Friday, April 24, 2009

Some Space Related Reasons to Look Up

I get wound up in activities here and am reminded by you folks to look up. :-)

Maurizio sent me a note with some interesting links, see below.
Its focus is on "Planetary Science".
TinyUrl for - http://tinyurl.com/cwvkso

Geoff sent me info from Space.com on "Moon Dust May Be Worse Than Apollo Missions Found."
http://www.space.com/scienceastronomy/090421-st-moon-dust-sunangle.html

If you subscribe to NASA Science News you probably got this bit about NASA's SPoRT program.
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http://science.nasa.gov/
NASA Puts the Right Stuff in the Right Hands
http://science.nasa.gov/headlines/y2009/22apr_severeweather.htm?list965414
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If you have the band width there was also links to some NASA Podcasts.
- LRK -

View the latest updates on NASA's Ares rockets and their role in America's journey to the moon on the America's Rockets podcast, in either HD or for mobile devices .

The ARES web site will also have the information available and you could view with QuickTime or subscribe there to Podcast: America's Rockets.
http://www.nasa.gov/mission_pages/constellation/ares/index.html
- LRK -
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This Ares Quarterly Progress Report, originally released to the public Mar 4th, 2009, includes progress updates on:
-Ares I Wind Tunnel testing
-Casting of the first stage Demonstration Motor 1
-First stage and Ares I-X avionics manufacturing
-Roll Control System Thruster Testing
-Ares I-X Roll Control Hardware Assembly and Shipment
-Workhorse Gas Generator Testing
-Test Stand A-3 Construction Progress

For a closed-captioned version of the video, please visit us on the Web at
http://www.nasa.gov/ares.
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Thanks for looking up with me.

Larry Kellogg

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