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Monday, May 05, 2008

To Go To Space or Not To Go To Space - That is the question

E-mail from the NSS says that George Whitesides is going to testify before the US Senate.

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Next Wednesday, May 7, NSS Executive Director George Whitesides will testify before the United States Senate on NASA and the nation's space policies. We would like to solicit your input as a member of the National Space Society for this important testimony. The testimony will be used by Congress as it considers reauthorization of NASA, which is the periodic direction from Congress to NASA on the priorities and programs of the agency. The hearing will be presided over by Florida's senior Senator, Bill Nelson.

We would appreciate your comments on the future of the U.S. space program, its importance to the country, and the potential gap in human spaceflight capability, following the retirement of the Space Shuttle. Due to the immediate timeline, we would request that you submit your comments no later than Monday, May 5. You can email your comments directly to George Whitesides at: george@nss.org

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Well the 5th is over, wonder what will come of this.

In the mean time, space comes to us in the form of asteroids whether we go there or not.
Others are launching satellites into space and learning more about same.
The Shuttle Discovery is getting ready for its next mission and then there will be a time of no more.
Care to bounce down in a field again?
- LRK -

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http://dsc.discovery.com/news/2008/05/02/peggy-whitson-astronaut.html
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In a series of interviews since landing, Whitson talks about the bumpy ride back to Earth, the surprise greeting in a Kazakhstan field and why she's sitting a bit delicately in her chair.
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http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kazakhstan
http://www.space.com/missionlaunches/080423-whitson-landing-comments.html
http://www.npr.org/templates/story/story.php?storyId=89886030
http://www.nasa.gov/mission_pages/station/expeditions/expedition16/landing.html
http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2008/04/080420114045.htm

On May 5, 2008 there were 949 potentially hazardous asteroids.
http://spaceweather.com/

Thanks for looking up with me.


Larry Kellogg
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http://www2.jpl.nasa.gov/calendar/
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Some update on India's space program:

http://www.aviationweek.com/aw/generic/story_channel.jsp?channel=space&id=news/India050108.xml&headline=ISRO%20To%20Seek%20Human%20Spaceflight%20Funding

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http://www.space.com/missionlaunches/080428-pslv-cartosat-launch.html
India Hails Success of Complicated Rocket Launch
By K.S. Jayaraman
Space News Correspondent
posted: 28 April 2008
12:13 pm ET

BANGALORE, India -- The Indian Space Research Organisation (ISRO) placed two domestic and eight foreign satellites in orbit Monday in what the agency said was the most complex mission launched as yet by its Polar Satellite Launch Vehicle (PSLV).


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Canadian satellite to detect Earth hits

http://www.spacedaily.com/reports/Canadian_satellite_to_detect_Earth_hits_999.html

by Staff Writers

Ottawa (UPI) May 2, 2008

Canadian researchers are working on a tiny satellite that will alert the world to the potential of asteroid strikes.

"This is the first space-based asteroid-searching telescope," said Alan Hildebrand of the University of Calgary (Alberta), one of two principal scientists for the satellite.

He told the Canwest News Service the Near Earth Object Surveillance Satellite, set to be launched within two years is "the first space-based asteroid-searching telescope."

Once completed, the NEOSSat device will weigh only 135 pounds, and will be the size of a small suitcase, the report said.

"I think the most exciting thing about this mission is we are going to find asteroids that are accessible from our planet," Hildebrand said.

He said the mini-satellite would also help define celestial origins.

"We've been to the moon. There's always more you can do (there), but asteroids have so much more to teach us about the origins of the solar system," Hildebrand told the news agency.

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http://www.nasa.gov/multimedia/nasatv/index.html
Watch NASA TV

http://www.nasa.gov/multimedia/nasatv/MM_NTV_Breaking.html
NASA TV Schedule
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WHAT THE MIND CAN CONCEIVE, AND BELIEVE, IT WILL ACHIEVE - LRK
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