Hi Everyone,

I have gotten back into song writing and a few years I wrote a tune called Space
Walking and it is an keyboard based instrumental. I have added it online for you
to read. Check it out. I would love to hear what you think of it.

http://www.myspace.com/vicstathopoulos

I was inspired by SpaceShipOne and Virgin Galactic. At the time when I was
writing I was thinking what would space tourists like to hear in space and I
thought some fun type of melody that was catchy. I think it sounds 90's style,
but that is okay as long as people from all ages like.

I have also written other songs in the past related to space. I did one called
Walking on Mars.

I also write other types of songs and I also sing.

At the moment I am working on ASG and I am doing a review on the movie District
9. I saw it last week and I enjoyed immensely. It was different from your usual
Hollywood film.

I am also writing a page on Halley's Comet. Does anyone remember it?

Anyway, if you get a chance to listen to Space Walking I'd like to hear your
feedback.

Vic Stathopoulos

Hello to all
I am Nico van Dijk, Dutchman living is Spain 64 years old. My profession is
scientist, core activity development of RF and Microwave systems for industrial
use. This is also my passion and out of this passion I became also a radio ham.
I worked my whole life in electronics and the last 20 years I have my own
laboratory for RF technology.
Before that I worked in Spacecraft design by the company Fokker in Holland.
There I was active in the development of the IRAS satellite, the glovebox in the
spacelab and several other projects including testing spacecraft systems.
Lately I developped a deshydrating system for food stuff. This system can dry
fruits, vegetables, fish and meat at a temperature less than 40 degrees C
without oxygen, so the product does not loose important properties and taste.
The deshydrated food can be used at earth, in combat situations and in Space
(like) missions were low mass, easy storage without cooling and high vitamin and
energy content is important.
Also in missions were the food should be deshydrated in order to store for long
periods without cooling, this system may be used due to the high energy
efficiency. To evaporate 1 kG of water, only 1.1 kWHr is required. This is
approx 20 - 30 times less than freeze drying with the same quality.
This dryer was the reason I joined the group. Vic did ask me to post some
details so some group members may react. Looking forward to that and to nice and
interesting subjects
Regards
Nico

The EOS Program is a visual exploration of the possibilities in
colonising Mars and the potential for developing mature settlements
in the long term.

http://www.eosmarsprogram.org/Page10-01-Over.html


Jan Kaliciak

http://www.eosmarsprogram.org/

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Space Shuttle STS119 delivered the Starboard 6 solar arrays to the International
Space Station, completing the construction of the Integrated Truss Structure.
The mission was successful.

Here is a schedule for Space Shuttle Flights, Cargo Transport and ISS Assembly
Sequence for the next 6 months.

ISS Progress 33 (May 7, 2009)
Logistics and resupply

Atlantis STS-125 (HST-SM4)(May 12, 2009)
This mission will visit the Hubble Space Telescope and not ISS.

Soyuz TMA-15 (May 27, 2009)
Crew transport

Endeavour STS-127 (TBD - Launch date)
Kibo Japanese Experiment Module Exposed Facility (JEM EF)
Kibo Japanese Experiment Logistics Module - Exposed Section (ELM-ES)
Integrated Cargo Carrier (ICC)

ISS Progress 34 (July 24, 2009)
Logistics and resupply

Discovery STS-128 (August 6, 2009)
Multi-Purpose Logistics Module (MPLM)
Lightweight Multi-Purpose Experiment Support Structure Carrier (LMC)

HTV-1 (September 1, 2009)
Japanese H-II Transfer Vehicle

Soyuz TMA-16 (September 30, 2009)
Crew transport

Vic

Well, my book is out and now I have my first review by a reader:

http://search.barnesandnoble.com/The-Hive/Chris-Berman/e/9780979975738#TABS

I try to put as much science fact into my fiction as possible.

chris

--- In spaceprojects@yahoogroups.com, vic_stathopoulos <no_reply@...>
wrote:
>
> Happy New Year. One page I have been planning to do for years is on
> the Milky Way and at long last I have made it.
>
> There is some interesting info on the page and it makes you wonder
> will Humans ever be able to travel across the Milky Way. What are
> you thoughts on future space travel?
>
> The Milky Way Galaxy is about 2000 light years thick (tall) but
> 100,000 light years across. It contains an estimated 100,000
million
> stars. Thats alot of stars.
>
> http://www.aerospaceguide.net/astronomy/milkyway.html
>
> I have also done a page on Epoxi.Epoxi is a low cost mission
derived
> by the recycling of the Deep Impact spacecraft which successfully
> guided an impactor into comet Tempel 1 in July 2005.
>
> http://www.aerospaceguide.net/solar_system/epoxi.html
>
> I have added one space book to the new releases page and if you are
> a space station history fan, I believe you will love it. Its called
> Salyut - The First Space Station: Triumph and Tragedy.
>
> The book gives you an insight into the people involved in the
> development of the Salyut space station and the crews assigned to
> operate it. It describes the rotation between the crews, analyses
> the decision to send the back-up crew on Soyuz 11 and recounts the
> intrigues and difficult relationships between all the personalities
> involved - politicians, CKBEM managers, designers, generals and
> cosmonauts. Biographies of the Soyuz 11 cosmonauts are published
for
> the first time in English and the longest manned space mission of
> the time is described before Grujica Ivanovich gives a unique
> summary of the most tragic day in the Soviet/Russian manned space
> program. An investigation into the cause of the tragic deaths of
the
> Soyuz 11 cosmonauts precedes a description of the post-Salyut era,
> showing how the legacy of the first space station has survived for
> decades.
>
> Vic
>

