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http://www.lockheedmartin.com/data/assets/ssc/atc/2010_Nov-4_Zilliac_Lockheed_colloquia.pdf In depth advanced rocket propulsion tech.
All Clear, sent by mission control to ISS astronauts.
Threat level recinded.
http://www.space-travel.com/reports/Space_Debris_No_Threat_To_ISS_999.html
ISS astronauts move to soyez as chinese space-debris approaches.
...No time to move station further away from path of 6" debris, traveling at 5 miles per second.
Fox news story,
http://www.foxnews.com/scitech/2011/04/05/space-junk-threatening-space-station-nasa-says/
The fairing volume looks emense to me Not to mention the lift capacity WOW
Just watched the comcast about the Space X Heavylifter...they've upped the performance spec's....by quite a bit!
Twice that of shuttle-to-orbit carrying capacity.
The anology of being able to lift Wt. equal to that of a fully-loaded Boeing 737 filled with passengers, kinda boggles the mind.
More,
http://www.spacex.com/falcon_heavy.php#falcon9Heavy_overview
http://www.nytimes.com/2010/06/08/science/space/08space.html?_r=1 Bigelow exibited
Re-entry hazards from debris, a study of space-junk
PDF, very informative...
http://www.nesdis.noaa.gov/CRSRA/files/Space_Debris_and_Reentry_Hazards_032708.pdf
Lets have some applause for the SSTL satellite-controllers who have elected to use remaining propellant to move retired satellite from orbit. If everyone leaves junk in orbit, its been estimated there would be enough junk in orbit in 30 years to stop anyone from launching to orbit.
http://www.spacemart.com/reports/SSTL_Satellite_Steps_Aside_To_Reduce_Space_Junk_999.html
While I would disagree, some say Now is the time for Mars colonization....A One-way trip....That it shouldn't be considered a suicide mission...
http://www.marsdaily.com/reports/Time_Is_Now_For_Human_Mission_To_Mars_999.html
Check out this work by Ron.
That's fantastic. There's Ron Bennett at the bottom. He's one of our people. He does excellent work. Spaxe.com deleted all his work and he's not too happy about it, to put it mildly. lol
I managed to find a back door into the closed forums and tried to recover some of his work, but they had already deleted all of it.
If you haven't seen his work, It'll blow your mind away.
His Scorpions on Mars is fantastic. He buried the original video into a larger video to appease some people in the space program.
As soon as we get these boxes up and going I think he'll be joining us with his own board. He would have been here last year if it weren't for the trust issue.
I've been working on it. The feed had to be cut in order to download the installation files because the site owner where I made that is limited on his server time. One of the hazards of using freebie sites.
I have a new non published Goog site where I can install different types of feed software and then copy what we want directly into the Ibox or another private site.
WP has a waiting list for assistance for non-paying members and I'm on that list. Almost everyone who's joining the movement is using the RRS2 from WP and they're real happy with it. The demo I did in the Ibox was written by an independent but was using the RSS2 feed. I thought it was neat having the pictures and they can be set for any size. The RSS@ has some real neat features.
Bottom line is we'll have our feeds real soon and that'll make a big difference.
RSS scrollers 'r pretty cool.
I did some playing in the Ibox using your post. It's a regular RSS set to update every 12 hours and feed last 5 articles.
I tried this one because it had an HTML stripper.
I'm not sure if I like the side scroller.
What do you guys think ?
Got to get some sleep now.
Certainly! I would be honored.
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Surely My pleasure , I was just thinking if You would consider Me as an assistant Moderator on Your site I would feel honored and in exchange if you are interested You could be one on ,mine just a thought BIZZZZZZZ
http://spacestation-shuttle.blogspot.com/2011/03/nasa-lunar-reconnaissance-orbiter.html Treasure trove of Lunar Data
http://nonsense-verse.blogspot.com/2011/03/nasa-unpacks-humanoid-robot-in-space.html R2 Human like robot //ISS
http://newpapyrusmagazine.blogspot.com/2010/01/future-of-americas-space-program.html research foroum for DD GREAT INFO DAILY UPDATE
http://www.fas.org/spp/military/program/launch/msp.htm Military future space plane
House-Size Asteroid Passing Close by Earth Today
http://www.space.com/11145-small-asteroid-2011eb74-passing-earth.html
by Tariq Malik, SPACE.com Managing Editor
Date: 16 March 2011 Time: 03:46 PM ET
An asteroid the size of a house will fly past Earth today (March 16), zipping within the orbit of the moon, just one day after astronomers spotting the space rock in the sky, NASA says.
