Participatory Exploration Summit

I find it mysterious how one idea can lead to another or how two
separate events can end at the same place.  Something new discovered.
The Participatory Exploration Summit event that took place at NASA Ames
was mentioned.  Ok.

I get SpaceRef email posts and of recent they have had a blurb about an
new service they are starting and that you could receive an invitation
to the "Alpha" testing by going to www.onorbit.com and filling in the
form they have there. Ok,

There is a hint of what will be happening with some dates listed.
See below.
- LRK -

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http://www.onorbit.com/
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Request an Invitation to On Orbit

SpaceRef presents On Orbit, a new personalized interactive service
launching in the near future. On Orbit is currently an invitation-only
alpha service, which means you must receive an invitation from On Orbit
to sign up for the service.
[Fill in the form here. - LRK -]

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What is On Orbit?
June 19: It's personalized and interactive
June 20: It's Web 2.0
June 21: It will start in Alpha so you can have a say in what goes to Beta
June 22: It's commercial, community and cognitive
June 25: It may help you find a job
June 26: Is participatory <http://conference.nasacolab.org/>
June 27: Is where Government meets Alt Space
June 28: ...?

Have what it takes to be On Orbit producer?
Then contact us at orbitproducer At onorbit.com and get interactive.
These are non-paying positions to start.

Copyright © 2007 SpaceRef Interactive Inc.
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There was the June 26 date and the link which takes you to the web page
for the Participatory Exploration Summit at Ames.
Well, back to a place mentioned and I though I should poke around a bit
more.
Come with me.
- LRK -

http://conference.nasacolab.org/
If you went on June 25 you could have signed up for a tour of NASA Ames
if you were one of the the first 35.
The Summit instructions are here if you want to see what was expected of
the participants.
http://conference.nasacolab.org/instructions

Here is the link for day one and day two schedules.
http://conference.nasacolab.org/schedule/6#schedule-1
http://conference.nasacolab.org/schedule/6#schedule-2

The session topics are Hot-Links to more information about the sessions.

If you would like to be part of a community that is interested in
developing space then Session 2 has some ideas and links that might work
for you.
Session 2: Participatory Exploration Opportunities 1: New Media, Web2.0,
Blogs
<http://conference.nasacolab.org/session/session-2-participatory-exploration-opp
ortunities-1-new-media-web2-0-blogs>

Having mentioned my reading of "Return To Mars" by Ben Bova and his
portrayal of using VR suits to entertain those folks that were still
Earth side, I found the material in Session 3 worth considering.  Make
sure you look at the Session links at the bottom of the long list of ideas.
Session 3: Participatory Exploration Opportunities: Virtual Worlds and
Communities
<http://conference.nasacolab.org/session/session-3-participatory-exploration-opp
ortunities-virtual-worlds-and-communities>

Will just copy the Session 4A and 4B links and you can check that out as
well.  Much food for thought for us who may never go to the Moon or Mars
but would like to participate in the exploration and share with a larger
community.

Session 4A: Bringing It Inside NASA: Overview of Participatory
Exploration Implementation Considerations
<http://conference.nasacolab.org/session/session-4a-bringing-it-inside-nasa-over
view-participatory-exploration-implementation-conside>

Session 4B: Bringing it Inside NASA: Defining Implementation of
Participatory Exploration
<http://conference.nasacolab.org/session/session-4b-bringing-it-inside-nasa-defi
ning-implementation-participatory-exploration>

If these links fail to come across in plain text just go to the day two
schedule page. and select them there.
http://conference.nasacolab.org/schedule/6#schedule-2

Thanks for looking up with me.  [who is making VR suits?]
http://www.businessweek.com/magazine/content/07_14/b4028001.htm

Alien Visit - MrKaah
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YTpUSCX80R8

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NEW SPACEREF SERVICE
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SpaceRef is pleased to announce that we're launching a new service. If you
would like to receive an invitation to be an Alpha user please visit
On Orbit. http://www.onorbit.com

Today's question: What is On Orbit?
It's organic.