Hi Vic:

As far as I know, there are several Salyut Space Staions in storage
at Baikonur. There is also one on display outside of the Hotel Kosmos
in Moscow. I'm a science fiction author with my first novel The Hive,
due out next month, but my second book, Red Moon, is at my
publisher's now.  In Red Moon, the Chinese have taken advantage of
economic chaos in the West and have established a militerized space
program and moon base to extract vital resources as well as control
access to space by other nations.  In a crash program using off the
self equipment, a US, EU, Russian mission is put together to reach
the Moon and establish a counter claim to these resources but the
Chinese will stop at nothing to derail the mission. The Salyut is the
core of the mission ship.  Here is a part from the new book:

Chris
www.freewebs.com/chrisbfla

John McGovern and Natasha Polyakova had just finished their breakfast
and were heading over to the Soyuz simulator when they ran into RSA
Director Victor Zhdanov. The color had drained from his face.  He was
nearly in shock and shaking. Natasha twice asked what had happened
and then, his voice coming in short gulps, his eyes refusing to focus
on either Natasha or McGovern, Zhdanov replied,
         "They're gone!  The three Salyuts in storage are gone. There
has been a massive explosion at the launch center. We no longer have
any means of reaching the Moon."
           Jack Griffin had just gotten of the elevator with astronaut
Bill Curtis when he spotted RSA Director Zhdanov along with John and
Natasha. All three looked as if they were in shock
  "Hey, what's going on…somebody die or something?"
            John McGovern turned to the Canadian and answered, "Not
somebody, some thing.  The mission's dead.  The Salyuts are gone.  An
explosion at the storage area in Kazakhstan destroyed the building
they were in along with everything inside of it."
            Tom Garcia and LaCasse were the next one's down from their
dormitory floor, both hungry and eager for breakfast.  However the
terrible news they were delivered killed their appetites.
            Tom Garcia, sitting in a chair, his elbows braced on his
knees, his hands cupping his face, was a man in despair.
           "I can't believe it!  I can't believe we've come this far,
this fast only to have this happen?  How?"
            Natasha spoke with a dejected voice, "Another accident it
seems.  This time at Baikonur.  Somehow a fuel truck drove up to the
building that the three Salyuts were stored in and exploded. Although
I am certain this was no accident"
             Director Zhdanov shaking his head finished his
conversation and hung up the telephone.
            "Cosmonaut Polyakova is correct.  The body of the real
driver of the fuel truck was found just outside of Zhezkazgan, about
seventy kilometers from Baikonur. This was some kind of suicide
attack.  The gate guards are being questioned but apparently the
driver had what appeared to be genuine military paperwork signed by
the commander of the strategic rocket forces himself. This was no
ordinary terrorist attack.  This was a very well planned operation by
people who knew exactly where to hit us and how to stop us from
reaching the Moon."
           By now many in the engineering and flight simulation
departments, looking for the Alliance crew, had wandered into the
hallway leading to the cafeteria. Anton Kovalchuk, the usually
affable simulator technician, stood next to Natasha, body bent in a
posture of defeat.  John McGovern looked about to boil over with
rage. Finally he could no longer hold it in.
           "Son of a bitch! If you ever catch the bastards who were
behind this you ought to lop off their heads and put them on display!"
           Suddenly Natasha eyes went wide and she put her hand to her
mouth, not daring to hope what she just realized might be true. "John…
did you say display?
              Oh my God...Anton, your keys!  Your keys to your car!
Please…give them to me and quickly!"
              "Alright Natasha but please don't damage it, I just
bought it."
              "Anton, if I can pilot a Soyuz, I can certainly drive
your car…John, poshlee…  quick, quick, let's go and pray, pray the
swine that destroyed the Salyuts do not realize the error they have
made!"
              McGovern was running along with Natasha into the parking
lot of Star City. They jumped into Anton's new Skoda sport coupe and
tore out of the exit and onto the main Moscow ring road.
              "Hey Natasha!  What the hell is going on?  Where are we
going?
              "To the Hotel Kosmos.  We'll be there in just a few
minutes but we must hurry!
               Natasha was pushing the one point five liter coupe for
all it was worth, screeching through traffic and weaving from lane to
lane.  Somehow they managed to escape the notice of the Moscow
traffic police.
               She downshifted the car and sped down Mira Prospect,
past the huge "U" shaped Hotel Kosmos. As she rounded the corner just
opposite the hotel, Natasha jammed on the brakes and pulled to the
curb.
              "Natasha! Is that what I think it is?  I mean is it real
or just a model?"
               Natasha at last daring to hope that the mission had not
been terminated by their enemies replied, "No, it's real.  My father
used to take me here as a small child to look at it and play beside
it.  I liked to pretend I was a cosmonaut and I was outside, in space
looking at my ship.  It's real all right! Those stupid bastards never
realized it was here.  John, I must call Victor Zhdanov and tell him
to send the army. We need soldiers to protect it."
              While Natasha placed her call to the RSA director, John
McGovern just stood on the side walk gazing up at it.  An actual
Salyut space station with a Soyuz mounted to it, on display next to
the Hotel Kosmos.  Somehow, if this craft had not seen too much
damage from sitting outdoors for so many years, then maybe, just
maybe, the mission could be salvaged.
              About fifteen minutes after Natasha placed the call to
the director, the first truckload of soldiers with Kalashnikovs
arrived at the display.  The people behind the destruction of the
Salyuts in Kazakhstan had failed to stop McGovern's and Natasha's
mission, and even if they had realized one more of the space stations
was still in existence, they would never be able to get near it now
with armed troops guarding the Salyut.
           By late afternoon, the sun, as if echoing the mood of those
inspecting and readying the Salyut to be moved, shone down
brilliantly from a deep blue sky. The crew of the Alliance mission
was walking around along with an engineering team, as well as RSA
Director Zhdanov and Dmitry Polyakov, Natasha's father. The entire
block around the Salyut including Mira Prospect was cordoned off by
the military with a flat bed truck waiting to receive the Salyut. The
space station was gently being lowered by a crane onto a series of
padded supports.
           John McGovern had his arms crossed watching the operation
when he felt someone step up beside him.
           Dmitry Polyakov turned to McGovern. "They will be taking
the Salyut from here to the Korolev-Energia space facility for
testing and reconditioning.  If everything is satisfactory, they will
complete all upgrades and fly it to Baikonur for launching."
          McGovern nodded his head in agreement.
         "Your daughter is a very quick thinker.  While just about
everyone at the training facility was crying in their coffee, she
remembered this place.  She said you used to take her here as a child
and she would pretend she was in outer space."
          Polyakov laughed, "Ah, yes, when Natasha was only seven or
eight, her mother and I would stop here sometimes. She liked this
place better than the playgrounds near our home. Unbelievable, that
if this craft is capable of space flight, she will actually travel to
the Moon in it."

