Space Vision 2006 - November 9 - 12, 2006 - University of Central Florida SEDS - Students for the Exploration and Development of Space
http://www.mmae.ucf.edu/seds/
http://www.seds.org/

Looking at the JPL Space Calendar for today I see that I am not in Florida but the SEDS Space Vision 2006 Conference is.
http://www.spacevision2006.org/

The generation coming up is the one that will go to space if they can make it happen. Take a look at who is going to be talking to them. [See speaker list below and do read their biographical information.]
- LRK -

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http://www2.jpl.nasa.gov/calendar/
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# Nov 09 - Cassini, Orbital Trim Maneuver #80 (OTM-80)
http://saturn.jpl.nasa.gov/home/index.cfm
http://saturn.jpl.nasa.gov/news/sig-event-details.cfm?newsID=701
# Nov 09 - Comet Comet Urata-Niijima Closest Approach To Earth (0.591 AU)
http://neo.jpl.nasa.gov/cgi-bin/db_shm?des=112P
http://www.cfa.harvard.edu/iau/Ephemerides/Comets/0112P_1.html
# Nov 09-12 -New[Nov 08] Space Vision 2006 Conference, Orlando, Florida
http://www.spacevision2006.org/
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The USA Mid Term elections are now over and it is safe to turn on the TV, well almost safe.

What happens now that there will be a power shift may need some input from you all. The, "He told me to do it" may turn into, "Do you think you should do it?" Let's hope that going to space makes sense to the US Congress.
- LRK -

When you read the Peter Diamandis' bio you will see his motto.

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Diamandis' mission is to open the space frontier for humanity. His personal motto is: "The best way to predict the future is to create it yourself!"
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I like that. Looks like the students at the University of Central Florida feel the same way.

How about you?
- LRK -

Thanks for looking up with me.

Larry Kellogg

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http://www.spacevision2006.org/
Welcome to the official website of the annual SEDS National Conference, SpaceVision 2006. This year's conference is being hosted by the University of Central Florida SEDS Chapter in sunny Orlando, Florida.

SpaceVision 2006 will be a time for SEDS students from across the country to come together to share their interests and goals, to hear and network with top name speakers and professionals in the space industry, and to experience the history and shape the future of humanity's climb to the stars.

Please check back regularly as more information and details are available and updates are added.

Use the menu to the left to guide yourself through the site.

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http://www.spacevision2006.org/index.php?option=com_content&task=blogcategory&id=20&Itemid=36

Confirmed SpaceVision 2006 Speakers

Click on the speakers name for a full bio.

Tim Bailey
http://www.spacevision2006.org/index.php?option=com_content&task=view&id=29&Itemid=36
Space Generation Foundation, Yuri's Night

Grant Bonin
http://www.spacevision2006.org/index.php?option=com_content&task=view&id=32&Itemid=36
Mission Concepts Director, 4Frontiers Corporation

Samuel Coniglio
http://www.spacevision2006.org/index.php?option=com_content&task=view&id=31&Itemid=36
Vice President of the Space Tourism Society

Mark K. Craig
http://www.spacevision2006.org/index.php?option=com_content&task=view&id=66&Itemid=36
President of the American Astronautical Society

James H. Crocker
http://www.spacevision2006.org/index.php?option=com_content&task=view&id=64&Itemid=36
Vice President, Civil Space, Lockheed Martin Space Systems Company

Dr. Peter Diamandis
http://www.spacevision2006.org/index.php?option=com_content&task=view&id=55&Itemid=36
Founder and Chairman of the X PRIZE Foundation

Brian Enke
http://www.spacevision2006.org/index.php?option=com_content&task=view&id=33&Itemid=36
Research Analyst at the Southwest Research Institute, Author of "Shadows of Medusa"

Jeff Feige
http://www.spacevision2006.org/index.php?option=com_content&task=view&id=52&Itemid=36
Strategic and Space Policy Consulting, Natonal Aerospace Development Center