The small asteroid 2011 EB74 is about 47 feet (14 meters) across and poses no threat of hitting Earth, since it is too small to survive the trip through the planet's atmosphere.
Instead, the asteroid will pass our planet at a comfortable distance of about 203,000 miles (326,696 kilometers) when it makes its closest approach at 5:49 p.m. EDT (2149 GMT), NASA officials said.
For comparison, the average distance between the Earth and the moon is about 238,000 miles (382,900 km). The flyby of 2011 EB74 is about 0.85 Earth-moon distances, officials said.
Astronomers discovered asteroid 2011 EB74 yesterday (March 15) as part of the ongoing Catalina Sky Survey, a project based at the University of Arizona to seek out previously unknown near-Earth objects like asteroids and comets. [Photos: Asteroids in Deep Space]
NASA announced the asteroid's close flyby today on Twitter and via an online widget used by astronomers with the agency's Asteroid Watch program. The program aims to share news and updates about asteroids and other near-Earth objects with the public.
"At 14 meters in size, 2011 EB74 is NOT considered a potentially hazardous asteroid. Rocks this size would burn up in our atmosphere," Asteroid Watch officials wrote in a Twitter update.
The asteroid will likely be extremely hard to spot for skywatchers, unless they are seasoned amateur astronomers and have the right observing equipment, officials said.
"These objects are dark and fast, and usually require a sizeable telescope to track," Asteroid Watch officials told one Twitter user.
Today's asteroid flyby is the latest space rock to fly near Earth this year. A car-size asteroid buzzed Earth on Feb. 14. A tiny space rock set a new record for the closest approach to Earth without entering the atmosphere when it zipped within 3,400 miles (5,471 km) of the planet on Feb. 4.
Like 2011 EB74, neither of those asteroid encounters posed a threat to Earth.
NASA astronomers and other scientists regularly monitor the skies to hunt for asteroids or comets that may be an impact threat to Earth.
One such effort, which uses a telescope called Pan-STARRS PS1 in Hawaii, set a new record this year when it discovered 19 previously unknown asteroids in a single night on Jan. 29.
The Near-Earth Object program at NASA's Jet Propulsion Laboratory in Pasadena, Calif., tracks potentially dangerous asteroids and studies their orbits to determine if they pose a risk of hitting the Earth. The Asteroid Watch program is an outreach arm of that effort.
Compare Mid lift launch rockets http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Comparison_of_mid-heavy_lift_launch_systems
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Saturn_V A blast from our past We must study past performance in order to advance space flight IMHO
Faster than Light speed travel http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Faster-than-light
A comprehensive list of corporations that are currently, or have in the past, working on space-hardware.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_private_spaceflight_companies
Virgin Galactic Site here...http://www.virgingalactic.com/
Discovery wrapping up her mission at the ISS and prepping for her return home and then of to the record books What a shame I hate to see these flights ending OH Well
Military launch today at 1:09 pm, PST.
ULA's website will webcast the launch.
http://www.ulalaunch.com/site/default.shtml
Sadly, the NASA earth observatory sat-launch failed to reach orbit. Its a $424 million blow to NASA.
http://www.space-travel.com/reports/NASA_Earth_observation_satellite_fails_to_reach_orbit_999.html
2011 Next-Gen Suborbital Researchers Conference a Hit, 2012 Follow-up Conference Planned": http://www.commercialspaceflight.org/?p=1467
Commercial Spaceflight Federation
www.commercialspaceflight.org
Washington, D.C. – The Commercial Spaceflight Federation is pleased to announce that the Next-Generation Suborbital Researchers Conference (NSRC) held in Orlando, Florida, this week set records for the number of presentations, sponsors and attendees.
More Than 50 Astronauts, Scientists, Educators, and Industry Leaders Urge Congress to Fully Fund Commercial Crew": http://www.commercialspaceflight.org/?p=1461
Commercial Spaceflight Federation
www.commercialspaceflight.org
Washington, D.C. – The Commercial Spaceflight Federation welcomes the support of more than 50 former NASA astronauts, scientists, educators, and industry CEOs and leaders who sent a letter to Congress yesterday urging full funding of the Commercial Crew Program as critical to America’s leadership in...
NASA pleads poverty, for inability to reach viable shuttle replacement by 2016 timeframe imposed.
"None of the design options studied thus far appeared to be affordable in our present fiscal conditions, based upon existing cost models, historical data, and traditional acquisition approaches," said a NASA report to lawmakers.
