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http://www.jaxa.jp/press/2009/03/20090313_isecg_e.html
Report of the 3rd Meeting of
International Space Exploration Coordination Group (ISECG)
Yokohama, Japan, March 10-12, 2009
Representatives of ten space agencies from around the world met under the
banner of the International Space Exploration Coordination Group (ISECG)1 .
They adopted for further study three scenarios for conducting internationally
coordinated robotic and human exploration activities on the Moon. This was
one of several results arising from a meeting held on March 10-12, 2009, in
Yokohama Japan. The meeting, which was chaired by Japan Aerospace
Exploration Agency (JAXA), focused on progress to date of various ongoing
ISECG activities intended to foster cooperation in the exploration of locations
in the Solar System where humans may someday live and work in the spirit of
the Global Exploration Strategy (GES)2 .
The three scenarios include both short duration and extended stay missions
to any lunar location, and longer duration missions for up to six months at a
polar location on the Moon. The scenarios cover the development and
placement of infrastructure systems in space and on the surface of the Moon.
The ISECG also discussed critical system interfaces, which, if standardized,
would increase the interoperability and the long-term sustainability of the
collective exploration effort. The meeting participants expect that these
scenarios will ensure achievement of the broadest range of co-operative
lunar exploration objectives, while accomplishing their individual objectives.
They expressed interest in building upon these scenarios to define an
international reference architecture.
The meeting participants also made significant progress in a number of
other areas. These include means of achieving the GES Objectives through
cooperation, the development of tools for sharing information on exploration
capabilities and mission plans across agencies. Relationships with existing
international working groups, and plans for conducting effective public
engagement were discussed. The ISECG issued both its 2008 annual
report that describes world-wide exploration activities and a summary
of the three scenarios.
For more information, see http://www.jspec.jaxa.jp/e/enterprise/international.html
1. In alphabetical order: ASI (Italy), BNSC (United Kingdom), CNES
(France), CNSA (China), CSA (Canada), CSIRO (Australia), DLR
(Germany), ESA (European Space Agency), JAXA (Japan), KARI
(Republic of Korea), NASA (United States of America), NSAU
(Ukraine), Roscosmos (Russia). *Agencies underlined were absent.
2. The Global Exploration Strategy: The Framework for Coordination
(Framework document) was released on May 31, 2007 based upon the
common interest of fourteen international space agencies to create
a shared framework for space exploration to "enhance mutual
understanding among partners and to identify areas for potential
cooperation. To work collectively towards the further development
and implementation of the global exploration strategy set out in
the Framework document, the International Space Exploration
Coordination Group (ISECG) was established in Berlin, Germany on
November 6th, 2007.
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Sounds like a plan or at least some good beginnings.
- LRK -
Thanks for looking up with me.
Larry Kellogg
Web Site: http://lkellogg.vttoth.com/LarryRussellKellogg/
BlogSpot: http://kelloggserialreports.blogspot.com/
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Report of the 3rd Meeting of
International Space Exploration Coordination Group (ISECG)
March 13, 2009 (JST)
Japan Aerospace Exploration Agency (JAXA)
Representatives of ten space agencies from around the world met under
the banner of the International Space Exploration Coordination Group (ISECG).
The meeting was held on March 10-12, 2009 in Yokohama Japan, and was
chaired by Japan Aerospace Exploration Agency (JAXA). They adopted for
further study three scenarios for conducting internationally coordinated robotic
and human exploration activities on the Moon.
Report of the 3rd Meeting of International Space Exploration Coordination Group (ISECG)
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http://www.jspec.jaxa.jp/e/enterprise/international.html
JAXA hosted the third meeting of the International Space Exploration Coordination Group
(ISECG) on March 11-13, 2009.
We will plan and promote more effective and efficient space exploration missions in
partnership with space agencies and research institutes across the world.
