Dr. Robert W. Bussard Has Passed

M. Simon on his blog site states that Tom Ligon who worked for Dr.
Bussard has informed him that Dr. Bussard has died.

You can read more about Dr. Bussard on M. Simon's blog. Thanks to Larry
Klaes for the alert.
http://powerandcontrol.blogspot.com/2007/10/dr-robert-w-bussard-has-passed.html

So far this is the main reference to Dr. Bussard's passing.
Maybe some of you have more information but wanted to pass this along now.
I am sure the news will have it soon.
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- LRK -

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http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Robert_W._Bussard
Robert W. Bussard (1928-2007) was an American physicist working
primarily in nuclear fusion energy research. He is the recipient of the
Schreiber-Spence Achievement Award for STAIF-2004.[1] He is also a
fellow of the International Academy of Astronautics.

Dr. Bussard passed away on October 6, 2007.[2] His work will continue as
funding was arranged and received on August 21, 2007 and he was able to
create a staff of physicists to continue.
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1 - STAIF-2004 Archives
<http://www.unm.edu/%7Eisnps/staifarchives/staif2004.html>
2 - M. Simon (2007-10-08)
<http://www.classicalvalues.com/archives/2007/10/dr_robert_w_bus.html>.
Dr. Robert W. Bussard Has Passed. Classical Values. Retrieved on 2007-10-09.

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http://www.rexresearch.com/bussard/bussard.htm
Robert W. BUSSARD
Inertial Electrostatic Confinement (IEC) Fusion

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http://video.google.com/videoplay?docid=1996321846673788606
Should Google Go Nuclear? Clean, cheap, nuclear power (no, really)
Google engEDU
1 hr 32 min 37 sec - Nov 9, 2006
www.google.com
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http://newenergyandfuel.com/
Details On Dr. Robert W. Bussard Passing Away
October 9, 2007

Through the grief of those closest to Dr Bussard some details are coming
out. Dr. Bussard was a cancer victim of two kinds who was in the last
weeks enduring radiation and chemotherapy for the disease.

Reports are he worked continuously while in treatment and assembled a
good team to continue the research and development of the IEC fusion
method he has been developing from funding provided by the US Department
of Defense.

When funding for the research resumed Dr. Bussard attracted a friend who
is a PhD plasma physicist recently working at Los Alamos and a PhD whose
experience is in experimentation. Some staff from the previous lab in
San Diego are on their way to join the team.

Dr. Bussard's friends assert that he did everything he could to ensure
that the work on IEC fusion will continue.

This morning M. Simon at Power and Control Blogspot posted an excellent
eulogy that contains a brief list of some of Dr, Bussard�s most
noteworthy work and a strong link list. See:

http://powerandcontrol.blogspot.com/2007/10/dr-robert-w-bussard-has-passed.html

Of note, Dr. Bussard was a trained engineer and added physics expertise
as working requirements demanded until he became the preeminent magnetic
confinement physicist/engineer in the field. Dr. Bussard gained famed in
his youth for his design of the Bussard Collector that is often referred
to in futuristic science stories.

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Another Apollo Astronaut Film - "The Wonder Of It All"

There has been talk of late about the movie, "In the Shadow of the
Moon", that has Ron Howard's name tacked on to get your attention.
http://www.intheshadowofthemoon.com 

http://www.learnstuff.com/in-the-shadow-of-the-moon/ 

Another movie coming out and has had some special showings is, "The
Wonder Of It All", a documentary film by Jeffrey Roth.
http://thewonderofitallfilm.com/

Ron Wells sent me this bit of information.
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While it was very interesting to see those guys now in their mid- to
late-seventies and listen to them after all this time, I would like to
bring to your attention another film about the Apollo astronauts which
Jack Schmitt mentioned to me recently. This one features only 7 of those
who walked on the moon, and is called "The Wonder of it All". The
website for it is:

http://thewonderofitallfilm.com/

You should have a look through the various pages. When you see the
"screening" link, you will note that it is at present limited to special
presentations, some of them introduced by the astronauts themselves.
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This is a link to a trailer to the film.
http://thewonderofitallfilm.com/trailer.html

and information about ordering information.
http://thewonderofitallfilm.com/store.html

and some photos.
http://thewonderofitallfilm.com/production.html

Thanks for looking up with me.
- LRK -

Larry Kellogg

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http://www.collectspace.com/ubb/Forum9/HTML/000890.html
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quote

    Only 12 men in history have walked on the moon and yet there is no
personal account of how these historical missions affected each man
personally. The Wonder of it All recounts the narrative of their
journeys from childhood to the present. The story unfolds as each
astronaut talks candidly about his adventure, with never heard
statements until now.