I agree with you.  His latest picks are global warming alarmists.
Now, I do not deny that the planet may be heating up, but you see
some of the same indications on Mars as well as Neptune.  Also, I
have seen graphs of the fossile record and for 98% of the past 300
million years, the average surface temperature of th Earth has been
22 C, not the chilly 12 C we now experience.  My feeling is this
could be due to solar fluctuation in the nuclear fusion process in
the sun's core.  This seems likley.  In addition, for the most part
of the Earth's recent history (th elast few hundred million years)
the CO2 levels in the atmostphere were over 10 times the present
levels.

I guess we had better look to Russia to set the pace for getting to
Mars or the development of fast space transport systems.  We're too
busy moaning about building windmills and stopping nuclear power
plants.

Chris

Chris

--- In spaceprojects@yahoogroups.com, cyberfausto <no_reply@...>
wrote:
>
> With the new administration I doubt very much they will invest any
> money in nuclear propulsion. Obama will probably try to use
vegetable
> oil based propulsion.
>
> --- In spaceprojects@yahoogroups.com, "nerva184" <toteit1@> wrote:
> >
> > Hi:
> >
> > I'm Chris and I am a science fiction author who is also an
advocate
> of
> > the use of nuclear propulsion for exploring the solar system.  I
> have a
> > novel due to be released in January that makes extensive use of
> both
> > the NERVA nuclear rocket motor and Orion, which is propelled by
> > exploding nulcear bombs behind a massive blast plate.
> >
> > You can check out some of my articles on space exploration,
nuclear
> > propulsion and my upcoming novel at: www.freewebs.com/chrisbfla
> >
> > Hope you find it interesting.  The very idea of abandoning
nulcear
> > propulsion in favor of chemical rockets is like scrapping
> steamships in
> > favor of row boats for trans-atlantic travel.
> >
> > Chris B.
> >
>

With the new administration I doubt very much they will invest any
money in nuclear propulsion. Obama will probably try to use vegetable
oil based propulsion.

--- In spaceprojects@yahoogroups.com, "nerva184" <toteit1@...> wrote:
>
> Hi:
>
> I'm Chris and I am a science fiction author who is also an advocate
of
> the use of nuclear propulsion for exploring the solar system.  I
have a
> novel due to be released in January that makes extensive use of
both
> the NERVA nuclear rocket motor and Orion, which is propelled by
> exploding nulcear bombs behind a massive blast plate.
>
> You can check out some of my articles on space exploration, nuclear
> propulsion and my upcoming novel at: www.freewebs.com/chrisbfla
>
> Hope you find it interesting.  The very idea of abandoning nulcear
> propulsion in favor of chemical rockets is like scrapping
steamships in
> favor of row boats for trans-atlantic travel.
>
> Chris B.
>

Hi:

I'm Chris and I am a science fiction author who is also an advocate of
the use of nuclear propulsion for exploring the solar system.  I have a
novel due to be released in January that makes extensive use of both
the NERVA nuclear rocket motor and Orion, which is propelled by
exploding nulcear bombs behind a massive blast plate.

You can check out some of my articles on space exploration, nuclear
propulsion and my upcoming novel at: www.freewebs.com/chrisbfla

Hope you find it interesting.  The very idea of abandoning nulcear
propulsion in favor of chemical rockets is like scrapping steamships in
favor of row boats for trans-atlantic travel.

Chris B.

Happy New Year. One page I have been planning to do for years is on
the Milky Way and at long last I have made it.