In addition, we will undertake construction of database of observational data
by explorers, and research, review, and analysis data with the purpose to
“spread space exploration data globally." These data will be effectively utilized
to bring out fruitful results by space exploration missions and space science research in
the future.
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WHAT THE MIND CAN CONCEIVE, AND BELIEVE, IT WILL ACHIEVE - LRK
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Friday, March 13, 2009
Thursday, March 12, 2009
Space station crew has close call with space junk
Space station crew has close call with space junk
Bob, in Texas, sent me a heads up about a recent close call from space junk for the ISS. Thanks Bob.
http://www.breitbart.com/article.php?id=D96SMFQ02&show_article=1
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http://www.nasa.gov/mission_pages/station/main/index.html
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MCC-Houston CAPCOM Kathy Bolt spoke with Expedition 18 Commander Mike Fincke about the possible conjunction of an estimated 13-centimeter-diameter piece of space debris with the station. Listen to an edited clip of the highlights of the conversation including the first notification that went to the crew and the all-clear notification.
+ Listen to the audio clip of the conversation (2.1 Mb MP3)
http://www.nasa.gov/mp3/318202main_tca_highlights_clip3.mp3
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Here are two more links you might check out. - LRK -
http://www.usatoday.com/tech/science/space/2009-03-12-space-station_N.htm
http://www.floridatoday.com/content/blogs/space/2009/03/station-crew-shelters-from-approaching.shtml
I suppose that with more satellite launches and more collisions of old satellites the chances of near misses will only increase.
Some have mentioned that we should be looking more closely to what is up there and folks are doing that.
- LRK -
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Orbital Debris Quarterly News - October 2008 - [1042 KB PDF]
http://orbitaldebris.jsc.nasa.gov/newsletter/pdfs/ODQNv12i4.pdf
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Here we have seen another example of debris in Earth orbit causing problems.
I wonder what will happen when we start sending folks to the Moon?
Will we have debris in solar orbit drop in unexpectedly?
- LRK -
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Newly Discovered Object Could be a Leftover Apollo Rocket Stage
September 11, 2002
http://neo.jpl.nasa.gov/news/news134.html
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Where will all of our booster stages end up then?
In the ocean, in lunar orbit, in solar orbit to come back later?
Fly along with us and follow us to the Lunar surface?
Thanks for looking up with me.
Larry Kellogg
Web Site: http://lkellogg.vttoth.com/LarryRussellKellogg/
BlogSpot: http://kelloggserialreports.blogspot.com/
RSS link: http://kelloggserialreports.blogspot.com/atom.xml
Newsletter: https://news.altair.com/mailman/listinfo/lunar-update
==============================================================
http://www.floridatoday.com/content/blogs/space/2009/03/station-crew-shelters-from-approaching.shtml
Thursday, March 12, 2009
Station Crew Shelters From Approaching Debris
Blogger update, 1:05 p.m.: The small piece of space debris that threatened the International Space Station crew has passed without incident, NASA has confirmed.
The three-person crew is exiting the Soyuz spacecraft, opening U.S. hatches and returning to normal duties. They were given the "all clear" at 12:45 p.m. EDT.
snip
The debris is expected to pass about 4.5 kilometers from the station, and the shletering is a precautionary measure. The crew would be ready to abandon ship if the debris for some reason struck the station and caused a decompression.
The piece was spotted approaching the area of the station late Wednesday. The crew sealed the U.S. segment of the outpost. The decision to shelter was made because it was deemed too late to execute a collision-avoidance maneuver.
snip
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http://neo.jpl.nasa.gov/news/news134.html
Newly Discovered Object Could be a Leftover Apollo Rocket Stage
September 11, 2002
Paul Chodas
Near-Earth Object Program Office
An analysis of the orbital motion of the newly discovered object J002E3 indicates that it could be a leftover Saturn V third stage from one of the Apollo missions, most likely the Apollo 12 mission, launched on November 14, 1969.