THE DAY IN SPACE
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In today's space news from SpaceRef:

-- Earth as a Classroom
http://www.spaceref.com/news/viewsr.nl.html?pid=24644

"In July 2007 several hundred students will get look over the shoulder of space researchers at a remote research base in the Canadian arctic. The place: Devon Island, a
place many call "Mars on Earth".  Our team will visit Devon Island to conduct 5 days of webcasts
and other instructional activities spanning the period of 16-20 July 2007. This activity is
sponsored by the Mars Institute and the Challenger Center for Space Science Education with additional
assistance from The Explorers Club and SpaceRef Interactive, Inc. and from the team itself."

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National Space Society To Co-Host Participatory Exploration Summit with NASA at Ames

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http://www.spaceref.com/news/viewpr.nl.html?pid=22941

"The National Space Society, in collaboration with the National Aeronautics and
Space Administration, is co-hosting the Participatory Exploration Summit at Ames
Research Center today. This invitation-only event will bring together Web 2.0, virtual world and
Internet experts with NASA stakeholders to discuss the use of new technologies to better engage
the public with space exploration."
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This event will have taken place by the time you read this but pass on to keep
you up to date.
Ames posted the announcement on 6/20/07 for this 6/26/07 happening.
http://www.nss.org/
http://colab.arc.nasa.gov/pes

and similarly earlier.
- LRK -

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http://colab.arc.nasa.gov/node/59
Ames Director Pete Worden Addresses ISDC Conference from Second Life
Video of our own Gen. Pete Worden, NASA Ames Center Director, speaking
to the crowd at ISDC 2007 from NASA CoLab Island in Second Life:
http://video.google.com/videoplay?docid=-6450672975119560695&hl=en
<http://video.google.com/videoplay?docid=-6450672975119560695&hl=en>
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What we are seeing here is possibly the use of Virtual Reality to experience
upcoming adventures in space.
- LRK -

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Virtual reality and participatory exploration
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Thanks to the Internet, it's now possible for the public to take a
more active role in space exploration.  Jeff Foust reports on how one
NASA center is dabbling with virtual reality as a means of sharing
the exploration of solar system.
http://www.thespacereview.com/article/896/1
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We watched live the latest work on the ISS for the installation of the new solar
array panels with the astronauts head cameras and the cameras on the ISS and
robotic arms.  Having missed the show you can look at what was saved and made
available on the Internet.
- LRK -

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http://www.nasa.gov/mission_pages/station/multimedia/index.html

*Image and Video Galleries*

+ Searchable Gallery
<'http://spaceflight.nasa.gov/gallery/index.html'>
+ International Space Station Gallery
<'http://spaceflight.nasa.gov/gallery/images/station/index.html'>
+ Space Shuttle Gallery
<'http://spaceflight.nasa.gov/gallery/images/shuttle/index.html'>
+ Scale Model Drawing Package
<http://www.nasa.gov/mission_pages/station/multimedia/scalemodel/index.html>

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I just finished reading Ben Bova's novel "RETURN TO MARS" where VR suits are used to send back to Earth images of what the astronauts
are working on.

The book was copyright 1999 and has enough hard science fact to make the fiction
seem real.  We would just need to go to Mars and back again to make it the real
thing.

If you had a VR rig here on Earth then you got to FEEL the actions of the
astronaut as they picked at rocks and scaled the cliffs of Mars.
http://www.amazon.com/Return-Mars-Ben-Bova/dp/0380797259

I hope we take the time and interest to include us here on Earth when we go back
to the Moon.
- LRK -


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http://tycho.usno.navy.mil/vphase.html

These "Virtual Reality Moon Phases" were created by R. Schmidt from ray-traced
images of the
Moon. A Clementine spacecraft mosaic of the lunar surface was mapped onto a
sphere, and scenes were rendered as a virtual Sun "orbited" the Moon. The
depiction of lunar surface features suffers geometric distortion but the
terminator is correct with respect to the spherical Moon.

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http://moonpans.com/vr/
Quicktime Virtual Reality Apollo Panoramas

Quicktime VR Movies are 360 panoramas that you can navigate around
using your mouse. Once you have clicked on one of the movies below, you
just need to point your mouse in any direction whilst holding down the
button, and you can move around in 360 degrees, just like you are
actually standing on the surface of the moon!