There is some interesting info on the page and it makes you wonder
will Humans ever be able to travel across the Milky Way. What are
you thoughts on future space travel?

The Milky Way Galaxy is about 2000 light years thick (tall) but
100,000 light years across. It contains an estimated 100,000 million
stars. Thats alot of stars.

http://www.aerospaceguide.net/astronomy/milkyway.html

I have also done a page on Epoxi.Epoxi is a low cost mission derived
by the recycling of the Deep Impact spacecraft which successfully
guided an impactor into comet Tempel 1 in July 2005.

http://www.aerospaceguide.net/solar_system/epoxi.html

I have added one space book to the new releases page and if you are
a space station history fan, I believe you will love it. Its called
Salyut - The First Space Station: Triumph and Tragedy.

The book gives you an insight into the people involved in the
development of the Salyut space station and the crews assigned to
operate it. It describes the rotation between the crews, analyses
the decision to send the back-up crew on Soyuz 11 and recounts the
intrigues and difficult relationships between all the personalities
involved - politicians, CKBEM managers, designers, generals and
cosmonauts. Biographies of the Soyuz 11 cosmonauts are published for
the first time in English and the longest manned space mission of
the time is described before Grujica Ivanovich gives a unique
summary of the most tragic day in the Soviet/Russian manned space
program. An investigation into the cause of the tragic deaths of the
Soyuz 11 cosmonauts precedes a description of the post-Salyut era,
showing how the legacy of the first space station has survived for
decades.

Vic

Hi Everyone, I am updating the space books page and I have added
some wonderful books which I would like to tell you about.

http://aerospaceguide.net/spacebook/index.html

How Apollo Flew to the Moon by W. David Woods

David Woods tells the exciting story, starting from Americas post
war astronautical research facilities, that used the V-2 for the
development of Saturn V launcher. He describes the initial launches
through manned orbital spaceflights, comprehensively detailing each
step, including computer configuration, the role of ground control,
trajectory planning, lunar orbiting, separation of the lander,
walking and working on the Moon, retrieval of the lunar astronauts
and returning to Earth in this massive technical accomplishment.

America In Space: NASA's First Fifty Years

The story of America's space age is told with more than 400
carefully selected images. The story begins in the 1950s with
intrepid test pilots venturing ever faster and higher, and opens out
into the now-legendary Mercury and Apollo missions of the 1960s that
made astronauts into national heroes. The space shuttle era shows us
what everyday space travel might look like, while grand vistas of
the universe expand our sense of wonder. The large format of the
book captures both the human drama and the vast scale of NASA's
projects.

To the End of the Solar System: The Story of the Nuclear Rocket by
James A. Dewar

this study is a comprehensive history and analysis of nuclear rocket
propulsion systems. Detailing a two decade period—spanning the 1950s
through parts of the 1970s—by profiling the U.S. government's Rover
and NERVA programs, a complete history of the development of nuclear
propulsion capabilities for space exploration is provided. Eyeing
future possibilities, this reference identifies the technological
requirements necessary to perform the deep space missions now being
planned by NASA and presents a discussion on the political and
social issues surrounding nuclear rocket development.

There are lots of other intersting ones mentioned on the page.

I also have some new info pages, but I will mention them another day.

Vic

Hi All,

I have done a new page on the National Space Centre of the UK

http://www.aerospaceguide.net/nationalcentre.html

Also some news about an interesting exhibition at the centre.

The Doctor Who Up Close Exhibition has returned to the UK's National
Space Centre. The display in Leicester opened on November 13 and
will be there until January 6, 2008.

According to promotional material, it includes Martha's and the
Master's costumes, as well as Weeping Angels, Witches (presumably
Carrionites), Daleks and Cybermen plus other foes.

The centre also hopes to have exhibits from the Christmas special,
Voyage of the Damned, in January.

Entry is free for all ticket-holders to the National Space Centre.
However, school bookings do not include entry to the exhibition. The
centre is open Tuesdays to Sundays. During school holidays, it is
also open on Mondays.

The centre, in Exploration Drive, previously hosted an Up Close
exhibition from November 22, 2005 to January 8, 2006.

Vic

Raye's Space Stuff, a licenced divison of U.S. Gov. Radio Astronomy.
This web site is intendded to be basicly a public blog site, it is open
to absolutely anyone to use.
http://rayesspacestuff.00space.com

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE


IN THE SHADOW OF THE MOON

ORIGINAL MOTION PICTURE SOUNDTRACK
TO BE RELEASED BY LAKESHORE RECORDS

Soundtrack Features Original Music Composed by Philip Sheppard

(October 16, 2007- Los Angeles, CA) - Lakeshore Records celebrates the
theatrical release of IN THE SHADOW OF THE MOON on October 23, 2007.  The
soundtrack features original music by Philip Sheppard is currently available in
stores.

Between 1968 and 1972, nine American spacecraft voyaged to and 12 men walked on
the moon.  IN THE SHADOW OF THE MOON is documentary celebrating one of man's
greatest accomplishments: walking on the moon.  The film features first hand
testimony bringing together the surviving crew members from every single Apollo
mission that flew to the Moon.