The new object was discovered on September 3 by Bill Yeung, who noted that it was moving quite rapidly. Initial orbit computations by the Minor Planet Center indicated that the object was only about twice as far away as the Moon, and was actually in orbit about our planet. This fact, combined with the rather faint intrinsic magnitude, immediately led astronomers to suspect that the object is actually a spacecraft or rocket body, not an asteroid. But the object could not be associated with any recent launch.
snip
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WHAT THE MIND CAN CONCEIVE, AND BELIEVE, IT WILL ACHIEVE - LRK
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Bob, in Texas, sent me a heads up about a recent close call from space junk for the ISS. Thanks Bob.
http://www.breitbart.com/article.php?id=D96SMFQ02&show_article=1
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http://www.nasa.gov/mission_pages/station/main/index.html
snip
MCC-Houston CAPCOM Kathy Bolt spoke with Expedition 18 Commander Mike Fincke about the possible conjunction of an estimated 13-centimeter-diameter piece of space debris with the station. Listen to an edited clip of the highlights of the conversation including the first notification that went to the crew and the all-clear notification.
+ Listen to the audio clip of the conversation (2.1 Mb MP3)
http://www.nasa.gov/mp3/318202main_tca_highlights_clip3.mp3
snip
----------------------------------------------------------------------
Here are two more links you might check out. - LRK -
http://www.usatoday.com/tech/science/space/2009-03-12-space-station_N.htm
http://www.floridatoday.com/content/blogs/space/2009/03/station-crew-shelters-from-approaching.shtml
I suppose that with more satellite launches and more collisions of old satellites the chances of near misses will only increase.
Some have mentioned that we should be looking more closely to what is up there and folks are doing that.
- LRK -
----------------------------------------------------------------------
Orbital Debris Quarterly News - October 2008 - [1042 KB PDF]
http://orbitaldebris.jsc.nasa.gov/newsletter/pdfs/ODQNv12i4.pdf
----------------------------------------------------------------------
Here we have seen another example of debris in Earth orbit causing problems.
I wonder what will happen when we start sending folks to the Moon?
Will we have debris in solar orbit drop in unexpectedly?
- LRK -
----------------------------------------------------------------------
Newly Discovered Object Could be a Leftover Apollo Rocket Stage
September 11, 2002
http://neo.jpl.nasa.gov/news/news134.html
----------------------------------------------------------------------
Where will all of our booster stages end up then?
In the ocean, in lunar orbit, in solar orbit to come back later?
Fly along with us and follow us to the Lunar surface?
Thanks for looking up with me.
Larry Kellogg
Web Site: http://lkellogg.vttoth.com/LarryRussellKellogg/
BlogSpot: http://kelloggserialreports.blogspot.com/
RSS link: http://kelloggserialreports.blogspot.com/atom.xml
Newsletter: https://news.altair.com/mailman/listinfo/lunar-update
==============================================================
http://www.floridatoday.com/content/blogs/space/2009/03/station-crew-shelters-from-approaching.shtml
Thursday, March 12, 2009
Station Crew Shelters From Approaching Debris
Blogger update, 1:05 p.m.: The small piece of space debris that threatened the International Space Station crew has passed without incident, NASA has confirmed.
The three-person crew is exiting the Soyuz spacecraft, opening U.S. hatches and returning to normal duties. They were given the "all clear" at 12:45 p.m. EDT.
snip
The debris is expected to pass about 4.5 kilometers from the station, and the shletering is a precautionary measure. The crew would be ready to abandon ship if the debris for some reason struck the station and caused a decompression.
The piece was spotted approaching the area of the station late Wednesday. The crew sealed the U.S. segment of the outpost. The decision to shelter was made because it was deemed too late to execute a collision-avoidance maneuver.
snip
==============================================================
http://neo.jpl.nasa.gov/news/news134.html
Newly Discovered Object Could be a Leftover Apollo Rocket Stage
September 11, 2002
Paul Chodas
Near-Earth Object Program Office
An analysis of the orbital motion of the newly discovered object J002E3 indicates that it could be a leftover Saturn V third stage from one of the Apollo missions, most likely the Apollo 12 mission, launched on November 14, 1969.
