world and is charged with developing an international strategy for the exploration of the Moon. It collects information on potential lunar missions (both robotic and manned), as well as new scientific and resource information about the Moon.
Chandrayaan-1 Lunar Orbiter
Chandrayaan-1 (Hindi for "Voyage to the Moon") is being developed by the Indian Space Research Organization (ISRO) to collect scientific information on the lunar surface.
Chandrayaan-1 Information at NSSDC [NASA]
Chang'e Program
The first mission in the program, named for a Chinese legend about a young fairy who flies to the Moon, will be the Chang'e-1 designed to map and study the Moon and the near-lunar region.
Chang'e-1 Information at NSSDC [NASA]
Lunar Reconnaissance Orbiter (LRO)
This first mission in NASA's Robotic Lunar Exploration Program, is designed to map the lunar surface and characterize landing sites for future missions to the Moon.
LRO Information at NSSDC [NASA]
LRO Information at GSFC [NASA]
The LUNAR-A Mission
This is a Japanese mission to image the Moon, monitor moonquakes, measure the near-surface thermal properties and heat flux, and study the lunar core and interior structure.
LUNAR-A Mission Information at ILEWG [ESTEC/ESA]
LUNAR-A Mission Information at NSSDC [NASA]
LUNAR-A Mission Information at ISAS [Japan]
SELenological and ENgineering Explorer (SELENE)
This idea for a lunar orbiter/lander mission was developed by the Japanese to study the origin, evolution, and tectonics of the Moon.
SELENE Mission Information at NSSDC [NASA]
SELENE Project Information at NASDA [Japan]
SELENE Project Information at ISAS [Japan]
Previously Considered Missions
The current missions proposals listed above are the latest in a string of proposals for new missions to the Moon. Some other mission ideas that have been considered in the past are listed below. These are included on this page because they show the wide variety of interest in lunar exploration.
The LunarSat Mission
LunarSat is a European proposal for a lunar micro-orbiter to investigate the suitability of the Moon's south pole for the first permanent human outpost.
LunarSat Mission Information
The Lunar Orbiting Observatory Mission (LOOM)
Conceived by the Japanese as a follow-up to their Hiten and LUNAR-A missions, the spacecraft would have mapped the lunar surface and performed landing experiments.
LOOM Program Information at ILEWG [ESTEC/ESA]
Lunar European Demonstration Approach (LEDA)
This was a proposed program of the European Space Agency (ESA). It was designed in phases, beginning with missions to further survey the Moon and going on to establish a lunar outpost.
LEDA Program Information at ILEWG [ESTEC/ESA]
The EuroMoon 2000 Mission
This mission would combine an orbiter and a lander to search for possible frozen volatiles such as water. The lander would have also released robotic experiments to explore the Aitken Basin.
EuroMoon 2000 Mission Information [ESRIN/ESA]
Private and Commercial Endeavors
Governments and space agencies are not the only groups interested in returning to the Moon. Universities, student groups, and private companies are developing their own ideas for lunar exploration and/or ventures of some kind. The following sites contain information on these endeavors.
The Lunar Ice Discovery Mission
This mission would conduct a robotic investigation of the south pole region of the Moon, searching for water ice and performing geological studies.
Lunar Ice Discovery Information at CMU
The Lunar TrailBlazer Mission
This mission is intended to return video images and high-resolution imagery of the lunar surface over a period of 30-90 days.
Lunar TrailBlazer Information at TransOrbital
Humans on the Moon
The ultimate goal of many interested in the ongoing exploration of the Moon is to establish a permanent human presence on the Moon. Listed below are some groups and organizations that are planning for that day.
The Space Studies Institute
The Artemis Project
Lunar Institute of Technology
Lunar Base Literature
Over the years much has been written about colonizing the Moon.
Below are some Web sites that offer listings/bibliographies of references on the topic.
The Lunar Base Quarterly
Lunar Base Bibliography (1978-1993)
Moon & Mars Exploration and Settlement Plans
Snip
http://www.lpi.usra.edu/expmoon/future/future.html
==============================================================
1984: Lunar Bases and Space Activities of the 21st Century.
Edited by W. W. Mendell. Lunar and Planetary Institute. 866 pages.
[Complete online copy]
http://ads.harvard.edu/books/lbsa/
[Buy from Amazon]
http://www.amazon.com/Lunar-Bases-Space-Activities-Century/dp/0942862023/
Snip
==============================================================
Here is a NASA book from 1985 that may be of interest for those wanting to live aloft. - LRK -
--------------------------------------------------------------
LIVING ALOFT: Human Requirements for Extended Spaceflight
[xi] ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS
We wish to express our deep appreciation to R. Mark Patton, Special Assistant to the Director of Life Sciences, NASA Ames Research Center, who provided both initial support and continuing encouragement throughout this study, and who offered helpful comments on each and every chapter of the manuscript. We also gratefully acknowledge the improvements made to individual chapters by the comments and suggestions of Earl A. Alluisi, Frederick R. Guedry, Robert C. Haygood, J. Michael Lentz, Joseph E. McGrath, Ronald E. Rice, Don A. Rockwell, Everett M. Rogers, Daniel S. Stokols, and John L. Vohs.
On line at:
http://www.hq.nasa.gov/office/pao/History/SP-483/cover.htm
Cover
http://www.hq.nasa.gov/office/pao/History/SP-483/contents.htm
Contents
http://lkellogg.vttoth.com/LarryRussellKellogg/LarryKelloggReports1.htm
[Buy from Amazon]
http://www.amazon.com/Living-Aloft-Requirements-Extended-Spaceflight/dp/1410219836/
Snip
==============================================================
WHAT THE MIND CAN CONCEIVE, AND BELIEVE, IT WILL ACHIEVE - LRK
==============================================================
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