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Shuttle Atlantis landed Edwards AFB - STS117 Mission - Great Viewing NASA TV

Have had some great viewing of the STS117 mission on NASA TV by way of
the Internet.
http://www.nasa.gov/multimedia/nasatv/

Watching the final close out at Edwards.

Expedition Flight Engineer Sunita L. Williams returned from her record
breaking tour on the ISS and Expedition 15/16 Flight Engineer Clayton C.
Anderson was sent to the station.
http://www.nasa.gov/mission_pages/shuttle/shuttlemissions/sts117/index.html

The ISS and Shuttle were viewable in the evening skies here in Tracy
this week and I watched with the neighbors out in front of the house.
Our street light were no help but the craft were both bright specks in
the sky as they flew over.  Only took a few minutes.

The Moon and Venus were bright in the sky as well.
Was nice meeting some of the neighbor's kids out with their parents.

Handed out printouts made from Heavens-Above charts and visible pass
times for our location.
Current observing site: *Tracy, 37.740°N, 121.424°W*
http://www.heavens-above.com/

Was fun explaining about the Moon moving to the East each night as it
orbits Earth and watching it set to the West as the Earth turned and
looking at the different ISS tracks as we rotated under the its 92
minute orbit.

Watching the relative change for positions of Venus, Saturn, and the
Moon each evening suddenly gives you a feel for being on spaceship Earth.

Thanks for looking up with me either here or out in the street.

Larry Kellogg

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STS-117 Multimedia Gallery
http://www.nasa.gov/mission_pages/shuttle/multimedia/index.html

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ESA seeks candidates for simulated 'Missions to Mars' in 2008/2009

Want to know what it would be like to go to Mars?
Want to practice?
- LRK -

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http://www.esa.int/esaHS/SEMAJPXXV2F_index_0.html
ESA seeks candidates for simulated 'Missions to Mars' in 2008/2009
19 June 2007
ESA is preparing for future human exploration missions to Mars. We are
currently looking for volunteers to take part in a 520-day simulated
Mars mission.

To go to Mars is still a dream and one of the last gigantic challenges.
But one day some of us will be on precisely that journey to the Red
Planet. A journey with no way out once the spaceship is on a direct path
to Mars.
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http://news.yahoo.com/s/afp/spacemarseurope
Space pioneers wanted for 520-day Mars experiment
/Tue Jun 19, 7:09 AM ET/

LE BOURGET, France (AFP) - The European Space Agency (ESA) on Tuesday
called for applications for one of the most demanding human experiments
in space history: a simulated trip to Mars in which six "astronauts"
will spend 17 months in an isolation tank on Earth.
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Call for candidates
The Directorate of Human Spaceflight, Microgravity and Exploration has published the following calls for candidates:

Call for Mars500 Candidates
Within the framework of the Mars500 programme, the European Space Agency (ESA) initiates a call for candidates to participate in three isolation and confinement studies.
Deadline: September 30th, 2007

Call for Concordia research MD Candidates
In order to pursue ESA related activities at Concordia, ESA initiates a call for candidates with a medical background, to fill one position in the next Concordia winter-over crew.
Deadline: July 31st, 2007

ISSUED on Tuesday, 19 June 2007
- See "Download Area" left panel for associated documents in Word and PDF formats -
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[4 page pdf file - LRK -]
CALL FOR MARS500 CANDIDATES

Within the framework of the Mars500 programme, the European Space Agency
(ESA) initiates a call for candidates to participate in up to three
isolation and confinement studies. ESA is looking for 2 European
candidates and 2 back-up candidates per study. The first in a series of
isolation and confinement studies will commence in the timeframe
May-July 2008. Serious applicants are asked to fill out an application
form, which can be obtained by download from:
www.spaceflight.esa.int/callforcandidates
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Oh, yes, - they want European candidates. Sorry USA, but then you are
preoccupied with elections.
- LRK -

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http://www.speakeasy.org/~donaldfr/index.html
Space Exploration and Commerce
Articles
by
Donald F. Robertson

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Before it even gets underway, human Mars exploration is headed for a
political trainwreck
<http://www.speakeasy.org/%7Edonaldfr/marstrn.html>. The likelihood of
trouble is so great that advocates for human exploration of the Solar
System probably should look elsewhere -- toward a return to Earth's moon
or asteroid mining expeditions.