The new object was discovered on September 3 by Bill Yeung, who noted that it was moving quite rapidly. Initial orbit computations by the Minor Planet Center indicated that the object was only about twice as far away as the Moon, and was actually in orbit about our planet. This fact, combined with the rather faint intrinsic magnitude, immediately led astronomers to suspect that the object is actually a spacecraft or rocket body, not an asteroid. But the object could not be associated with any recent launch.
snip
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WHAT THE MIND CAN CONCEIVE, AND BELIEVE, IT WILL ACHIEVE - LRK
==============================================================
Saturday, March 07, 2009
NASA's Kepler Mission Rockets to Space in Search of Other Earths
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http://science.nasa.gov/headlines/y2009/06mar_keplerlaunch.htm?list965414
NASA's Kepler Mission Rockets to Space in Search of Other Earths
*March 6, 2009:* NASA's Kepler mission successfully launched into space from Cape Canaveral Air Force Station, Fla., aboard a United Launch Alliance Delta II at 10:49 p.m. EST, Friday. Kepler is designed to find the first Earth-size planets orbiting stars at distances where water could pool on the planet's surface. Liquid water is believed to be essential for the formation of life.
"It was a stunning launch," said Kepler Project Manager James Fanson of NASA's Jet Propulsion Laboratory in Pasadena, Calif. "Our team is thrilled to be a part of something so meaningful to the human race -- Kepler will help us understand if our Earth is unique or if others like it are out there."
snip
----------------------------------------------------------------------------------
Was glad to see the launch was successful.
It has been a long time in getting there with a number of proposals before getting accepted.
William Borucki, the mission's science principal investigator at NASA's Ames Research Center at Moffett
Field, Calif. Borucki has worked on the mission for 17 years
Just take a look at the news story time line, you will see it goes back to 1999.
http://kepler.nasa.gov/about/news.html
I had the opportunity to do some support work on that Technology Demonstration.
I wrote some LabVIEW programs to control some of the environmental parameters to housing for the Technology Demonstration.
http://kepler.nasa.gov/sci/techdemo/index.html
While I was still at NASA Ames Research Center, the Kepler folks took over the old Pioneer Operations/Computer Center and I got to have fun removing all the old computers, equipment, and under floor wiring. A nice office space went in after the raised computer floor was removed.
Brings back memories of all the old stuff I maintained.
If you don't mind waiting for the down load time of a bunch of pictures here is a link.
http://lkellogg.vttoth.com/LarryRussellKellogg/PioneerPic.html
The Kepler web site has changed over the years.
You might care to check out what they have now.
http://kepler.nasa.gov/
Thanks for looking up with me.
Larry Kellogg
Web Site: http://lkellogg.vttoth.com/LarryRussellKellogg/
BlogSpot: http://kelloggserialreports.blogspot.com/
RSS link: http://kelloggserialreports.blogspot.com/atom.xml
Newsletter: https://news.altair.com/mailman/listinfo/lunar-update
==============================================================
http://www.nasa.gov/home/hqnews/2009/mar/HQ_09-052_Kepler_launches.html
NASA's Kepler Mission Rockets to Space in Search of Other Earths
March 7, 2009
J.D. Harrington
Headquarters, Washington
202-358-5241
j.d.harrington@nasa.gov
Whitney Clavin
Jet Propulsion Laboratory, Pasadena, Calif.
818-354-4673
whitney.clavin@jpl.nasa.gov
Michael Mewhinney
Ames Research Center, Moffett Field,Calif.
650-604-3937
michael.s.mewhinney@nasa.gov
George Diller
Kennedy Space Center, Fla.