A decade or more is the timeframe that NASA proposes for shuttle replacement. Private spaceflight may render the point moot in ten years time.
More,
http://www.space-travel.com/reports/NASA_chief_tech_says_decade_for_shuttle_replacement_999.html
I am still working on things for Lagrange City even though I'm not posting like I would like to be. The SOS search Lagrange City is complete and all the old companies I created have been closed out or reconciled. Lagrange Holding LLC will soon be a registered company.
If you look at the Ibox, you will now see that your boards are now listed at the bottom. The Google search keywords are being set so we appear on the net. If you both Google your boards, they should be appearing. I'm going to redo all the Iboxes before going on Twitter.
I think it's really great you guys are stepping up and keeping this alive here on Ihub. I wish I could spend more time working on this, but I have this long list of things that seems to keep growing. I know the key to succeeding at this is money, So I'm not turning down anything that pays right now.
I've decided not to launch an attack against Space.com for downloading our passwords and personal information. The last day the forums were up there I logged in and my real name appeared with my posts. The whole forum was in a fireball. Right when we agreed to exchange email addresses, they pulled the plug on the forums.
I gave it some thought and decided the whole purpose of Lagrange City the Beginning is to bring groups together to discuss their differences and find common grounds in which to work with.
It would be a little hard for me to ask the Mars Society and and Moon Society to set aside their differences while I'm engaged in a battle with another Space advocate.
Very nice with 4 panel views great effective
Armadillo's vid of lander takeoff, deployment of drogue-chute...engine shutdown/engine restart, and guided back to the initial launchpad. Truely an amazing accomplishment.
Combined 4-panel views,
Thanks for that article, research news is coming in so fast, along with news of proposed missions...getting hard to keep up!..lol.
I found the mention in that acticle of the Lunar-rover that could recover volatiles for use as fuel for the return-to-earth to be very inspiring. This is just the kind of "boot-strapping" needed for future missions of this nature.
Astrobotic Technology Annouces Lunar Mission on SpaceX Falcon 9
PITTSBURGH, PA – February 6, 2011 – Astrobotic Technology Inc. today announced it has signed a contract with SpaceX to launch Astrobotic’s robotic payload to the Moon on a Falcon 9. The expedition will search for water and deliver payloads, with the robot narrating its adventure while sending 3D video. The mission could launch as soon as December 2013.
The Falcon 9 upper stage will sling Astrobotic on a four-day cruise to the Moon. Astrobotic will then orbit the moon to align for landing. The spacecraft will land softly, precisely and safely using technologies pioneered by Carnegie Mellon University for guiding autonomous cars. The rover will explore for three months, operate continuously during the lunar days, and hibernate through the lunar nights. The lander will sustain payload operations with generous power and communications.
“The mission is the first of a serial campaign,” said Dr. William “Red” Whittaker, chairman of Astrobotic Technology and founder of the university’s Field Robotics Center. “Astrobotic’s missions will pursue new resources, deliver rich experiences, serve new customers and open new markets. Spurred further by incentives, contracts, and the Google Lunar X PRIZE, this is a perfect storm for new exploration.”
“The moon has economic and scientific treasures that went undiscovered during the Apollo era, and our robot explorers will spearhead this new lunar frontier,” said David Gump, president of Astrobotic Technology. “The initial mission will bank up to $24 million in Google’s Lunar X PRIZE, Florida’s $2 million launch bonus, and NASA’s $10 million landing contract while delivering 240 pounds of payload for space agencies and corporate marketers.”
In addition to Carnegie Mellon, where several prototypes have been built and tested, the mission is supported by industrial partners such as International Rectifier Corporation and corporate sponsors such as Caterpillar Inc. and ANSYS Inc.
Credit to Astrobotic
For more information: http://astrobotic.net/2011/02/06/astrobotic-technology-announces-lunar-mission-on-spacex-falcon-9/
29 Private Teams now in a race_for_the_ moon. That's just for the Google X-prise. NASA has upped the ante by offering to pay 10 million for mission related data.
Astrobotic, a spin off team from Carnegie Mellon University, has announced that it has booked it's first flight to the moon with SpaceX. The target date for the first flight is December 2013.
Armadillo aerospace's lander program showing freeflight, near pinpoint acurracy upon landing, (2010 vid.)
It appears that the Air Force wants SpaceX to get serious lifting capability.
Guidance has been given in that direction, no formal agreements at this time.
SpaceX intensifies its efforts in the already contracted Dragon capsule project.
http://www.space-travel.com/reports/SpaceX_to_focus_on_astronaut_capsule_999.html
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