Building the Space Station
<http://www.speakeasy.org/%7Edonaldfr/buildss.html> represents a unique
point in human history. Even as it is finally getting started, few
people - supporters and opponents alike - realize just how big and
potentially important the project really is, or how difficult building
it will be. Learning to assemble large and complex structures in the
microgravity of space is fully comparable to humanity's invention of
large-scale construction in stone. In building the Space Station,
humanity is learning nothing less than how to build permanent structures
in the microgravity environment that dominates the Universe.
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Shuttle Atlantis has undocked from the International Space Station - Flying in tandem with ISS

All of this is being shown on NASA TV and can be viewed on the Internet.
http://www.nasa.gov/multimedia/nasatv/

You may even be able to view in the evening sky, see Space Weather News
post below.
- LRK -

Some have felt that the ISS orbiting Earth is a waste.
Others would like to orbit a city in the sky.
Things that CAN be done, are not necessarily done.
Things that CAN'T be done, someone will show you that it might well be
possible to do.

Sometimes we preach an idea with religious zeal.
Any idea that is in conflict with our conviction is counted as wrong and
MUST be changed.
I find it hard to stand on a soap box and shake my finger.
(even though they use to be made of wood)

You may enjoy the thoughts of the SF writer Charlie Stross on Space Colonization.
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The High Frontier, Redux, by Charlie Stross:
...I write SF for a living. Possibly because of this, folks seem to
think I ought to be an enthusiastic proponent of space exploration and
space colonization. Space exploration? Yep, ... I'm all in favour of
advancing the scientific enterprise. But actual space /colonisation/ is
another matter entirely...
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I just looked at the length of comments on The High Frontier, Redux, by
Charlie Stross, and it is up to 560.
Your reading may vary.
- LRK -

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Space Weather News for June 19, 2007
http://spaceweather.com

On Tuesday morning, June 19th, space shuttle Atlantis is scheduled to undock
from the International Space Station. On Tuesday night, the pair will fly in
tandem over many US towns and cities including Detroit, Washington DC, San
Francisco and Denver.  Typical flybys take place shortly after sunset, with the
pair first appearing in the northwest (look for the Big Dipper) and soaring
overhead from there.  The space shuttle appears first, followed by the ISS.
Both spacecraft are bright and easy to see with the naked eye.  Double flybys
continue on Wednesday night, June 20th, before Atlantis returns to Earth on
Thursday, June 21st.

When should you look?  Sign up for Spaceweather PHONE
(http://spaceweatherphone.com) to receive email and telephone alerts when the
ISS is about to fly over your hometown, or check Heavens Above
(http://heavens-above.com) for worldwide flyby timetables.

If a friend sent you this alert and you would like to subscribe, click here: 
http://spaceweather.com/services/

To unsubscribe click here: 
http://www.spaceweather2.com/u?id=965415U&n=T&l=spaceweather
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Former Atlas launch towers knocked down at Complex 36

Launch Pad Demolished
http://www.cfnews13.com/News/Local/2007/6/16/launch_pad_demolished.html

A lot of history here.
Pioneer 10, 11 and other missions were launched from Complex 36 and now
it will be cleared for others as needed.
Just scrap.  Why do I feel like my photo image is fading?
Maybe when it takes a million dollars a year to maintain me, will just
be declared scrap.
Dust to Dust. :-)
- LRK -

http://www.astronautix.com/lvs/atlslv3c.htm
http://www.astronautix.com/lvs/atlslv3d.htm

Now we wait and watch what new launch complex is developed.
Wait and watch.
Wait.

Thanks for looking up with me.

