Space Voyages: The Moon and Beyond (Full Episode)

A nice presentation for promoting the returning of astronauts to space.

You may enjoy seeing the subject as presented on TV. 

More time with the Apollo mission material as that is WHAT WE HAVE DONE.

Hopefully it might get the general public interested. 

If we would just follow through on what we start.

- LRK -

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Gene Nelson shared on Google+ publicly 

 

As a former docent at the National Mall Building of the Air and Space Museum in Washington, DC, I enjoyed seeing some familiar sites and faces during my years of service from 2009-2012. I appreciate that the Smithsonian Channel released the full episode to YouTube. 

Space Voyages: The Moon and Beyond (Full Episode)

Published on Jul 13, 2014

Venture back to our early space adventures with Buzz Aldrin, Jim Lovell and NASA experts and learn about the successes and failures of the Apollo missions. Follow today's technicians as they reach for the stars by learning from lessons of the past.

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Now to launch on something.

- LRK -

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http://www.lockheedmartin.com/us/products/orion/orion-status-updates0.html

Orion Status Updates

May 2014
World’s Largest Heat Shield Successfully Attached to the Orion Spacecraft

The world’s largest heat shield, measuring 16.5 feet in diameter, has been successfully attached to the Orion spacecraft. The heat shield installation marks one of the final steps in the spacecraft's assembly leading up to its first test flight, Exploration Flight Test-1 (EFT-1), later this year. The heat shield is made from a single seamless piece of Avcoat™ ablator. It will be tested on Orion’s first flight as it protects the spacecraft from temperatures reaching 4,000 degrees Fahrenheit, and an ocean splashdown following Orion's 20,000 mph reentry from space.

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Up, up and away, soon I hope.  Getting too old for this.

 

Thanks for looking up with me.

- LRK -

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http://www.darpa.mil/Our_Work/BTO/Programs/Revolutionizing_Prosthetics.aspx

REVOLUTIONIZING PROSTHETICS

When DARPA launched the Revolutionizing Prosthetics program in 2006, the state of upper-limb prosthetic technology was far behind lower-limb technology.  Advancing upper-limb technology was judged to be a more difficult medical and engineering challenge.

After six years of development, the Revolutionizing Prosthetics program developed two anthropomorphic advanced modular prototype prosthetic arm systems, including sockets, which offer increased range of motion, dexterity and control options.

Thirty-five volunteer amputees participated in a Department of Veterans Affairs (VA) funded optimization study in VA and DoD medical centers and provided design feedback for the development of the Gen-3 Arm System by DEKA Integrated Solutions Corporation, one of two primary performers on the Revolutionizing Prosthetics program.  Based on that testing and subsequent refinement, DEKA submitted a 510(k) premarket notification to the FDA in April 2012 seeking approval to make the Arm System commercially available.

DARPA researchers have also attained promising initial results on achieving brain control of an advanced arm system developed by the Johns Hopkins University Applied Physics Lab, the second primary performer on Revolutionizing Prosthetics. This work with tetraplegic volunteers has demonstrated the potential to use advanced prostheses to improve the quality of life for victims of paralysis.

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Gene also gave me a link to more work being done on prosthetics as presented on CBS 60 Minutes...

- LRK -

http://www.cbsnews.com/videos/breakthrough-robotic-limbs-moved-by-the-mind/

Breakthrough: Robotic limbs moved by the mind

DECEMBER 30, 2012, 7:35 PM
Humans can now move robotic limbs using only their thoughts and, in some cases, even get sensory feedback from their robotic hands. Scott Pelley reports.

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

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