321-861-7643
george.h.diller@nasa.gov
RELEASE: 09-052
NASA'S KEPLER MISSION ROCKETS TO SPACE IN SEARCH OF OTHER EARTHS
CAPE CANAVERAL, Fla. -- NASA's Kepler mission successfully launched
into space from Cape Canaveral Air Force Station, Fla., aboard a
United Launch Alliance Delta II at 10:49 p.m. EST, Friday. Kepler is
designed to find the first Earth-size planets orbiting stars at
distances where water could pool on the planet's surface. Liquid
water is believed to be essential for the formation of life.
"It was a stunning launch," said Kepler Project Manager James Fanson
of NASA's Jet Propulsion Laboratory in Pasadena, Calif. "Our team is
thrilled to be a part of something so meaningful to the human race --
Kepler will help us understand if our Earth is unique or if others
like it are out there."
Engineers acquired a signal from Kepler at 12:11 a.m. Saturday, after
it separated from its spent third-stage rocket and entered its final
sun-centered orbit, trailing 950 miles behind Earth. The spacecraft
is generating its own power from its solar panels.
"Kepler now has the perfect place to watch more than 100,000 stars for
signs of planets," said William Borucki, the mission's science
principal investigator at NASA's Ames Research Center at Moffett
Field, Calif. Borucki has worked on the mission for 17 years.
"Everyone is very excited as our dream becomes a reality. We are on
the verge of learning if other Earths are ubiquitous in the galaxy."
Engineers have begun to check Kepler to ensure it is working properly,
a process called "commissioning" that will take about 60 days. In
about a month or less, NASA will send up commands for Kepler to eject
its dust cover and make its first measurements. After another month
of calibrating Kepler's single instrument, a wide-field charge-couple
device camera, the telescope will begin to search for planets.
snip
==============================================================
http://kepler.nasa.gov/sci/techdemo/index.html
Technology Demonstration
The Kepler Mission depends on the ability to reliably measure the very small relative change in brightness of a star caused by the transit of an Earth-size planet. We have constructed a high-fidelity Testbed Facility of the end-to-end photometry system. This has been used to show that under all of the expected operating conditions which can add noise to the measurements, the signature of an Earth-size transit is readily detectable.
This page provides an overview of the the technology demonstration that has been performed. It is followed by a page on the laboratory facility that has been constructed and then by a page that discusses the results.
snip
==============================================================
WHAT THE MIND CAN CONCEIVE, AND BELIEVE, IT WILL ACHIEVE - LRK
==============================================================
http://science.nasa.gov/headlines/y2009/06mar_keplerlaunch.htm?list965414
NASA's Kepler Mission Rockets to Space in Search of Other Earths
*March 6, 2009:* NASA's Kepler mission successfully launched into space from Cape Canaveral Air Force Station, Fla., aboard a United Launch Alliance Delta II at 10:49 p.m. EST, Friday. Kepler is designed to find the first Earth-size planets orbiting stars at distances where water could pool on the planet's surface. Liquid water is believed to be essential for the formation of life.
"It was a stunning launch," said Kepler Project Manager James Fanson of NASA's Jet Propulsion Laboratory in Pasadena, Calif. "Our team is thrilled to be a part of something so meaningful to the human race -- Kepler will help us understand if our Earth is unique or if others like it are out there."
snip
----------------------------------------------------------------------------------
Was glad to see the launch was successful.
It has been a long time in getting there with a number of proposals before getting accepted.
William Borucki, the mission's science principal investigator at NASA's Ames Research Center at Moffett
Field, Calif. Borucki has worked on the mission for 17 years
Just take a look at the news story time line, you will see it goes back to 1999.
http://kepler.nasa.gov/about/news.html
I had the opportunity to do some support work on that Technology Demonstration.
I wrote some LabVIEW programs to control some of the environmental parameters to housing for the Technology Demonstration.
http://kepler.nasa.gov/sci/techdemo/index.html
While I was still at NASA Ames Research Center, the Kepler folks took over the old Pioneer Operations/Computer Center and I got to have fun removing all the old computers, equipment, and under floor wiring. A nice office space went in after the raised computer floor was removed.