Larry Kellogg

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http://www.nas.nasa.gov/Services/Education/SpaceSettlement/CoEvolutionBook/Table
_Of_Contents.HTML
Space Colonies - CoEvolution Book

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http://economistsview.typepad.com/economistsview/2007/06/the_economics_o.html

  June 16, 2007

    Charlie Stross: Space Colonization

This is part of a longer essay by Charlie Stross on the economics of
space colonization:

The High Frontier, Redux, by Charlie Stross
<http://www.antipope.org/charlie/blog-static/2007/06/the_high_frontier_redux.html>:
...I write SF for a living. Possibly because of this, folks seem to
think I ought to be an enthusiastic proponent of space exploration and
space colonization. Space exploration? Yep, ... I'm all in favour of
advancing the scientific enterprise. But actual space /colonisation/ is
another matter entirely...


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Apollo 17 - STS 117 - Lunar Base - NSS Space Settlement

What a thrill, sitting here watching Apollo 17 (Extended Collectors
Edition), six dvd set from Spacecraft Films.
http://www.amazon.com/Apollo-Extended-Collectors-Spacecraft-Films/dp/B00065EB2M

Watching live on NASA TV, the activities on the International Space
Station with the STS 117 crew now on board.
http://www.nasa.gov/multimedia/nasatv/

Collecting images of Lunar Base ideas from Google images.
http://images.google.com/images?hl=en&q=%22lunar+base+plans%22&btnG=Search+Images&gbv=2

And reading NSS working group e-mail discussions about what we might
consider a Space Settlement.
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"For the purpose of this committee, a space settlement is defined as a
place in space where people go live, generally for an indefinite period
of time, and at least some raise their children there."
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"Earth is the cradle of Mankind, but one cannot stay in the cradle
forever,"  Konstantin Tsiolkovsky

Al Globus
http://alglobus.net
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Just think what it will be like when we watch live action of activities
happening on the Moon by the efforts of people from this Blue Marble.
http://www.dfnyc.org/cms/node/86781  - [In case you want to look back at
Earth from Apollo 17 as used by Al Gore in a global warming talk. - LRK -]

The wind is blowing and the Saturn V is rolling ever so slowly out to
launch pad LC 39.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Apollo_17

The new solar array is stowed in position for installation on the ISS.
http://www.nss.org/missions/
http://spaceflightnow.com/shuttle/sts117/fdf/117flightplan.html

Better start thinking about what goes to the Moon to set up a Lunar Base.
http://www.spacetoday.net/Summary/3581

And before something bad happens here on Earth, better prepare for an
alternate habitat.
http://www.nss.org/settlement/

Thanks for looking up with me.

Larry Kellogg

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http://www.hq.nasa.gov/alsj/a17/video17.html
Apollo 17 Video Library

http://starryskies.com/The_sky/events/lunar-2003/multimedia.html
Moon Multimedia

Google Video search for Apollo 17 movies.

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STS-117 Shuttle launch com checks complete - watch the launch

Check out the links for viewers to watch STS-117 launch.
http://www.nasa.gov/multimedia/nasatv/

Thanks for looking up with me.

Larry Kellogg

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http://www.nasa.gov/multimedia/nasatv/mission_schedule.html
Shuttle Mission TV Schedule

+ View PDF 
+ View XLS 


*NASA Television Online*

Shuttle mission coverage is available online at the NASA TV page
<http://www.nasa.gov/multimedia/nasatv/index.html>.

*Note to Broadcasters and Cable Television providers:*

NASA Television is carried on an MPEG-2 digital signal accessed via
satellite AMC-6, at 72 degrees west longitude, transponder 17C, 4040
MHz, vertical polarization. A Digital Video Broadcast (DVB) - compliant
Integrated Receiver Decoder (IRD) with modulation of QPSK/DBV, data rate
of 36.86 and FEC 3/4 is needed for reception. NASA TV Multichannel
Broadcast includes: Public Services Channel (Channel 101); the Education
Channel (Channel 102) and the Media Services Channel (Channel 103).

+ Watch NASA TV on the Web <http://www.nasa.gov/multimedia/nasatv/>
+ View Regular Daily Schedule
<http://www.nasa.gov/multimedia/nasatv/MM_NTV_Schedule.html>

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NASA TV
http://www.nasa.gov/multimedia/nasatv/index.html
  MEDIA RESOURCES   
  + STS-117 Television Schedule

<http://www.nasa.gov/multimedia/nasatv/mission_schedule.html>

   WATCH NASA TV NOW   
   + Launch NASA TV Viewer 
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