Interwoven with visually stunning archival material, re-mastered from the
original NASA film footage, the result is an awe-inspiring look back an
unforgettable moment in time, when Americans literally dreamed of going to the
moon.  The astronauts who participated in the film include Jim Lovell (Apollo 8
and 13), Dave Scott (Apollo 9 and 15), Buzz Aldrin (Apollo 11), and Gene Cernan
(Apollo 10 and 17).

Philip Sheppard is a composer, cellist, and a pioneer of the electric cello.  A
professor at the Royal Academy of Music, Sheppard has appeared as an improvising
soloist on the soundtracks of HARRY POTTER: THE GOBLET OF FIRE, HOTEL RWANDA,
and THE VIRGIN QUEEN.   He has recently written and recorded with Scott Walker,
David Bowie, Damien Hirst, Oasis and Unkle.

Paramount Pictures presents IN THE SHADOW OF THE MOON, in theaters on October
23, 2007.  The Lakeshore Records soundtrack, featuring the score by Philip
Sheppard is available in stores.

###

For more information contact: Cinemediapromo@...


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Raye's Space Stuff, a licenced divison of U.S. Gov. Radio Astronomy.
This web site is intendded to be basicly a public blog site, it is open
to absolutely anyone to use.
http://rayesspacestuff.00space.com

I love watching all sorts of sci-fi tv shows or movies and one of my
favourite characters was Sarah Jane from Doctor Who. A new tv series
is starting soon on BBC UK and it is aimed at kids. I have done a
page for doctor who and sarah jane fans.

http://www.aerospaceguide.net/doctorwho/sarah_jane_adventures.html

I have also added an intersting page on space dogs. With the
celebrations of Sputniks 50th anniversary coming I thought I would
do a general page on it.

Space dogs made history on November 3, 1957 with the launch of
Sputnik 2.  This satellite contained the first living creature to
travel in space, a dog named Laika.

http://www.aerospaceguide.net/spacehistory/dogs.html

I have also added a few space shuttle models to that page:

http://www.aerospaceguide.net/spacemodel/spaceshuttle.html

Any fans of the Transformers? I have done a review page on it.

Transformers is one of the best summer 2007 films for action
sequences. Its great fun to watch. The movie seems 20 minutes too
long and the plot is rather weak and mainly used to showcase the
Transformers while sacrificing the narrative. Transformer fans may
be disappointed.

For the everyday person if you want see an action film with great
special fx then this is the movie is for you. Great acting by Shia
LaBeouf.

http://www.aerospaceguide.net/movie/transformers.html

I also updated the Alpha Centauri page

It has more info and nicer looks

http://www.aerospaceguide.net/alphacentauri.html

Thats all folks.

Vic

Before I talk about the Space Shuttle, the idea of this forum is to
talk about space or astronomy topics. If you are leaving a message,
just adding a web address is pointless so please if you are going to
leave a message, please have something to say.

The seven-member STS-118 crew is preparing for its return to Earth
aboard Space Shuttle Endeavour after a successful stay at the
International Space Station.

Mission managers continue to monitor Hurricane Dean. Early Monday
Dean, with winds near 150 mph, was about 150 miles southeast of
Grand Cayman, moving west at about 20 mph.

The STS-118 crew members spent almost nine days at the international
outpost. They continued the on-orbit construction of the station and
transferred tons of cargo between the two spacecraft. The STS-118
crew conducted four spacewalks at the station. The two major
objectives were the installation of the S5 and the replacement of a
failed attitude control gyroscope.

I have not yet updated the STS-118 page on ASG.

I added a updated the auctions which badly need fixing I have added
various ebays and other sites. Bookmark the page if your an ebayer.

http://www.aerospaceguide.net/shop/auction.html

Anyone I better get back to editing ASG.

Vic

FORMER APOLLO 7 ASTRONAUT¡¦S TOUR BEGINS IN TEXAS CITY

Walter Cunningham, former Apollo 7 astronaut will be visiting fans
and signing autographs in Texas City

Kingwood TX, August 14th, 2007:   In conjunction with the 50th
anniversary of space travel, the shuttle news and his recent edgy Op-
Ed article published in the Houston Chronicle, former Apollo 7
Astronaut, Walter Cunningham, will be visiting and autographing
copies of his audio book, ¡¥The All-American Boys¡¦, on August 25th,
2007 from 2pm-4pm. The signing will be held at the FYE store located
inside the Mall of the Mainland at 10000 Emmett F. Lowry Expressway,
Texas City, TX.  As added entertainment, Mr. Cunningham will also
perform a live reading of excerpts from the audio book.

„X Touted as ¡§the best of all the astronaut books¡¨ by the Los
Angeles Times, ¡¥The All-American Boys¡¦ is a no-holds-barred candid
memoir journaling astronauts in all their strengths and weaknesses.
It includes an insider¡¦s view of the pervasive ¡§astropolitics¡¨ and
thoughtful discussion of the Columbia tragedy. ¡¥The All-American
Boys¡¦ resonates with Cunningham¡¦s passion for humanity¡¦s destiny in
space which endures today. This audio book is narrated by Walter
Cunningham himself.




„X As NASA's second civilian astronaut, Cunningham is a retired
fighter pilot, physicist, entrepreneur, lecturer, and host of ¡¥Lift-
Off To Logic¡¦, a radio call-in talk show.

„X For more information on Mr. Cunningham, go to
www.waltercunningham.com.