Brings back memories of all the old stuff I maintained.
If you don't mind waiting for the down load time of a bunch of pictures here is a link.
http://lkellogg.vttoth.com/LarryRussellKellogg/PioneerPic.html
The Kepler web site has changed over the years.
You might care to check out what they have now.
http://kepler.nasa.gov/
Thanks for looking up with me.
Larry Kellogg
Web Site: http://lkellogg.vttoth.com/LarryRussellKellogg/
BlogSpot: http://kelloggserialreports.blogspot.com/
RSS link: http://kelloggserialreports.blogspot.com/atom.xml
Newsletter: https://news.altair.com/mailman/listinfo/lunar-update
==============================================================
http://www.nasa.gov/home/hqnews/2009/mar/HQ_09-052_Kepler_launches.html
NASA's Kepler Mission Rockets to Space in Search of Other Earths
March 7, 2009
J.D. Harrington
Headquarters, Washington
202-358-5241
j.d.harrington@nasa.gov
Whitney Clavin
Jet Propulsion Laboratory, Pasadena, Calif.
818-354-4673
whitney.clavin@jpl.nasa.gov
Michael Mewhinney
Ames Research Center, Moffett Field,Calif.
650-604-3937
michael.s.mewhinney@nasa.gov
George Diller
Kennedy Space Center, Fla.
321-861-7643
george.h.diller@nasa.gov
RELEASE: 09-052
NASA'S KEPLER MISSION ROCKETS TO SPACE IN SEARCH OF OTHER EARTHS
CAPE CANAVERAL, Fla. -- NASA's Kepler mission successfully launched
into space from Cape Canaveral Air Force Station, Fla., aboard a
United Launch Alliance Delta II at 10:49 p.m. EST, Friday. Kepler is
designed to find the first Earth-size planets orbiting stars at
distances where water could pool on the planet's surface. Liquid
water is believed to be essential for the formation of life.
"It was a stunning launch," said Kepler Project Manager James Fanson
of NASA's Jet Propulsion Laboratory in Pasadena, Calif. "Our team is
thrilled to be a part of something so meaningful to the human race --
Kepler will help us understand if our Earth is unique or if others
like it are out there."
Engineers acquired a signal from Kepler at 12:11 a.m. Saturday, after
it separated from its spent third-stage rocket and entered its final
sun-centered orbit, trailing 950 miles behind Earth. The spacecraft
is generating its own power from its solar panels.
"Kepler now has the perfect place to watch more than 100,000 stars for
signs of planets," said William Borucki, the mission's science
principal investigator at NASA's Ames Research Center at Moffett
Field, Calif. Borucki has worked on the mission for 17 years.
"Everyone is very excited as our dream becomes a reality. We are on
the verge of learning if other Earths are ubiquitous in the galaxy."
Engineers have begun to check Kepler to ensure it is working properly,
a process called "commissioning" that will take about 60 days. In
about a month or less, NASA will send up commands for Kepler to eject
its dust cover and make its first measurements. After another month
of calibrating Kepler's single instrument, a wide-field charge-couple
device camera, the telescope will begin to search for planets.
snip
==============================================================
http://kepler.nasa.gov/sci/techdemo/index.html
Technology Demonstration
The Kepler Mission depends on the ability to reliably measure the very small relative change in brightness of a star caused by the transit of an Earth-size planet. We have constructed a high-fidelity Testbed Facility of the end-to-end photometry system. This has been used to show that under all of the expected operating conditions which can add noise to the measurements, the signature of an Earth-size transit is readily detectable.
This page provides an overview of the the technology demonstration that has been performed. It is followed by a page on the laboratory facility that has been constructed and then by a page that discusses the results.
snip
==============================================================
WHAT THE MIND CAN CONCEIVE, AND BELIEVE, IT WILL ACHIEVE - LRK
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