Loretta Hidalgo
http://www.spacevision2006.org/index.php?option=com_content&task=view&id=56&Itemid=36
Space Generation Foundation, Yuri's Night World Space Party

James A. M. Muncy
http://www.spacevision2006.org/index.php?option=com_content&task=view&id=53&Itemid=36
President and Founder of PoliSpace

Joe Palaia
http://www.spacevision2006.org/index.php?option=com_content&task=view&id=30&Itemid=36
VP of Operations, R&D and Cofounder of the 4Frontiers Corporation

Dr. Robert Richards
http://www.spacevision2006.org/index.php?option=com_content&task=view&id=28&Itemid=36
Director of Optech Space Division, Founder of SEDS Canada, the International Space University, and Space Generation Foundation,

Russell R. Romanella
http://www.spacevision2006.org/index.php?option=com_content&task=view&id=65&Itemid=36
Director of the International Space Station/ Payload Processing Directorate, NASA KSC

Tony Taliancich
http://www.spacevision2006.org/index.php?option=com_content&task=view&id=51&Itemid=36
Deputy, Atlas East Coast Launch Operations, Lockheed Martin Space Systems Company

Rick Tumlinson
http://www.spacevision2006.org/index.php?option=com_content&task=view&id=63&Itemid=36
Space Frontier Foundation

George Whitesides
http://www.spacevision2006.org/index.php?option=com_content&task=view&id=27&Itemid=36
Executive Director of the National Space Society

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http://www.seds.org/
http://www.mmae.ucf.edu/seds/
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THE DAY IN SPACE
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In today's space news from SpaceRef:

-- Election Implications For NASA
http://www.nasawatch.com/archives/2006/11/election_implic.html
-- Election Implications For NASA - Part 2 http://www.nasawatch.com/archives/2006/11/election_implic_1.html

"One thing is certain, however. While there is a Republican majority in Congress, explaining the rationale behind the VSE as being "because the President has directed us to do this" works well enough. However, with the prospect of losing control of both the House and Senate, this will no longer suffice as far as Congress is concerned. Supporters of the VSE at NASA and the White House (if there are any left) are going to need to find a new, non-partisan underlying rationale for the VSE. The NASA Authorization Act of 2005 was a start - but it is going to take more than a piece of legislation to keep the VSE on track as a new Congress puts its costs and plans under a microscope."

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http://www.marssociety.org/
Mars Society

http://www.nss.org/
National Space Society

http://www.space-frontier.org/
Space Frontier Foundation

http://valencia.spacegeneration.org/
Space Generation Advisory Council

http://www.gozerog.com/home_full1.aspx
Zero Gravity Corporation

http://www.yurisnight.net/
Yuri's Night

http://www.worldspaceweek.org/
World Space Week

http://www.astronautical.org/
The Human + Machine Equation in Pasadena November 14-15 The AAS National Conference and 53rd Annual Meeting will be held November 14-15, 2006 at the Pasadena Hilton, Pasadena, California. The focus will be the synergy of robotic and human space exploration, and the conference will lead off with the Carl Sagan Memorial Lecture and Award Presentation.
Sessions will address Robotics and the New Age of Space Exploration; Motivating Tomorrow's Scientists and Engineers; Human/Robotic Cooperation; Lessons Learned from Other Industries - The Art of Integrating Science, Technology and Humans; Humans and Machines Exploring Space: Moon, Mars and Astronomy; NASA Center Directors' Views on Inter-center Collaboration; and a special concluding session on MRO.

http://www.optech.ca/
Optech - Measurement at the Speed of Light

http://www.lockheedmartin.com/wms/findPage.do?dsp=fnec&ti=100
Lockheed Martin
Orion Crew Vehicle

The Orion program will provide a state-of-the-art human space flight system capable of safely transferring astronauts to and from the International Space Station (ISS), the Moon, Mars and other destinations beyond low earth orbit (LEO).

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

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