   This film has been in the making for 2 years. Our goal is to make a
humanistic story that shows these remarkable men talking about there
lives and how walking on the moon affected each one personally. We have
conducted in depth interviews with 7 of the men that made these
journeys. With over 12 hours of footage that we shot, we had the
painstaking task of narrowing that down to 90 minutes.
...

Moonwalkers interviewed for the The Wonder of it All include:
# Buzz Aldrin, Apollo 11
# Alan Bean, Apollo 12
# Edgar Mitchell, Apollo 14
# John Young, Apollo 16
# Charles Duke, Apollo 16
# Eugene Cernan, Apollo 17
# Harrison Schmitt, Apollo 17

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http://www.nasm.si.edu/events/eventDetail.cfm?eventID=677
Show

*The Wonder of It All*
Special Movie Screening
Saturday, October 13
8:00 PM
Lockheed Martin IMAX® Theater <http://www.nasm.si.edu/visit/theaters/mall/>
National Mall Building
Admission: Free, Tickets Required
*Ticket Request Form <http://www.nasm.si.edu/forms/ticketsform_shows.cfm>

Join the National Air and Space Society for a special showing of The
Wonder of It All, introduced by Director/Executive Producer Jeffrey
Roth. This award-winning 90-minute documentary features interviews with
seven moonwalkers who talk about their lives and how walking on the moon
affected them personally.  Many of the photos in the film were donated
by the astronauts from their private collections and have never been
seen before.

After the movie, Roth will answer questions about his passion for
preserving human spaceflight history and his experiences in making this
film.

This is a National Air and Space Society event.
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http://www.novaspace.com/spacefest/Movie.html
THE WONDER OF IT ALL

The Wonder of it All is a critically acclaimed and award-winning film by
Jeffrey Roth. Not typical of all the other Apollo tributes and memoirs,
this film focuses on most Apollo moonwalkers and details how their lives
were influenced by being one of only a dozen humans to set foot on
another world. All but one of these men will be at Spacefest.
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Note: Spacefest 2007 is now over but the web site has some interesting
information. [August 17-18-19 at the Mesa Convention Center]
http://www.novaspace.com/spacefest/Report.html
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gPeB3xDOMQw
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Japan probe approaches moon; who's next?

Nice collection of images and thought provoking paragraphs at CNET.com
See links below.
- LRK -

Mark Gray of Spacecraft films posted a link to short video clip they put
together for remembering 50 years in space.
Needs Quicktime 7 H.264 codec which there is a link to Apple.com to down
load if you don't have.
See link below.
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Natasha Dantzig for the TED (Technology, Entertainment and Design)
Conference dropped me a line alerting me to a new talk that they have up
on their web site by Carolyn Porco about her ongoing work at the Cassini
Imaging Central Laboratory for Operations (CICLOPs).  Exciting times.
You may enjoy.
http://www.ted.com/talks/view/id/178

See Natasha's note below.  Also you may like to look at the many other
TED/Talks at this list.
http://www.ted.com/index.php/talks/list

BOY ARE WE EXCITED!

Thanks for looking up with me.
- LRK -

Larry Kellogg

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http://www.news.com/2300-11397_3-6211234-1.html?tag=nefd.also
Japan probe approaches moon; who's next?
October 4, 2007 12:01 PM PDT

The Kaguya spacecraft, aka Selene, was launched September 14 by the
Japanese Space Agency and is expected to reach lunar orbit Thursday.
This is the first of many planned trips to the moon by a new cast of
space explorers.

China is expected to launch its first lunar exploration satellite later
this month; India has plans for a moon launch in April 2008; the next
U.S. moon mission is slated for 2008; and Russia could be flying private
citizens around the moon and back as early as 2009. All of those
countries are making plans to land a spacecraft on the moon by
2012--with astronauts and cosmonauts to follow soon after. Reports say
Germany is also interested in joining the space community. Meanwhile,
Google is offering $30 million to encourage private teams to land a
rover on the moon by December 2012.

JAXA and the Japanese Broadcasting Corporation released the furthest
high-definition image of the earth (left)--from about 68,000 miles away.
It was taken by the Kaguya explorer from the halfway point of its
journey to the moon.