Hi, I have added lots of new pages on future space shuttle flighs.
The STS118 mission is exciting because it features Barbara Morgan -
first teacher in space. I have lots of pages for you to read, please
enjoy.

For your info, if you enjoy aerospaceguide then support our growing
costs by buying a space shuttle book, check out the page on it.

http://aerospaceguide.net/spacebook/spaceshuttle.html

Alternatively, try my other site dialashop and purchase something if
you can.

http://www.dialashop.com/index.html

Space Shuttle Endeavour STS-118
http://www.aerospaceguide.net/spaceshuttle/sts118.html

Space Shuttle Endeavour's STS-118 mission is the 22nd shuttle flight
to the ISS and the primary payload is the S5 Truss. STS-118 will be
the first flight for Endeavour since 2002 and the first mission for
Mission Specialist Barbara Morgan, the teacher-turned-astronaut
whose association with NASA began more than 20 years ago.

Space Shuttle Discovery STS-120
http://www.aerospaceguide.net/spaceshuttle/sts120.html

STS-120 is the 23rd shuttle mission to the International Space
Station and will launch an Italian-built U.S. multi-port module for
the station. It will be launched on October 20, 2007.

Space Shuttle Atlantis STS-125
http://www.aerospaceguide.net/spaceshuttle/sts125.html

Space Shuttle Atlantis STS-125 is the final space shuttle servicing
mission to the Hubble Space Telescope and its fifth servicing
mission. It is scheduled for launch on September 10, 2008.

Barbara Morgan
http://www.aerospaceguide.net/women_in_space/barbara_morgan.html

Barbara Morgan is the first NASA astronaut designated as an Educator
Mission Specialist or teacher in space and she will become the first
teacher in space.

Vic

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From: The Spaceward Foundation [mailto:list-admin@...]
Sent: Tuesday, July 31, 2007 5:37 PM
To: ben@...
Subject: The Spaceward Foundation Press Release - 2007 Space Elevator
Games venue and dates




Spaceward Foundation News Bulletin


PRESS RELEASE - FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE

Ted Semon
Spaceward Foundation, Mountain View, Calif.
ted@...
(630) 240-4797

________________________________

The Spaceward Foundation will hold the 2007 Space Elevator Games in Salt
Lake City, Utah on October 19 - October 21.

________________________________


MOUNTAIN VIEW, CA; JULY 25 2007 - The Spaceward Foundation announced
today the venue and timing for its annual Space Elevator games.

The event will be held at the Davis County Event Center just outside of
Salt Lake City, Utah. The qualifying rounds will start on October 15,
and the event will be open to the public between October 19 and October
21.

The Space Elevator competitions, marking their third year running, will
feature more than 20 teams from around the country and the world, vying
for $1,000,000 in cash prizes provided by NASA's Centennial Challenges
program.

"The Utah Governor's Office of Economic Development is thrilled to have
the Spaceward Games in Utah this year" said Gary Harter, Managing
Director of Business Creation there. Barbara Riddle, director of the
Davis area conventions shared his enthusiasm.

This year will feature a new technology competition - "Light Racers" -
that allows kids and young adults to take part in a realistic lunar
exploration scenario and win cash prizes for their performance. The
competition is open to school, family, and grown-up teams. The Light
Racers also serve as a science education platform for teaching basic
science and math topics.  Total Prize purse for the Light Racers is
$10,000, and registration is opening now. Details are available at
http://www.lightRacers.org.

Meekk Shelef, president of the Spaceward Foundation: "We are thrilled to
have added an educational component where kids can take part in the
competition. Reaching out to the scientists and engineers of the future
is the most important thing we can do."

The Space Elevator games concentrate on two far-reaching technology
concepts that will enable NASA to enhance its space program - power
beaming for wireless power transfer, and Nano-materials such as Carbon
Nanotubes for strong structures.

Ken Davidian, program manager for Centennial Challenges: "I am excited
and impressed with the evolution and level of technical maturity
demonstrated by the teams in both the Tether and Beam Power Challenges.
Over the past 24 months, individual teams started from scratch, have
grown continually, have coalesced into communities, and are on the verge
of accomplishing substantial achievements worthy of a Centennial
Challenges prize."

Dr. Bradley C Edwards, the leading Space Elevator researcher and science
advisor to the games: "The Space Elevator games, with their emphasis on
strong tethers and power beaming, represent the road to building the
Space Elevator. We hope their cumulative effect on the engineering
community will enable further effort in this direction."

"From what we've seen of the teams so far, we're looking forward to an
exciting race to the finish this year" said Ben Shelef, CEO of the
Spaceward Foundation. "Third year's a charm - we expect to be able to
award the prize purse this year".

The Space Elevator is a revolutionary Earth-to-Space transportation
system proposed in 1960 by Yuri Artsutanov and enhanced in 2000 by Dr.
Bradley Edwards, then at Los Alamos National Labs. The system is
comprised of a stationary cable rotating in unison with the Earth, with
one end anchored to the surface of the planet and the other end in
space. Electric cars then travel up and down the cable, carrying cargo
and people.

For more information on the competitions, visit:
http://www.spaceward.org, email ted@..., or call (630)
240-4797.

Press resources are located at http://www.spaceward.org/press.html
<http://www.spaceward.org/press/PR-2007-001.html>

The Spaceward Foundation is a public-funds non-profit organization
dedicated
to furthering space science and technology in the public mindshare and
in educational curriculums.  We believe that expanding mankind's habitat
is essential to its survival, and that the most effective way to induce
long-term change is through education.

