Would I do that - delete your e-mail - sorry about that - what can I say

Adriano Autino sent me an e-mail, which it looks like I deleted without reading. Not to be stiffed, Adriano wrote me back and asked why I did that.

My only excuse was that I guessed my spam checker let me do it. I try to look at what is set up to be deleted but when the list goes more than a page, I often just do a bulk delete.

So, if you think I had my nose up in the air, and I deleted an e-mail you wrote, cut me some slack, and write me back and ask, "Why did you do that?"

We may not have a problem there as there are only 882 of you left reading the lunar-update list and I am sure you have enough noise in your life that one less list wouldn't be missed.
- LRK -

You may have noticed that my posts have been rather sporadic. It seems that retirement still doesn't make for enough hours in the day. Amazon.com knows who I am and some books just arrived. See below what just came and have not been looked at yet.
- LRK -

And if that wasn't enough to occupy my time, Al Globus at NASA Ames asked if I would help find material for the work they are doing to update the National Space Society's web site for a section on space settlements to be forthcoming.
http://www.nss.org/
http://lkellogg.vttoth.com/LarryRussellKellogg/colonies.html

The NSS is interested in Space Settlements in, well, space, but they would accept materials from a Lunar Settlement and so I have been Googling around for material on what one might find on the Moon.
http://isru.msfc.nasa.gov/lib/workshops/lrsm2005.html
http://www.sbir.nasa.gov/SBIR/abstracts/05/sbir/phase1/SBIR-05-1-X9.01-9561.html?solicitationId=SBIR_05_P1
http://www.pubs.asce.org/WWWdisplay.cgi?0602371
http://www.nasa.gov/centers/ames/research/technology-onepagers/in-situ_resource_Utiliza14.html

Al also asked if anyone on the team might be interested in doing some 3D modeling with something like Google's acquisition of SketchUp. You can now build your own 3D models and put them into Google Earth or share them on 3D Warehouse.
- LRK -

http://sketchup.google.com/
http://sketchup.google.com/product_3dwh.html
http://earth.google.com/index.html
http://earth.google.com/download-earth.html

And before we leave, I should mention that the e-mail from Adriano was to ask if I would sign a petition to add a statement to a countries constitution that would acknowledge moving humanity into space is our right to do and let us come back without being disowned, something to think about. Galileo spent a lot of time in his room just for expressing ideas about where he thought Earth was going. Even today, governments have a lot to say about how high you can jump off of mother Earth.
- LRK -

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"The Constitution recognises the sacred and inalienable right of every citizen of Earth to travel from Earth to Space, to the Moon and to any natural or artificial celestial body, as well as to return to his or her own country or other countries on the Earth, while preserving all of their rights as a terrestrial citizen."
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I am still reading the articles on the TDF web site.
http://www.tdf.it/
http://www.tdf.it/Italy/homeit.html
http://www.tdf.it/english/homeen.html
http://www.tdf.it/IC1/TDF_IC1_Home.htm

- LRK -

Thanks for continuing to look up with me.
If you have something I should see, well, write me.
Will try not to delete. :-)

Larry Kellogg

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STAGES TO SATURN - A Technological History of the Apollo/Saturn Launch Vehicles By ROGER E. BILSTEIN On-line as SP4206
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http://history.nasa.gov/SP-4206/contents.htm
At Amazon.com
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BUILDING MOONSHIPS - The Grumman Lunar Module By JOSHUA STOFF
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