Click here for CNET News.com's special coverage celebrating the
anniversary of Sputnik's launch.

Captions by CNET News.com's Andy Smith

Credit: JAXA
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Mark Gray of www.spacecraftfilms posted a link on the
ProjectApollo@yahoogroups.com a
link to small piece he put together as a retrospective of the first 50
years in space.
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50 Years of the Space Age
http://www.spacecraftfilms.com/index.asp?PageAction=Custom&ID=23

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http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2007/10/04/AR2007100401922.html
What Sputnik Launched
By Charles Krauthammer
Friday, October 5, 2007; Page A21

Fifty years ago this week, America was shaken out of technological
complacency by a beeping 180-pound aluminum ball orbiting overhead.
Sputnik was a shock because we had always assumed that Russia was
nothing but a big, lumbering and all-brawn bear. He could wear down the
Nazis and produce mountains of steel but had none of our savvy or
sophistication. Then one day we wake up and he has beaten us into space,
placing overhead the first satellite to orbit the Earth since God placed
the moon where it could give us lovely sailing tides.

At the time, all thoughts were about the Soviets overwhelming us
technologically. But the panic turned out to be unwarranted. Sputnik was
not subtle science. The Soviets were making up for their inability to
miniaturize nuclear warheads -- something that does require
sophistication -- by developing massive rockets. And they had managed to
develop one just massive enough to hurl a ball into Earth orbit.

We had no idea how lucky we were with Sputnik. The subsequent panic
turned out to be an enormous boon. The fear of falling behind the
Communists induced the federal government to pour a river of money into
science and math education. The result was a vast cohort of scientists
who gave us not only Apollo and the moon, but the sinews of the
information age -- for example, ARPA (established just months after
Sputnik) created ARPANET, which became the Internet -- that have ensured
American technological dominance to this day.

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http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/video/2007/10/02/VI2007100201937.html
Sputnik 50 Years Later
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Hello Larry,

This is Natasha Dantzig for  the TED (Technology, Entertainment and
Design) Conference.

I'm writing to let you know that we've just released a new talk by
Carolyn Porco in which you may have an interest.

Below you'll find the link to her TEDTalk, as well as a talk
summary and a speaker bio. I'm contacting you because we occasionally
reach out to specific bloggers when we see an intersect between the
topics of our releases and the subject matter covered in your blog.
As such, we're providing these links for your review and consideration
for blogging purposes.

Many thanks for your consideration, and please don't hesitate to get
in touch with me directly if you need more information.

Best,
Natasha

TEDTalk Details:

TALK: http://www.ted.com/talks/view/id/178

BIO: http://www.ted.com/speakers/view/id/160

About this Talk

Planetary scientist Carolyn Porco says, "I'm going to take you on a
journey." And does she ever. Showing breathtaking images from the
Cassini voyage to Saturn, she focuses on Saturn's intriguing largest
moon, Titan,with deserts, mudflats and puzzling lakes, and on frozen
Enceladus, which seems to shoot jets of ice.

BIO
Planetary scientist Carolyn Porco studies and interprets the photos from
the Cassini-Huygens mission, orbiting Saturn and its largest moon,
Titan. She and a team of scientists from NASA and the European Space
Agency have been analyzing the images that Cassini has been sending back
since it left Earth in 1999. They've found many new rings and four new
moons (so far). And they've produced breathtaking images and animations
of the stormy face of Saturn, its busy rings, and its jumble of moons
and moonlets.

Back in the mid-1980s, while still working on her doctorate, Porco was
drafted onto a team at JPL that was crunching the mountains of data
coming back from the Voyager fly-by of Saturn. Her work on the planet's
"ringlets," and on a spoke pattern noticed in the rings, made an
important connection between Saturn's rings and its magnetic field --
and cemented her connection with Saturn.

Her ongoing work at the Cassini Imaging Central Laboratory for
Operations (CICLOPs) has two goals: to process and interpret the Cassini
images for other scientists, and to make sure the images -- in all their
breathtaking poetry and mystery and sheer Save-Image-As-Desktop
awesomeness -- connect with the general public. She is an advocate for
the exploration and understanding of planetary space, and her frequent
talks (as well as her "Captain's Log" memos on the CICLOPS website)
speak to everyone, scientist and nonscientist alike.

--
Natasha Dantzig
t: (212) 260-3707
c: (415) 425-6378
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