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The Spaceward Foundation is a 501(c)(3) educational non-profit dedicated
to furthering Space exploration in educational curriculums and the
public mindshare - http://www.spaceward.org.
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For years I?thought that John Barrowman looked like Captain Scarlet and can't
help thinking it?influenced Russell T Davis's decision to cast him as the
indestructable?Jack Harkness.

I love the new series too, but I think that often the?stories don't live up to
the special effects.? Before it was the other way around.

I also think David Tennant is easily second the best Doctor ever.? I say second
best because nobody will ever beat Tom Baker.

Simon


-----Original Message-----
From: space_projects <no_reply@yahoogroups.com>
To: spaceprojects@yahoogroups.com
Sent: Mon, 30 Jul 2007 2.24pm
Subject: [Space Projects] Re: Doctor Who






I love anything to do with space and recently I have been watching
the new doctor who tv series and it is fantastic. I love the
different spacecraft designs on the shows, the various aliens and of
course the Tardis spaceship.

I was reading the episode section from Aerospaceguide.net and it
covers the 3 new series and it has info on the Christmas Special.

Christmas Special 2007

Christmas Special is called Voyage of the Damned. The story continues
from the final scene in 'Last of the Time Lords', in which the ocean
liner R.M.S. Titanic crashes through the walls of the TARDIS console
room just as it is dematerialising. Who or what could have caused the
collision? Kylie Minogue, the singer/actress will have a major lead
role in this hour-long episode. Kylie will perform as Astrid. Who is
Astrid? So far we know she is a waitress aboard the ill-fated vessel
Titanic. 'Astrid' is an anagram of TARDIS. Perhaps she is a 'Human
Tardis'?

http://www.aerospaceguide.net/doctorwho/episodeguide.html

I also found a page on DVDs, some nice ones:

http://www.aerospaceguide.net/dvd/drwho.html

Series 4 of 2008

The fourth series of Doctor Who went into production in July 2007 and
will be shown on UK screens in Spring 2008. The season will consist
of 13 episodes.

Catherine Tate returns to Doctor Who as the Time Lord's new / old
companion. Catherine Tate is to reprise her role as Donna Noble, the
bad-tempered Runaway Bride from 2006 Christmas special.

The character of Donna Noble will be returning to Doctor Who as the
Doctor's full time companion for all 13 episodes of Series 4
alongside David Tennant. Freema Agyeman will return as Martha Jones
halfway through the series. Freema Agyeman has been cast of to
appear in three episodes of Torchwood series 2.

http://www.aerospaceguide.net/doctorwho/torchwood.html

Also here is the info main page.

http://www.aerospaceguide.net/doctorwho/index.html

I can't wait to the new season of Doctor Who and I look forward in
seeing the new spacecraft designs.





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I love anything to do with space and recently I have been watching
the new doctor who tv series and it is fantastic. I love the
different spacecraft designs on the shows, the various aliens and of
course the Tardis spaceship.

I was reading the episode section from Aerospaceguide.net and it
covers the 3 new series and it has info on the Christmas Special.

Christmas Special 2007

Christmas Special is called Voyage of the Damned. The story continues
from the final scene in 'Last of the Time Lords', in which the ocean
liner R.M.S. Titanic crashes through the walls of the TARDIS console
room just as it is dematerialising. Who or what could have caused the
collision? Kylie Minogue, the singer/actress will have a major lead
role in this hour-long episode. Kylie will perform as Astrid. Who is
Astrid? So far we know she is a waitress aboard the ill-fated vessel
Titanic. 'Astrid' is an anagram of TARDIS. Perhaps she is a 'Human
Tardis'?

http://www.aerospaceguide.net/doctorwho/episodeguide.html

I also found a page on DVDs, some nice ones:

http://www.aerospaceguide.net/dvd/drwho.html

Series 4 of 2008

The fourth series of Doctor Who went into production in July 2007 and
will be shown on UK screens in Spring 2008. The season will consist
of 13 episodes.

Catherine Tate returns to Doctor Who as the Time Lord's new / old
companion. Catherine Tate is to reprise her role as Donna Noble, the
bad-tempered Runaway Bride from 2006 Christmas special.

The character of Donna Noble will be returning to Doctor Who as the
Doctor's full time companion for all 13 episodes of Series 4
alongside David Tennant. Freema Agyeman will return as Martha Jones
halfway through the series. Freema Agyeman has been cast of  to
appear in three episodes of Torchwood series 2.

http://www.aerospaceguide.net/doctorwho/torchwood.html

Also here is the info main page.

http://www.aerospaceguide.net/doctorwho/index.html

I can't wait to the new season of Doctor Who and I look forward in
seeing the new spacecraft designs.

Hi all,

I have added some interesting pages. The first one is about the
Herschel Space Observatory. It is a space-based telescope that will
study the Universe by the light of the far-infrared and
submillimeter portions of the spectrum. If all goes well, it will be
launched in 2008.

http://www.aerospaceguide.net/telescope/herschel.html

I have also added some new interesting space books which include:
- Destination Space: Making Science Fiction a Reality,
- After Sputnik: 50 Years of the Space Age,
- Kennedy Space Center: Gateway to Space
and lots more.

If item interests you, then please purchase and support ASG.

http://aerospaceguide.net/spacebook/index.html

The European Space Agency Columbus laboratory is ESA's biggest
single contribution to the International Space Station and is
currently scheduled for launch on Space Shuttle flight STS-122 in
December 2007.

http://www.aerospaceguide.net/iss/columbus.html

NASA's Lockheed Martin-built Phoenix Mars Lander has arrived at the
Kennedy Space Center for its launch aboard a Boeing Delta II from
Cape Canaveral in early August. Phoenix will land in the icy
northern latitudes of the red planet in May 2008 and will dig
trenches using the robotic arm, analysing the contents of ice and
soil for indication of organic compounds and other conditions that
might be favourable to life. Phoenix was originally built as the
2001 Mars Surveyor lander before that mission was cancelled.

http://www.aerospaceguide.net/mars/phoenixlander.html

The European Space Agency is sending an iPod to the International
Space Station aboard an Automated Transfer Vehicle and has asked
European citizens which tracks it should contain. The iPod will be
one of the forms of entertainment available to the station crew as
they orbit Earth, yet the agency wants to build an 'out of this
world' playlist of only 10 tunes, which satisfy the astronauts needs
when they want to be noisy, quiet or peaceful.

Only citizens of Belgium, Denmark, France, Germany, Italy, the
Netherlands, Norway, Spain, Sweden and Switzerland were eligible to
submit tracks for inclusion. Other European countries such as
Britain, Greece and Ireland were excluded from submitting their
tracks because they have not invested in the Automated Transfer
Vehicle that will carry the iPod into orbit.

The closing date for entries was May 10, 2007 and the winner will be
announced in June 2007. The entrant who picked the chosen list will
win a trip to Kourou, French Guiana, to see the transporter being
launched. Runner-up will win a day trip to the European Astronaut
Centre in Germany.

Regards,

Vic

Also check out my other site:
dialashop
http://www.dialashop.com/

Hi,its Vic the webmaster of aerospaceguide and I am looking for the
advice from you about a page I have written on ASG.

I am having a problem re-writing a page on SIRTF (Space Infrared
Telescope Facility). I originally wrote the page in 2003.  I have
had problems in using the right tense because the space project is
still active, but the name SIRTF is no longer used. The spacecraft
is now called the Spitzer Space Telescope. Can you please read it
and leave your opinion and tell me if it makes sense the page? This
is what it looks like now after trying to edit it.

http://www.aerospaceguide.net/telescope/sirtf.html

The new Spizter Space Telescope page is here:

http://www.aerospaceguide.net/telescope/spitzer.html

I want to keep both pages. The Spitzer page is the main page, but I
have kept SIRTF (Space Infrared Telescope Facility) in case people
are looking for telescope under its old name.

I am fairly happy with the results, but I await your opinions.

Vic

DOCTOR WHO

Have you heard of Doctor Who? Would Space Travel be easier if we
could travel in a Tardis? Has anybody watched the tv show? What do
think of it? I have added a page on Doctor Who. For your info, if
you live in the UK and Ireland, Doctor Who is shown every Saturday.

http://www.aerospaceguide.net/doctorwho/index.html

DAWN Spacecraft

A new exciting space exploration mission will be launched in June.
Dawn is NASA's first purely scientific mission to be powered by ion
propulsion. It will visit Vesta and Ceres.

http://www.aerospaceguide.net/spacecraft/dawn.html

SPACE TOYS

I have also added some nice toys in the Space Toys section. Includes
Table Top Electronic Space Shuttle Pinball, Hot Wheels JPL Sojourner
Mars Rover Action Pack, Space Mission Big Box Playset and more.

http://www.aerospaceguide.net/shop/space_toy.html

Vic
Webmaster: AeroSpaceGuide.net

Has anyone got anything to say about spacetravel for a  change?






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Hai all,

This is Rady here from India.
I came to know abt this group when I was search gruops for space
exploration.
My topics of interest are space Communications, collecting and know
about the information of Deep galaxies exploration.

Hi Vick

It's great to have a post on the site about what it's for for once.  I  was
on the verge of unsubscribing.

All the best
Simon






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Hi All,

The next Space Shuttle launch STS 117 might be in June. The flight
will deliver and attach the next starboard truss segment to the
station, the Integrated Truss Structure S3/S4 and associated set of
power-generating solar arrays to the International Space Station. The
flight was delayed from October 2, 2003 in wake of Columbia tragedy.

http://www.aerospaceguide.net/spaceshuttle/sts117.html

I also updated STS 116 Info page. STS 116 was the first night launch
since STS-113 and first night launch following the Columbia accident
during STS-107.

http://www.aerospaceguide.net/spaceshuttle/sts116.html

I also made a page on Doctor Who. I am enjoying the new season. I like
David Tennant. He is much better than Christopher Eccleston. I also
like the new character Martha Jones which is played by Freema Agyeman.
I am planning to make a page with some of the best Dr Who Dvds, but I
haven't had a chance yet.

http://www.aerospaceguide.net/doctorwho/index.html

Take care,

from Vic
Web Master of Aerospaceguide

Group,

Jerry Butler here from Adrian Michigan USA. My main topics of interest
are satellites & astronomy in general from "local" stars to Deep Sky
exploration.

Jerry Butler